Name:____________________________________________________ Date:_________

 

The Battles of the Revolutionary War and the Men and Women who fought them

Read the packet on the Revolutionary War. After you have finished reading, you need to go back over the questions and answer the questions.

 

Battles:

 

  1. Which battle happened so fast that the British general didn’t even have time to get dressed before he had to surrender?  ____________________________________

 

  1. In which battle did the British General William Howe capture the city of New York with 32,000 troops? ____________________________________________

 

  1. In which battle did General Washington attack the Hession soldiers on Christmas morning?

 

  1. Where was the winter camp for the Continental Army in 1777? __________________________________

 

  1. Which battle used Captain Daniel Morgan’s troops as a lure to get General Charles Cornwallis to attack? _________________________________________

 

  1. What battle took place at Freeman’s Farm in September of 1777? ________________________________________

 

  1. Why is it thought that George Washington may have helped to burn part of New York City? ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

    1. How much of the city burned? ___________________________________

 

  1. Who was the man who led the attack on Fort Ticonderoga? ___________________________________________

 

  1. Describe the conditions for the men at Valley Forge. _______________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What happened before the Battle of Trenton that made the situation for the Continental Army so dire? ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What was the most important result of the Battle of Princeton? _______________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What battle did the Battle of Cowpens come right before? ___________________

 

  1. What help did the colonists get at Valley Forge? __________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What happened to the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What did the Colonial Army have to cross to attack the Hessions at Trenton? __________________________________________________________________

 

    1. What happened after the Colonial army won at Trenton? (You might have to read about the Battle of Princeton to find this out) ____________________________________________________________  ____________________________________________________________

 

Battle of Yorktown:

 

  1. When Cornwallis retreated to Yorktown, what did he assume would happen? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

    1. What caused Cornwallis to be trapped? ____________________________ ____________________________________________________________

 

Significant Individuals:

 

  1. Who fought as a British officer during the French and Indian War and then defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Who was the commander of the British military who was responsible for the defeat of the British military in the south? ________________________________

 

  1. Who was the commander of the fort at West Point?________________________

 

    1. Explain why he wanted to be the commander at West Point: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

 

  1. Who was known as the Swamp Fox and why was he called this? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Who was the quartermaster general for the colonial army? __________________

 

  1. Who was the Butcher and why did he earn that nickname? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Why is Deborah Sampson’s story so interesting? What happened that caused her to be discovered? ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. How did Molly Pitcher earn her name? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What was the standard uniform like for the Colonial Army? How was it similar or different to the uniform of the British? __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________