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What battle in October 1777 was the turning point of the American revolution? |
The battle of Saratoga |
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Where did the battle of Saratoga take place? |
The battle of Saratoga took place in Saratoga, New York |
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Provide three reasons historians view the battle of Saratoga as the turning point of the American revolution. |
A) Ended British threat to New England. B) Boosted American spirits. C) Convinced France to Ally with America. |
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Why did the Americans want an alliance with France? |
The Americans wanted an alliance with France because the French had a navy and because they had supplies and cannons and were an experienced army |
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On which side did the native Americans fight in the American revolution? |
Most Native Americans hot on the British side of the American revolution |
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Why did many African-Americans support the revolution? |
Many African-Americans supported the revolution because many of them were enslaved and they hopedthat after the war they would be free |
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Why did many slaves join the British forces, especially in the south? |
Many slaves joined the British forces because Britain told them that by joining their side, they could free them after the war |
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At first the Continental Congress refused to let African-Americans, whether free or enslaved, served in the Continental Army. Why did George Washington change this policy? |
George Washington changed this policy because many of the African-Americans were going to the British side, and he wanted as many fighters as he could get. |
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Who was George Rogers Clark, and where did he win major victories against the British? |
George Rogers Clark was a Man from Virginia who led Virginia frontier fighters against the British. He won major victories in the Ohio River Valley, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincenness. |
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Who was the American guerrilla fighter known as the Swamp Fox? Why did he get this nickname? |
Francis Marion because he was quick and came out of the woods to fight small battles then retreated |
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Who was the great naval hero of the revolution who won a victory against the British in the North Sea? |
This was Admiral de Grasse |
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What was the final major battle of the American Revolution that convinced the British to negotiate with the Americans? |
This was the battle of Yorktown. September 30 to October 19 of 1781 |
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Where did this battle take place? |
The Yorktown peninsula in Virginia. |
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Who was the British general in command during this final major battle of Yorktown? |
The British general was Gen. Cornwallis |
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Who was the American commander who used his French allies and the element of surprise to try and capture the British army? |
General George Washington |
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From where did George Washington March the combined forces of the American and French army? |
From New York. |
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Who was the French general who marched south with the Americans? |
Compte de rouchambau |
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What was the name of the young French officer who was already in Virginia and was like a surrogate son to George Washington? |
Marquis de Lafayette |
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Who was the French admiral who sailed his fleet north to trap the British? |
Admiral de Grasse |
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What was the name of today that the French fleet blockaded and where is it? |
Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia |
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What is the military tactic called in which an army or navy creates a blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender? |
A siege |
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What was the date that the British surrendered after this battle (Yorktown) ? |
The British surrendered on October 19, 1781. |
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What was the name of the song that the British Army band played during the surrender as the defeated redcoats marched between the victorious American and French troops? |
The world turned upside down |
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What is the name of the treaty that brought an official end to the war between America and great Britain in which Britain recognized America's independence |
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
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In 1782, who did the Continental Congress sent to Paris to negotiate his peace treaty with Great Britain? Four people. |
Benjamin Franklin. John Jay. John Adams. Henry Laurens. |
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What were the borders of the new United States of America under this treaty? |
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. From Canada to Florida. |
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What happened to Canada as a result of the treaty? |
Britian took Canada. |
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What did the treaty say American state legislatures would do? |
To pay loyalists for property that they lost in the war. But most were ignored anyway. |
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Who was the British general at the turning point of the revolution. Saratoga. What was his goal? |
General John Burgoyne. His goal was to cut off new England from the rest of the colonies. |
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What French naval hero came to the rescue at the final battle of the revolution? |
Admiral de Grasse |
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In what year was the turning point of the revolution fought? Saratoga. |
1777 |
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You will get 100! True or false? |
True!! |
