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Chapters 26-28 Quiz Review Shaffer January 2015
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Who was responsible for purchasing the arms (weapons) and clothing for each individual soldier? Answer: The individual soldier
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Which weather factor helped Washington and his soldiers at Long Island? Answer: Fog
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Hessians are professional soldiers from which country? Answer: Germany
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How many German troops fought in America? Answer: 30,000
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What river did Washington and his soldiers cross on Christmas Eve 1776 Answer: Delaware
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Where did the British settle in for the winter of 1776? Answer: New York City
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Who was the British general who messed up Burgoyne’s plans for Saratoga? Answer: General Howe
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Which river area did Burgoyne want to capture to cut off New England and New York from the rest of the colonies? Answer: Hudson River
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Who was the Polish military engineer who picked the site at Saratoga and fortified it with cannons? Answer: Tadeusz Kosciuszko
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Where did Washington take his army for encampment in the winter of 1777-78? Answer: Valley Forge
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About how many of George Washington’s men died in the winter of 1777-78? Answer: 2,000
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Who began training 100 men at a time and drilled the entire army during the winter of 1777-78? Answer: Baron Friedrich von Steuben
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Who did Washington appoint as quartermaster general (in charge of supplies)? Answer: Nathanael Greene
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What was George Rogers Clark’s nickname? Answer: Mitchi Malsa
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Who was Virginia’s governor in 1778? Answer: Patrick Henry
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Who was the 21 year old spy who was a school teacher from Yale who ended up getting caught and hanged by the British? Answer: Nathan Hale
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