The American Revolution

Which battle convinced the British the war was too costly and prompted them to start peace talks and end the war?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Charles Town

• Battle of Camden

• Battle of Cowpens

Which of the following was an advantage the colonists had during the war?

• professional army

• large navy

• support from many allies

• knowledge of the territory

What name was given to American colonists who wanted independence?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

A group of people who did not fight in the war because they oppose armed conflict.

• Quakers

• Methodists

• Patriots

• Native Americans

________________________ was the commander of the Continental Army.

• Baron von Steuben

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

A Prussian officer who helped train the Patriot troops at Valley Forge.

• Henry Clinton

• Charles Cornwallis

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

Known as the "Swamp Fox," used a hit-and-run tactic against his opponents in the south.

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Francis Marion

• Nathanael Greene

• Anthony Wayne

Some enslaved Africans chose to fight for the British because

• they would be paid for fighting.

• they supported King George III.

• they gained the right to move to Europe for fighting.

• they offered them their freedom in exchange for enlisting.

_____________________ carried pitchers of water to soldiers during the war, and according to legend took part in combat.

• Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

• Margaret Corbin

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

Led 2400 troops across the Delaware River on Christmas Night of 1776, to surprise the British in Trenton.

• John Burgoyne

• George Washington

• Benedict Arnold

• Barry St. Leger