4th Grade Studies Weekly: Waging the Revolutionary War

How did strategy help the Americans win the war?

• The Americans teamed up with the Native Americans to defeat the British.

• The Americans used airplanes to drop bombs on the British.

• The Americans attacked at British supply lines to stop them from getting supplies to their soldiers.

• The Americans used spies to find out what the British were planning.

What natural feature did the Americans use to hide from the British during the Battle of Saratoga?

• Hills

• Trees

• Mountains

• Rivers

Why were France and Spain happy to provide money and soldiers to America during the Revolution?

• They didn't like the British controlling Europe and thought if the Americans won, it would weaken British control in Europe.

• France and Spain wanted the world to think of them as kind and generous.

• America had offered to give them land in return for helping them.

• France and Spain are rich countries and have too many soldiers.

What conditions did the American soldiers face?

• Extreme heat and not enough food and clothes.

• Hurricanes

• Wild Fires

• A harsh winter and not enough food and clothes.

What ways were the colonists able to defeat the British during the Revolutionary War?

• The Americans had more weapons than the British.

• The Americans cut off British supply chains, attacked from the woods, and uses privateer ships to stop British soldiers and supplies.

• The Americans had more soldiers than the British.

• The Americans passed diseases to the British that killed most of their soldiers.

What roles did Martha Washington play?

• She stood up for the rights of slaves fighting in the Revolutionary War.

• She stayed home and took care of the family farm.

• She stood in for George when he was away, she spent time with sick or injured soldiers, and she knitted socks and clothing for the soldiers.

• The knitted the American flag used in battle.

Who started to worry that the French, Spanish, and Dutch would attack England on it's own soil?

• America

• Scotland

• Great Britain

• Germany

What were Benedict Arnold's contributions to the war?

• He signed the Declaration of Independence.

• He was a traitor. He got upset that he wasn't promoted in the army, so he switched sides and fought with the British.

• He was a respected leader and later went on to become president.

• He was a doctor that cared for wounded soldiers.