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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what single most urgent task does Thoma Paine attempt to concentrate the mind of the nation?
(a) Achieve national unity, with determination.
(b) Obtain a true democratic government, nationally.
(c) Attain a guerrilla combat victory, soon.
(d) Quickly rebuilding its army.

2. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows which battles?
(a) Merely sea battles.
(b) Every battle.
(c) No battles.
(d) The biggest.

3. At what location are the Americans just a few miles from where the British settle on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River?
(a) Fort Delaware.
(b) Fort Greene.
(c) Fort Washington.
(d) Fort Lee.

4. What is a big issue facing the American rebels?
(a) Lack of enemy intelligence.
(b) Lack of dedication.
(c) Overload of ammunition supplies.
(d) Lack of courage.

5. In the chapter entitled "The Crisis," the author notes people already use the title "his Excellency" when speaking to George Washington, but identifies what other term as having a very different tone to it?
(a) Tyrant.
(b) Despot.
(c) Oppressor.
(d) Dictator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the British militia instruct beyond a general attitude?

2. The Americans move to what state following their defeat in New York?

3. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?

4. What factor plays a significant role in British military training?

5. After the British depart, Washington marches through what town with his troops and is hailed as a hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does General Cornwallis instruct his troops to do in New Jersey?

2. What is an interesting fact the author notes regarding the American attitude during their retreat through New Jersey?

3. Why is the war victory celebrated by Bostonians premature when the British leave town and George Washington and his men march through as heroes?

4. "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer is the story about what?

5. What events at the end of 1776 are foreshadowed early within the chapter entitled "The Retreat?"

6. How does the British military approach training?

7. When they arrive in America, the British army consists of what elements?

8. How does the Hessian army become involved in the American Revolution?

9. As their enemy comes to suffer heavy losses as the war progresses, why is it the American system proves superior?

10. Describe the relatively new concept of a light infantry which is brought to New York by the British.

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