1. 1. Where did the Americans spend a cold and hungry winter? a. Valley Forge b. Bunker Hill c. Saratoga d. Yorktown

2. 1. Where did the Americans spend a cold and hungry winter? a. Valley Forge

3. 2. What vocabulary term means soldiers on horseback? a. cavalry b. blockade c. traitor d. ratify

4. 2. What vocabulary term means soldiers on horseback? a. cavalry

5. 3. What happened after the Battle of Saratoga? a. the British gave the colonies all the land that is now the United States b. France joined the American side c. the Americans surrendered d. Germany joined the American side

6. 3. What happened after the Battle of Saratoga? b. France joined the American side

7. 4. Which country had a navy strong enough to blockade their enemy’s ports? a. France b. United States c. Britain d. Spain

8. 4. Which country had a navy strong enough to blockade their enemy’s ports? c. Britain

9. 5. The Green Mountain Boys were led by: a. Nathan Hale b. George Washington c. Ethan Allen d. Nathanael Greene

10. 5. The Green Mountain Boys were led by: c. Ethan Allen

11. 6. In the ___, the colonies declared their loyalty to King George and asked for the Intolerable Acts to be repealed. a. First Continental Congress b. Olive Branch Petition c. Militia Crisis d. Declaration of Independence

12. 6. In the ___, the colonies declared their loyalty to King George and asked for the Intolerable Acts to be repealed. b. Olive Branch Petition

13. 7. The British tried to divide the colonies in two. What city did they want to take so they could cut off New England from the rest of the colonies? a. Albany b. Philadelphia c. New York City d. Boston

14. 7. The British tried to divide the colonies in two. What city did they want to take so they could cut off New England from the rest of the colonies? a. Albany

15. 8. How many copies of Common Sense were sold? a. 100,000 b. 200,000 c. 500,000 d. 1,000,000

16. 8. How many copies of Common Sense were sold? c. 500,000

17. 9. What river did Washington have to cross at the Battle of Trenton? a. Mississippi b. Delaware c. Hudson d. Ohio

18. 9. What river did Washington have to cross at the Battle of Trenton? b. Delaware

19. 10. Who was the American commander at Bunker Hill? a. George Washington b. Ethan Allen c. Nathan Hale d. William Prescott

20. 10. Who was the American commander at Bunker Hill? d. William Prescott

21. ANSWERS 1-a 2-a 3-b 4-c 5-c 6-b 7-a 8-c 9-b 10-d