Question 1
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the American victory at Yorktown?
A) American Cherokee allies
B) French Army and Navy forces
C) Washington's Continentals
D) French and American heavy artillery
Question 2
Most Indian peoples during the American Revolution:
A) united to support the American cause.
B) refused to take sides.
C) were unaffected by the Revolution.
D) suffered greatly as a result of the war.
Question 3
As a result of the American offensives in the west during 17771779:
A) the British and their Indian allies decisively defeated the Americans.
B) the Americans took control of all the British forts.
C) most Indians responded to the American call to fight the British.
D) American-Indian hostilities continued unabated for decades after the war.
Question 4
When the Revolutionary War moved to the South, the British shifted to a strategy of:
A) turning the military conflict over to German mercenaries.
B) taking territory and turning it over to Loyalists.
C) guerrilla warfare.
D) relying on a naval blockade to cut off supplies.
Question 5
The French committed themselves to recognize American independence:
A) after the American defeats around New York City.
B) after the American victory at Saratoga.
C) after Britain attacked a French ship in Boston harbor.
D) out of sympathy for American revolutionary ideals.
Question 6
The biggest British defeat before Yorktown occurred at:
A) Trenton.
B) Saratoga.
C) Fort Ticonderoga.
D) Brandywine Creek.
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