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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The March.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the first British battalions to land?
(a) Grenadiers, then light infantry.
(b) Cavalry, then light infantry.
(c) Light infantry, then heavy artillery.
(d) Light infantry, then grenadiers.

2. In battles at what locations do the Americans learn important lessons about artillery?
(a) Concord and Boston.
(b) Boston and New York.
(c) Boston and Baltimore.
(d) Baltimore and New York.

3. In 1776, the British start to get cocky in their attitude toward the rebellion and do not think that it will survive beyond what point?
(a) Spring, 1777.
(b) Winter, 1776.
(c) Summer, 1776.
(d) Fall, 1776.

4. The British military is very organized and feels training makes a significant contribution to what?
(a) Preservation of order.
(b) Scholastic apptitude.
(c) Flag signaling.
(d) Morse Code.

5. Who does not allow the Hessians the rest they request?
(a) Lieutenant Andreas von Wiederholdt.
(b) General William Howe.
(c) Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall.
(d) Friedrich Wilhelm II.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hessian troops are exhausted and want to move where to fully rest themselves?

2. The British pacification policy runs into problems arising from a lack of supply, and troops commonly doing what?

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?

4. Military training is important to the British as they feel it enforces what?

5. What is the overall goal of the British in America?

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