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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. How many Hessian soldiers do the British hire?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Several hundred.

2. When does the American Revolutionary War take place?
(a) 1754-1763.
(b) 1898-1902.
(c) 1846-1848.
(d) 1775-1883.

3. The opposing forces' problems are not directly due to the Americans, but from the failing strength of the British and Hessian forces reulting from what?
(a) Running out of food.
(b) Massive iIllness being incurred.
(c) Desertion of troops.
(d) Being spread too thin.

4. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?
(a) Fellow troops in his squad.
(b) Fellow troops in his regiment.
(c) Fellow citizens of his home village or town.
(d) Fellow members in his family.

5. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1777.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who expands the Hessian army?

2. While officers of the Hessian army all have specific beliefs, by what are these men defined?

3. Believing the American rebellion is over, citizens of which city flee fearing the opposing forces are nearing?

4. "Washington's Crossing" concerns what river?

5. George Washington knows that the British are salivating over the prospect of invading and conquering what city as they wait for a river to freeze to allow them passage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does General William Howe act following the Battle of Bunker Hill?

2. How does misinformation cost George Washington the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776?

3. How does the British pacification policy run into problems arising from problems of supply?

4. Why is George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River considered the turning point in the American Revolutionary War?

5. How does the British military approach training?

6. What are the foundational elements behind the British military?

7. How do the Hessians and British military forces differ in their approach to discipline?

8. How might the officers of the Hessian army be described?

9. As the winter of 1776 approaches, what view do the British develop regarding the American Revolution?

10. Why was George Washington selected as commander-in-chief of the American army?

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