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- Q1What does enlist mean?sign up and join the militarythe list of traitorsmaking a listusing a list to get an answer30sSS.8.A.3.7
- Q2mercenaries from Germany, hired to fight for the British armyHessiansFrenchNetherlandsBritish30sSS.8.A.3.4
- Q3it was first of many defeats for the inexperienced American soldiersBattle for New York City (Aug. 1776)30sSS.8.A.3.7
- Q4Thomas Paine (from his pamphlet, The Crisis)"These are the times that try men's souls."30sSS.8.A.3.4
- Q5he ordered the British to stop attacking in the New York battle because he thought Washington would surrenderGeneral Howe30sSS.8.A.3.7
- Q6Which of these was a weakness of the Continental army at the start of the war?short on supplies and moneypoor leadershipdid not know the landfar away from home30sSS.8.A.3.7
- Q7At the start of the war, what was a weakness of the British?short on menpoor leadershipshort on moneyshort on supplies30sSS.8.A.3.7
- Q8Why did African Americans join the British army?British were offering slaves freedomthey don't like Native Americansthey were paid very wellthey thought of themselves as British people30sSS.8.A.3.4
- Q9What caused the American defeat in Brooklyn, New York, in August 1776?inexperienced soldierscold weatherunmotivated troopsweak leadership30sSS.8.A.3.6
- Q10Thomas Paine wrote another pamphlet called "The Crisis" in which he described soldiers who would not fight after their enlistment was up as men who no one willpaykillbuyhonor30sSS.8.A.3.5
- Q11After the crushing defeats at New York, George Washington changed his strategy to fight a ____________________ war.defensiveexpensiveoffensivelosing30sSS.8.A.3.6