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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. The Americans move to what state following their defeat in New York?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Delaware.

2. Why do the British opt not to hire the Hessian army to serve in the Colonies long before the American Revolution?
(a) They are too costly.
(b) They are not sufficiently skilled.
(c) They do not speak their language.
(d) They are not trustworthy.

3. The Hessian troops are exhausted and want to move where to fully rest themselves?
(a) Better quarters.
(b) Germany.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

4. "Washington's Crossing" details each battle fought from Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, Fort Lee, Trenton, and ultimately where?
(a) Appotomax.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Richmond.

5. What is one important way the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) Their virtual inability to utilize firearms.
(b) Their unwillingness to give their lives to the effort.
(c) Their lack of dedication to the cause in difficult times.
(d) Their maintaining their lodging in disarray and constantly soiled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does British military training compare with that of the American Revolutionaries?

3. The Hessian system of discipline differs from that of the British in that the Hessians make greater use of what?

4. The author's mentioning of Congress' taking steps toward a system of separate legislative and executive powers foreshadows what?

5. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. From what source do the Hessians draw their troops?

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

4. What does the author note regarding the roles order and discipline have in the victories and the defeats?

5. What are two of the many ways in which the Americans display their lack of discipline and training?

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

7. How does the British military approach training?

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

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

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

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