Yorktown

Who's fleet is the Continental Army waiting on to join the fight?

• German

• French

• Hessian

• Italian

What is holding up the French fleet?

• Blizzard

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• No wind

Where does General George Washington plan to attack the British?

• Pennsylvania

• Virgina

• New York

• New Jersey

Where did the British spies think General Gorge Washington was going to attack?

• New Jersey

• Virgina

• Pennsylvania

• New York

Why were the negro British soldiers sent to dig the trenches?

• The British soldiers didn't know how.

• The British soldiers weren't strong enough.

• Too many British soldiers were dying from the heat.

• It was too hot for the British soldiers.

Who was sailing down the Delaware River?

• General Rochambeau

• Marquis de Lafayette

• General Cornwallis

• General Washington

What was General George Washington trying to by meeting up with Rochambeau in Yorktown

• Double the size of Washington's Army.

• Cut off any escape the British had by land.

• Cut off the British supply chain.

• To bring Washington's troops supplies.

What was the job of the French fleet when they got to Virgina?

• To transport goods to France.
• To establish a permanent naval base in Virginia.
• To cut off any British escape route through the Chesapeake Bay.

• To attack British ships in the Atlantic.

What happened to the British fleet that was going up against the French fleet?

• The British fleet won decisively against the French fleet.
• The British fleet retreated without engaging the French fleet.
• The British fleet joined forces with the French fleet.
• The British fleet give up and head for open water. They head to go get reinforcements.

What was General Washington's plan for Yorktown?

• To dig trenches outside British cannon range and slowly work their way closer.

• To retreat and regroup for a later battle.
• To conduct a siege with French support to force the British surrender.
• To negotiate a peace treaty with the British.