1. Which army had the advantage of fighting on the defensive? A. French B. American C. British D....

1. Which army had the advantage of fighting

on the defensive?A. French B. AmericanC. British D. Salvation

1. Which army had the advantage of fighting

on the defensive?B. American

2. What is the name given to colonists who sided with the British?

A. Patriots B. SwashbucklersC. Buccaneers

D. Loyalists

2. What is the name given to colonists who sided with the British?

D. Loyalists

3. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their

eyes!” was said at which battle?

A. Fort Ticonderoga B. Saratoga

C. Yorktown D. Bunker Hill

3. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their

eyes!” was said at which battle?

D. Bunker Hill

4. Who captured the forts at Cahokia and Vincennes?A. George Washington

B. Ethan AllenC. Benedict Arnold

D. George Rogers Clark

4. Who captured the forts at Cahokia and Vincennes?

D. George Rogers Clark

5. Who wrote Common Sense, the document which told the

colonies that it was obvious that they should separate from

Britain?A. Thomas Jefferson

B. John HancockC. Ethan Allen D. Thomas

Paine

5. Who wrote Common Sense, the document which told the

colonies that it was obvious that they should separate from

Britain?D. Thomas Paine

6. Who was the British general at the Battle of

Yorktown?A. Washington

B. LafayetteC. Cornwallis D.

Pulaski

6. Who was the British general at the Battle of

Yorktown?C. Cornwallis

7. Which of the following was something which the Second

Continental Congress decided to do?

A. surrender to the British B. surrender to the French

C. attack Saratoga D. set up an army with George

Washington as its leader

7. Which of the following was something which the Second

Continental Congress decided to do?

D. set up an army with George Washington as its leader

8. What battle was sometimes called the

Lexington and Concord of the South?

A. Moore’s Creek Bridge B. Cowpens

C. King’s Mountain D. Guilford Courthouse

8. What battle was sometimes called the

Lexington and Concord of the South?

A. Moore’s Creek Bridge

9. Which fort was located at the tip of Lake

Champlain?A. Saratoga

B. YorktownC. Bunker Hill D. Ticonderoga

9. Which fort was located at the tip of Lake

Champlain?D. Ticonderoga

10. Who was the British commander at

Oriskany?A. St. Leger

B. BurgoyneC. Howe D. Cornwallis

10. Who was the British commander at

Oriskany?A. St. Leger

Answers1-b 2-d 3-d 4-d 5-d

6-c 7-d 8-a 9-d 10-a