Revolutionary War Part 2

The Patriot troops by the red star are from ______.

Besides marching south with General Washington to fight the British, who did Rochaumbeau contact for help in the Chesapeake Bay?

• von Stueben

• Lafayette

• de Grasse

• de Choisy

Put the following battles in chronological order:

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

Match the following people with their correct contributions to the Revolution.

• Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Paine

• guerilla warfare expert

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Common Sense

• Francis Marion

• Foreign Patriot General

• Thomas Jefferson

• General of Continental Army

• George Washington

Patriots believed King George III broke Britain's ​ (a)   by taxing them without ​ (b)   and the Declaration of ​ (c)   included a section stating their complaints.

• social contract
• representation
• Independence
• Rights
• laws of citizenship
• reason

Location where General Cornwallis believed the British could receive help to win the war.

Answer explanation

Cornwallis had the largest British army in the colonies which made his surrender the reason Lord North proclaim, "It's all over."

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) French Troops

,

(b) Patriot Troops

,

(c) British Troops

,

(d) French Navy

• chose Yorktown for high ground and naval help

• defeated the British navy for the first time is many years

• surrendered with white flag

• held Redcoats in siege until Washington arrived

• successfully blocked the Chesapeake Bay

• led by de Grasse

• led by Cornwallis

• marched from New York to cut of escape route

• led by Rochambeau

• led by LaFayette

The Declaration of Independence expressed three main ideas. The first section stated ​ (a)   were ignored. The second section claimed ​ (b)   as a colonial burden and unfair, while the third section maintained ​ (c)   denied citizens protection.

• unalienable rights
• a broken social contract
• tyranny of taxation
• the consent of the governed
• Laws of Nature and Nature's God
• self evident truth

Match the following

• Patriot victory in the South

• Battle of Yorktown

• MS River becomes western boundary

• Valley Forge

• disease and low supplies cause death

• Battle of Trenton

• France, Spain, and Holland join war

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Washington uses offensive strategy

• Battle of Saratoga

Mercenaries were...

• German soldiers hired by the British to fight the Patriots

• soldiers who reenlisted in the army to continue fighting

• soldiers who were tired of fighting and moved to Canada

• only fighting for monetary or financial gain