Practice Battles Quiz

1. Practice Battles Quiz

2. Put the following battles/events in chronological order: • White Plains • Princeton • Saratoga • Valley Forge

3. Question 2 • Which battle featured colonists fighting colonists only?

4. Question 3 • Who won the battle of White Plains?

5. Question 4: • Who won the battle of Brandywine Creek?

6. Question 5: • Where did the Battle of Cowpens occur?

7. Question 6: • The battles of Trenton/Princeton were important because: • They forced Lord Cornwallis to surrender • Washington was able to capture about 1000 enemy soldiers • The loss made the colonists abandon the region • Colonial faith was restored in the Continental Army

8. Question 7: • Which battle forced the British to abandon their plans to split the colonies in half? • Trenton • Princeton • Saratoga • King’s Mountain

9. Question 8: • Which of the following battles occurred in 1781? • Yorktown • White Plains • Valley Forge • Saratoga

10. Question 9: • The Battle of Brandywine Creek was important because: • The British lost a lot of soldiers, which gave Washington the first major success of the American Revolution • Washington was finally able to re-take New York and Philadelphia from the British control • Washington lost, which led to the northeast colonies falling into British control • Showed just how brutal the American Revolution Was

11. Question 10: • The Battle of Cowpens was important because: • Morgan’s defeat helped reenergize the British • Morgan’s victory helped reenergize the colonists • Tarleton’s defeat helped renergize the British • Tarleton’s defeat helped reenergize the colonists

12. Answers: • 1. White Plains, Princeton, Saratoga, Valley Forge • 2. King’s Mountain • 3. British/Colonists • 4. British • 5. South/North Carolina Border • 6. D • 7. C • 8. A

13. Answers Cont… • 9. C • 10. D