Lesson 2A & 2B

Question 1

What was Britain attempting to do by trying to control the Hudson river from Lake Champlain down to New York?

Answer 1

To split the colonies in two.

Question 2

Why is the Battle of Saratoga often called the turning point of the war?

Answer 2

Because France joined the patriots.

Question 3

Thousands of African-Americans gained their freedom by serving in the what?

Answer 3

British army

Question 4

Thousands of African-Americans fled to Canada with who?

Answer 4

Loyalists

Question 5

Thousands of African-Americans believed in freedom for all, so they fought as?

Answer 5

Patriots

And many were freed for their service

Question 6

Which African-American fought with the patriots and fought against slavery, being successful in Massachusetts, where they banned slavery in the 1780s?

Answer 6

Prince Hall

Question 7

What were some of the ways colonial Women participated in the revolutionary war?

Answer 7

Collected food
Cooked food for the for the soldiers.
Raised money
Made clothes for soldiers
Carried water to soldiers in the field
Fight alongside the soldiers in the field
Wrote plays and letters in support of American independence

Question 8

What was Mary Ludwig Hays’ nickname?

Answer 8

Molly Pitcher

Question 9

In late 1777, the British captured, which city?

Answer 9

Philadelphia

Question 10

Where did Washington and his men spend a very difficult winter in 1777? (More than 2,500 men died of hunger, cold, and disease here)

Answer 10

Valley Forge

Question 11

A group of patriots that captured fort Ticonderoga

Answer 11

Green Mountain Boys

Question 12

Who was the leader of the group of the Green Mountain Boys?

Answer 12

Ethan Allen

Question 13

When Ft. Ticonderoga was seized, What important thing was also captured?

Answer 13

Cannons

Question 14

What are mercenaries?

Answer 14

Soldiers from one country that are paid to fight for another country.

Question 15

Where did Washington use the cannons to drive out the British?

Answer 15

Trenton

Question 16

Where did Washington and his soldiers defeat the Hessians?

Answer 16

Trenton

Question 17

Who was the Patriot spy who was captured and said the famous words, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”?

Answer 17

Nathan Hale

Question 18

(Important Battles)

Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys took cannons and used them in Boston

Answer 18

Ft. Ticonderoga

Question 19

Important battles

Washington Crossed the Delaware river on Christmas night to defend the Hessians.

Answer 19

Trenton

Question 20

Important battles

Britain had plans to split colonies in two. Patriots stopped them here. It was called turning point of the war.

Answer 20

Saratoga

Question 21

Important Battles

Patriot victory to gain control of Ohio River Valley

Answer 21

Ft. Vincennes

Question 22

Important Battles

France helped the Patriots defeat the British - it was the last major battle of war.

Answer 22

Yorktown

Question 23

He commanded the Green Mountain boys and captured Ft. Ticonderoga.

Answer 23

Ethan Allen

Question 24

He was a teacher who was a patriot spy, but he was captured, and he sadly got hanged and had no regrets.

Answer 24

Nathan Hale

Question 25

He was a British general that tried to split colonies in two and was stopped at Saratoga.

Answer 25

John Burgoyne

Question 26

He was a traitor

Answer 26

Benedict Arnold

Question 27

She was nicknamed Molly Pitcher

Answer 27

Mary Ludwig Hays

Question 28

He was a former slave, who wrote about freedom for African-Americans.

Answer 28

Prince Hall

Question 29

He was a young Frenchman and helped aid the Americans

Answer 29

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 30

He was the Spanish Governor of Louisiana and helped the Patriots in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River areas?

Answer 30

Bernardo de Galvez

Question 31

He was in the Patriot Navy, defeated British ship & said “I have not yet begun to fight” and beat the British ship Serapis?

Answer 31

John Paul Jones

Question 32

He was a British General that was defeated at Yorktown & surrendered his entire army.

Answer 32

General Charles Cornwallis

Question 33

French ships helped patriots defeat British. Last major battle of the war.

Answer 33

Yorktown

Question 34

Where did Spain help the Americans?

Answer 34

Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River region

Question 35

Which American win helped strengthen American control of the Ohio River valley?

Answer 35

Ft. Vincennes

Question 36

Which country supplied the ships that blocked the British army from escaping by sea?

Answer 36

France

Question 37

In which document did Britain recognize the United States of America as an independent nation?

Answer 37

Treaty of Paris