War for Independence

Most Native Americans, especially those that Allied with the British, were worse off after the Revolutionary War, because many American Colonists wanted to settle farther West. (and the British were no longer there to stop the colonists)

• True

• False

Another name for a "Loyalist"

• Tory

• Tammy

• Patriot

• Redcoat

Which American general was hailed as a hero for his bravery on the battlefield, a reputation lost with his later betrayal and defection to the Royalists?

• Israel Putnam

• George Washington

• Horatio Gates

• Benedict Arnold

What happened as a result of the surrender by the Continental Army at Charleston to the British and Henry Clinton? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• Lincoln and his command were refused the honors of war

• 2,500 Continentals would not survive their imprisonment

• The British captured over 300 cannons and about 6,000 muskets

True or False: The surrender by the British at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 ultimately led to negotations for peace with the British and the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

• True

• False

After 6 years of war, the American colonies long struggle for indepenence had led to...

• enormous debt

• food shortages

• lack of morale among soldiers

Why is the battle that was fought on Breed’s Hill called the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• No one knows

• Colonel William Prescott’s orders were to fortify Bunker’s Hill, but he chose Breed’s Hill instead.

• Over time, everyone forgot about Breed’s Hill...

• The British accidentally switched the names of the two hills on their own maps.

Who - as legend has it - cautions his men not to waste their powder athe Battle of Bunker Hill, exclaiming “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes" ?

• Thomas Paine

• William Howe

• William Prescott

• Israel Putnam

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in...

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• South Carolina

• New York

Following the Battle of Trenton, the Americans are able to gain an advantage and are victorious at...

• The Battle of Brooklyn

• The Battle of Princeton

• The Battle of Charleston

• The Battle of Boston