History 3.4

Question 1

How did the colonists use their knowledge of the territory to gain a moral victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 1

by setting snipers in trees and behind rocks

Question 2

Event 1: British General John Burgoyne was defeated at Saratoga after a month of fighting with the Americans.

Event 2: General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at the Battle of Yorktown, after weeks of waiting out the American onslaught, to finally put an end to the Revolutionary War.

Which statement best describes the similarities of the two events?

Answer 2

British generals underestimated the strategies and speed of American leaders.

Question 3

Phillis Wheatley was successful enough during her lifetime to earn a living as a writer. She wrote poetry in praise of George Washington and the Revolution. Washington called her poetry “a striking proof of your great poetical talents.”

This information best supports which conclusion about the Revolutionary War?

Answer 3

Poetry and artistry continued to be valued by the colonists during a time of war.

Question 4

Which statement correctly describes limitations on national power established by the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 4

Under Articles, Congress could wage war but lacked the authority to require the states to support the military

Question 5

Some Native American groups supported the colonists in the Revolutionary War.

Which statement describes the most common type of assistance Native Americans provided the colonists?

Answer 5

They provided ideas about fighting strategies.

Question 6

“We may destroy all the men in American, and we shall still have all we can do to defeat women.”

The quotation best applies to which statement about the Revolutionary War?

Answer 6

during war, the colonial family farms and businesses remained in operation

Question 7

What strategy did the colonists use to fight Thomas Gage and General William Howe at the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 7

building a redoubt

Question 8

Why did the British want to capture Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill?

Answer 8

to control the harbor

Question 9

Which founding father was involved in securing France’s support for the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 9

Benjamin franklin

Question 10

Which statement best explains why supporters of Great Britain left the United States after the Revolutionary War?

Answer 10

Although the treaty of paris recommended fair treatment for supporters of Great Britain, many faced discrimination from their states and neighbors

Question 11

“a rabble in arms, flushed wiht success and insolence.”

“Justice and wrath await them in the field.”

What do the saying likely indicate about General Buryoyne’s position at Saratoga?

Answer 11

he believed the colonists could be defeated easily.

Question 12

George Washington’s successes after the battles of Trenton and Princeton were views by the citizens as

Answer 12

strategic triumphs in the Revolutionary War

Question 13

Which factor best explains why it was difficult for the British to replace soldiers lost on the field of battle?

Answer 13

The soldiers usually had to travel all the way from Great Britain

Question 14

The southern campaign of the British army during the Revolutionary War began with the British capture of Savannah and Charleston. However, the compaign was largely a failure.

Which explains the British failure in the South?

Answer 14

The British were never able to win control of much land beyond the coasts.

Question 15

Many enslaved people who fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War received

Answer 15

homesteads

Question 16

Which words from George Washington to his troops summarize why the colonists were fighting the Revolutionary War?

Answer 16

Your country is at stake, your wives your houses and all that you hold dear.

Question 17

The end of the American Revolution was a result of how ____________ and due to the ______________

Answer 17

Americans fought, help from foreingn countries.

Question 18

George Washington won the _________. This victory gave people a new faith in the rebels’ chances to win the war.

Answer 18

Battle of Trenton

Question 19

___________ won the Battle of Saratoga for the Americans. His victory convinced the________to support the colonists with arms, troops, and ships.

Answer 19

General Gates, French

Question 20

After 1778, the British shifted the heart of the war to the _______ They captured ______________, ___________

Answer 20

south, charleston, south carolina

Question 21

The _________, Virginia was the final battle of the war. With the help of the ___________, the army trapped the Britsh on __________ at _________. They fired endlessly until they surrendered.

Answer 21

Battle of Yorktown, French navy, peninsula, yorktown

Question 22

______________ sealed American independence from England.

Answer 22

Treaty of Paris

Question 23

Many _________ supported the army and militias as nurses, cooks, and seamstresses.

Answer 23

women

Question 24

People who were not in the army also helped. They __________. They also provided the supplies that the troops needed.

Answer 24

collected and passed on important information

Question 25

Roughly 15,000 Native Americans fought on both sides of the war. For most, their main interest was to ____________

Answer 25

preserve their homelands

Question 26

Instead of fighting in rows on empty fields, Americans relied on ___________ and ____________

Answer 26

sneak attacks, ambushes

Question 27

Washington’s surprise crossing of the ___________ on Christmas night was key to the American victory at ____________

Answer 27

Delaware River, Trenton

Question 28

During the cold winter of 1777–1778 at ___________ the army barely had enough food and clothing. Washington’s _________ helped the Continental Army to keep going.

Answer 28

Valley Forge, leadership

Question 29

The military effort was supported by people who were not in the army but provided a _____________

Answer 29

national information network

Question 30

Because of __________ the British had difficulty in supplying the troops and getting orders.

Answer 30

distance

Question 31

At the Battle of Bunker Hill the American militia eventually lost control of the hill they occupied. In spite of this, why is the Battle of Bunker Hill often considered an American triumph?

Answer 31

Americans caused heavy British casualties which made it clear to both sides that the Americans would be hard to defeat.

Question 32

Which was the strongest advantage that fighting on their homeland gave to American commanders?

Answer 32

They were able to choose the best places for attacks and battles

Question 33

Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point for Americans

Answer 33

The American’s victory convinced the French to provide support to help the colonists win the war.

Question 34

The main reason many Native groups decided to support the British in the Revolutionary War was because the British

Answer 34

had tried to keep Americans from taking over Native American lands

Question 35

What was the main reason that the British forces were directed to the southern colonies?

Answer 35

With the French joining the colonists, the British needed additional troops and their were more Loyalists in the southern colonies

Question 36

Why were the British forced to surrender at Yorktown?

Answer 36

Their forces were trapped on a peninsula between American troops on land and French ships at sea