Revolutionary War

5 Written Questions

1. Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
2. American- commander at Bunker Hill
3. American- general in Continental Army; distinguished himself as commander of the Southern Campaign
4. Brit admiral; commander of Royal Navy
5. American- young Patriot spy; hanged by Brits in Manhattan; "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

5 Matching Questions

1. Thomas Gage
2. Henry Clinton
3. Patrick Henry
4. Jean Baptiste Rochambeau
5. Horatio Gates

1. a famous speech "give me liberty or give me death"
2. b French general who assisted Washington at the Yorktown Campaign
3. c British general who failed in Boston and was recalled to England; replaced by William Howe as head of Brit forces
4. d American- general in Continental Army; participated in the Southern Campaign; replaced by Nathanael Greene after defeat in Battle of Camden
5. e Brit- succeeded William Howe; failed to meet Cornwallis at Yorktown

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. President of Continental Congress; signer of Declaration of Independence
   1. Nathan Hale
   2. John Hancock
   3. Ethan Allan
   4. John Adams
2. Prussian general who volunteered to help train American forces; trained army to European standards
   1. Baron von Steuben
   2. Paul Revere
   3. Nathanael Greene
   4. Nathan Hale
3. Brit general; successful in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia; lost war at Yorktown
   1. Charles Cornwallis
   2. Samuel Adams
   3. Ethan Allan
   4. Horatio Gates
4. silversmith; midnight rider; propagandist
   1. Samuel Adams
   2. Patrick Henry
   3. Paul Revere
   4. Nathan Hale
5. Continental general turned traitor with a plan to surrender West Point to the Brits; fought on Brit side at end of war
   1. Benedict Arnold
   2. Benjamin Franklin
   3. Henry Clinton
   4. Henry Knox

5 True/False Questions

1. John Adams → organizer and conductor of the Revolution; delegate to Continental Congress; a negotiator of the Treaty of Paris

   True        False

2. John "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne → headed the defeated Brit army at the Battle of Saratoga

   True        False

3. Thomas Paine → British general who failed in Boston and was recalled to England; replaced by William Howe as head of Brit forces

   True        False

4. Henry Knox → American- Continental general who commanded artillery; devised plan to take cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston

   True        False

5. Benjamin Franklin → diplomat who negotiated French aid and alliance; negotiator of the Treaty of Paris

   True        False