A Nation is Born
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- Q1After the Americans had lost several battles and control of New York City, many Patriots chose to "run away" from the army. They chose todesertenlistprofiteer30s
- Q2The sneak attack led by George Washington on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey happened on what day?ChristmasNew Years DayThanksgiving30s
- Q3What river did Washington have to cross to complete the sneak attack on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey?Delaware RiverCharles RiverMississippi River30s
- Q4On January 3, 1777, the Patriots defeated the British at Princeton, New Jersey and capturedbadly needed supplies.Native Americans.the British warships.30s
- Q5The victories at Trenton and Princeton gave the Patriot soldiersmoney.diseases.hope.30s
- Q6What stopped the British General Burgoyne from completing his attack plan to trap the Patriot forces between two groups of British forces?French troops defeated the British.British soldiers gave up and went home.British supply wagons got stuck in muddy forest roads on their way to New York.30s
- Q7Patriot victories over the British at this location in October 1777 convinced other European countries to become allies of the United States.Saratoga, New YorkNew York City, New YorkBoston, Massachusetts60s
- Q8This Prussian military instructor taught American soldiers to march and fight together instead of separately.Baron Friedrich von StuebenCasamir PulaskiMarquis de Lafayette60s
- Q9This engineer from Poland designed forts, including the dirt walls that protected the Americans at Saratoga.Baron Friedrich von StuebenThaddeus KosciuszkoMarquis de Lafayette60s
- Q10This Polish man served in Washington's army as a general and died of wounds received in battle fighting for the new nation.Casimir PulaskiBaron Friedrich von StuebenMarquis de Lafayette60s
- Q11The winter after the victory at Saratoga was extremely hard for the American troops. At this location almost 2,000 troops died from illnesses such as typhoid, influenza, and smallpox.BostonNew YorkValley Forge60s
- Q12In 1779, Patriot soldiers marched outside the colonies for a month to this territory to defeat the British at their fort.CanadaIndianaFlorida60s
- Q13Fighting off the coast of Great Britain, this man and his crew defeated a British warship in 1779.John Paul JonesMarquis de LafayetteBaron Friedrich von Stueben60s
- Q14Spain helped the Americans by loaning money and closing this port in Spain's Louisiana Territory to British ships and opening it to American ships.New OrleansMiamiTallahassee60s
- Q15In 1781, this American general lost a battle against the British in North Carolina, but cost the British 1/4 of its troops.George WashingtonMarquis de LafayetteNathanael Greene60s