Chapter 9 American Revolution

What are advantages the Americans had over the British during the American Revolution? (choose 4)

• colonists had a strong desire for freedom

• colonists had unlimited supplies of food

• colonies had foreign alliances with France and Spain

• colonists had capable leaders, like George Washington

• colonists were more familiar with the geography.

Choose the answers that describe the British Army(choose 4)

• they sometimes impressed unwilling men

• offered recruits bounties (bonuses)

• released debtors and criminals if they agreed to serve

• They had a large fleet that controlled the seas

• used guerilla warfare

Choose all that apply to the Continental Army.(choose 3)

• used guerilla warfare

• allowed men to enlist for one year

• created the Culper Spy ring

• Impressed men to serve on their side

The first battles of the American Revolution

• Lexington and Concord

• Yorktown

• Saratogo

• Princeton

What battle marked the end of the American Revolution?

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Trenton

• Princeton

What role did African Americans play in the American Revolution?

• fought on both sides of the war

• both free and enslaved fought on both sides of the war

• They contributed to the Continental Armies success

• Britain promised to free any people enslaved by the colonists that fought on the British side

• Fought only for the British

Most Native Americans fought on the side of

• British

• American

How did minutemen get their name?

• members of a militia who could quickly be ready to fight

• men who quickly changed sides during the fight

• British militia

German mercenary troops that the British paid to fight on their side?

• Hessians

• tories

• loyalist

• red coats

Battle fought against Hessian soldiers after Washington crossed the Delaware River?

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Yorktown