Valley Forge & Battle of Yorktown

Valley Forge -- During the winter of _____________

• 1666

• 1777

• 1678

• 1778

Valley Forge: The Continental Army was forced to stay in ________________, Pennsylvania.

• Philadelphia

• Pittsburgh

• Harrisburg

• Valley Forge

Valley Forge: Which of these is NOT a condition at Valley Forge?

• huts to sleep on

• soldiers slept on frozen ground

• little food

• many soldiers died of disease

Valley Forge: Whose leadership kept the American soldiers going at Valley Forge?

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Gage

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

While at Valley Forge, the soldiers received training from Baron von Steuben, a ______________ soldier.

• British

• American

• German

• Russian

Valley Forge: How was the training from Baron von Steuben helpful?

• helped the soldiers to fight well in their next battle

• helped the soldiers to build better shelters to rest

• helped the soldiers to find medicinal herbs to help fight off disease

• helped the soldiers to forage for food

Battle of Yorktown: Who led the British army to Yorktown, Virginia?

• General George Washington

• General Cornwallis

• General Baron von Steuben

• General York

Who marched their troops south to Virginia?

• General George Washington

• General Cornwallis

• General Baron von Steuben

• General York

Who aided the Americans as they fired cannons on Yorktown?

• Spain

• Britian

• France

• Australia

Why did the French Navy block the Yorktown harbor?

• so Cornwallis could be rescued by British ships

• so Cornwallis could be rescued by French ships

• so Cornwallis could not be rescued by British ships

• so Cornwallis could not be rescued by French ships