Leadership + American Revolution

Question 1

loyalty

Answer 1

Bear true faith and allegiance to

• U.S. Constitution
• army
• your unit
• other soldiers

Question 2

duty

Answer 2

acting in the absence of orders or direction from others

-based on inner sense of what is morally and professionally right

Question 3

respect

Answer 3

treat people as they should be treated

Question 4

selfless service

Answer 4

put the welfare of the nation, army, and subordinates above your own

Question 5

honor

Answer 5

live up to all army values

Question 6

integrity

Answer 6

do what is right legally and morally

Question 7

personal courage

Answer 7

face fear, danger, and adversity (physical or moral)

Question 8

causes of Revolutionary War

Answer 8

laws and taxes imposed on people
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
firing at Lexington and Concord

Question 9

George Washington

Answer 9

commanding general of Continental Army

Question 10

Nathaniel Greene

Answer 10

Commander of Colonial forces in South

improved living conditions at Valley Forge

Question 11

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 11

young French officer who arrives to US w/ first 6000 French soldiers after alliance

Question 12

Baron von Steuben

Answer 12

Prussian military commander who trained Continental Army into European-style army (more professional)

Question 13

General Cornwallis

Answer 13

commander of British army, “surrendered” to Washington at Yorktown (sent someone beneath to surrender in his place)

Question 14

Rochambeau

Answer 14

commander of French army, present at Yorktown with Washington

Question 15

rev war American advantages

Answer 15

homefield advantage
good leaders
most colonists knew how to use weapons
easier for them to live off land
fighting for a cause

Question 16

rev war American disadvantages

Answer 16

no army navy or gov at beginning

Question 17

rev war british advantages

Answer 17

est. gov.
money
best military, army, navy in world
professional military

Question 18

rev war brit disadvantages

Answer 18

don’t know territory
rely on loyalist into
not fighting for cause
sail 3000 mi to US

Question 19

Lexington and Concord significance

Answer 19

start of war
1st shots fired
Paul Revere

Question 20

Bunker Hill

Answer 20

actually on Breeds Hill
brits attack 3 times and take hill 3rd time
1st real battle
brit military victory
us psychological victory

Question 21

Trenton

Answer 21

Christmas day attack by Washington
led men over the Delaware River
attacked Hessian troops
saved Revolution

Question 22

Saratoga

Answer 22

major US victory
US gen Gates counterattack, they pursue the brits
turning point of war in favor of US
french agreed to military alliance shortly after
US can fight like the brits

Question 23

Yorktown

Answer 23

final war
combined french+US army
brits surrounded when french navy showed

Question 24

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 24

ends war

US trades with Brits right after

Question 25

loyalists

Answer 25

colonists loyal to brits

gen. rich colonists

Question 26

minutemen

Answer 26

regular people, ex of militia

Question 27

militia

Answer 27

reserve soldiers - not official part of Washington’s army

Question 28

Crispus Attucks

Answer 28

former slave
at Boston Massacre
1st martyr for the cause

Question 29

1st all-African fighting regiment for US

Answer 29

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Question 30

African Americans after revolution

Answer 30

returned to slavery
some sent to Canada
some founded free colony of former slaves in Africa (Sierra Leone)

Question 31

what happened in South during rev war?

Answer 31

loyalists vs patriots (mini civil war)

Question 32

where was 1st half of rev war mostly fought?

Answer 32

northern colonies

Question 33

how did Continental Army do the first year?

Answer 33

lost almost every major battle until Trenton

Question 34

faults of brit army

Answer 34

stayed too close to supply lines near eastern coast

Question 35

why did brits focus attention on south during rev war?

Answer 35

because of loyalist support

Question 36

how many colonists supported brits?

Answer 36

20%