Module 5 Study Guide

Question 1

Haym Salomon

Answer 1

Portuguese, spy for the Patriots

Question 2

Mercenaries

Answer 2

Hired foreign soldiers

Question 3

Battle of Trenton

Answer 3

Patriots captured 900+ Hessen soldiers

Question 4

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 4

Major British loss, greatest colonial victory (up until that point)

Question 5

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 5

French commander (~1777)

Question 6

Baron Friedrich von Steuben

Answer 6

Patriot military officer

Question 7

Bernardo de Galvez

Answer 7

Governor of Spanish Louisiana

Question 8

John Paul Jones

Answer 8

(Scottish) Patriot naval hero

Question 9

George Rogers Clark

Answer 9

Patriot, took many outposts west of the Appalachian mountains

Question 10

Francis Marion

Answer 10

Ran “Marion’s brigade,” a group of guerilla soldiers

Question 11

James Armistead

Answer 11

Enslaved spy for Lafayette

Question 12

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 12

Last major battle in the revolutionary war

Question 13

Treaty of Paris

Answer 13

1783
Peace agreement
Ended revolutionary war

Question 14

Comte de Rochambeau

Answer 14

French commander that worked with George Washington

Question 15

What musical, found on Disney+, are you going to watch on the night before the test to study?

Answer 15

Hamilton!

Question 16

What political group was George Washington a member of?

Answer 16

The House of Burgesses

Question 17

What were three actions taken by King George?

Answer 17

1. Declare the colonists traitors
2. Close all colonial trade
3. Hire German Hessen Mercenaries

Question 18

What function of life was established by the second continental congress?

Answer 18

A post office

Question 19

How many ships/soldiers did the British have?

Answer 19

270/30,000

Question 20

How many ships/soldiers did the colonists have?

Answer 20

8/15,000

Question 21

How did the colonists improve Dorchester Heights, which they had taken from the British?

Answer 21

By fortifying it with ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga

Question 22

What was the 2nd Continental Congress?

Answer 22

The main government in the colonies

Question 23

What general replaced General Gage?

Answer 23

General Howe

Question 24

When does G.W. surprise the German soldiers by crossing the Delaware?

Answer 24

December 24th, 1776

Question 25

After victories at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, what loss do the colonists suffer?

Answer 25

The British capture Philadelphia