APUSH LO 3.5

Which of the following contributed most to the American Victory in the Revolution?

• French military and financial assistance

• The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action

• A major American military victory at Valley Forge

• The British failure to capture Philadelphia

All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT:

• Most soldiers were draftees.

• The soldiers feared for the welfare of families back home.

• The army had inadequate arms and ammunition.

• The army was inadequately fed and clothed.

During the War for Independence, the principal reason the American government sought diplomatic recognition from foreign powers was to

• rally all the states behind a common cause

• convince the British of the justice of the American cause

• make it easier to levy taxes on the citizens of the several states

• facilitate the purchase of arms and borrowing of money from other nations

France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following

• the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

• American naval victories on the Great Lakes

• the dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain

• a personal plea by George Washington

Which of the following was true of the French-American Alliance formed in 1778?

• It contributed little to the American victory in the Revolutionary War.

• It restricted French naval activity to the high seas, far from the North American coast.

• It influenced the British to offer generous peace terms in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

• It allowed the French to repossess their North American colonies lost in 1763.

France decided to aid the North American colonies in their war for independence primarily because France

• was working to establish democratic rule in European countries

• saw the war as an opportunity to end the international slave trade

• wanted to weaken the British empire

• had long been the primary trading partner of the North American colonies

Which battle energized American forces & led to the French alliance?

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Bunker Hill

Which battle ended with the British Army admitting defeat?

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Bunker Hill

Which of the following did NOT happen after France allied with the United States?

• Britain declared war on France

• More men volunteered for military service

• France supplied the U.S. with officers, weapons, funds, and naval support

• The war spread to other countries

What homefront issue threatened the United States during the Revolutionary War?

• Women refused to support the war effort

• Taxes

• Inflation

• Large-scale slave rebellions