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A Nation is Born

Quiz by Lisa Walter

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  • Q1
    After the Americans had lost several battles and control of New York City, many Patriots chose to "run away" from the army. They chose to
    desert
    enlist
    profiteer
    30s
  • Q2
    The sneak attack led by George Washington on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey happened on what day?
    Christmas
    New Years Day
    Thanksgiving
    30s
  • Q3
    What river did Washington have to cross to complete the sneak attack on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey?
    Delaware River
    Charles River
    Mississippi River
    30s
  • Q4
    On January 3, 1777, the Patriots defeated the British at Princeton, New Jersey and captured
    badly needed supplies.
    Native Americans.
    the British warships.
    30s
  • Q5
    The victories at Trenton and Princeton gave the Patriot soldiers
    money.
    diseases.
    hope.
    30s
  • Q6
    What 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
  • Q7
    Patriot victories over the British at this location in October 1777 convinced other European countries to become allies of the United States.
    Saratoga, New York
    New York City, New York
    Boston, Massachusetts
    60s
  • Q8
    This Prussian military instructor taught American soldiers to march and fight together instead of separately.
    Baron Friedrich von Stueben
    Casamir Pulaski
    Marquis de Lafayette
    60s
  • Q9
    This engineer from Poland designed forts, including the dirt walls that protected the Americans at Saratoga.
    Baron Friedrich von Stueben
    Thaddeus Kosciuszko
    Marquis de Lafayette
    60s
  • Q10
    This Polish man served in Washington's army as a general and died of wounds received in battle fighting for the new nation.
    Casimir Pulaski
    Baron Friedrich von Stueben
    Marquis de Lafayette
    60s
  • Q11
    The 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.
    Boston
    New York
    Valley Forge
    60s
  • Q12
    In 1779, Patriot soldiers marched outside the colonies for a month to this territory to defeat the British at their fort.
    Canada
    Indiana
    Florida
    60s
  • Q13
    Fighting off the coast of Great Britain, this man and his crew defeated a British warship in 1779.
    John Paul Jones
    Marquis de Lafayette
    Baron Friedrich von Stueben
    60s
  • Q14
    Spain 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 Orleans
    Miami
    Tallahassee
    60s
  • Q15
    In 1781, this American general lost a battle against the British in North Carolina, but cost the British 1/4 of its troops.
    George Washington
    Marquis de Lafayette
    Nathanael Greene
    60s

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