(NG)SS: Chapter 6 Test

What advantage did the Americans have over the British?

• They were fighting on familiar land.
• They were better organized than the British.
• Their army and navy were larger than the British army and navy.
• All Americans supported going to war with the British.

What did General Howe do instead of heading toward Albany to meet General Burgoyne’s troops?

• led his troops to Canada
• led his troops to Wilmington
• led his troops to Philadelphia
• led his troops to Lake Ontario

What did Tadeusz Kos´ciuszko help the Americans create?

• vessels
• uniforms
• fortifications
• living quarters

In 1777, which country did France consider its main enemy?

• Britain
• Spain
• Poland
• Prussia

Who led a surprise attack on Fort Vincennes and stopped a British invasion of the American frontier?

• Horatio Gates
• Benedict Arnold
• George Washington
• George Rogers Clark

Who rode 40 miles in one night to warn Patriots of a British attack in Connecticut?

• Abigail Adams
• Sybil Ludington
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Anna Smith Strong

Who had the largest and most powerful navy in the world?

• the British
• the French
• the Spanish
• the Americans

What did General Henry Clinton offer to enslaved men who joined the British Army?

• freedom
• money
• land
• clothing

Which group did Nathanael Greene belong to when he decided to join the Patriots?

• the Loyalists
• the Quakers
• the Six Nations
• the Light Horse Volunteers

Which military leader made the mistake of camping on a peninsula at Yorktown?

• Lord Cornwallis
• Charles O’Hara
• George Washington
• Comte de Rochambeau