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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Thomas Paine in achieving his goal with his second pamphlet?

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

3. Where in New York Harbor do the British and Hessian armies arrive?

4. In a way, General William Howe might be acknowledging what subsequent outcome of sthe Battle at Bunker Hill?

5. How certain is General William Howe about how successful the British army will be in opposition to the American rebels?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the British and Hessians come to incur heavy losses as the war progresses?

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

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

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

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

8. What do the Van Horne, Stockton, and other prominent New Jersey families, have in common during the Revolution?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What approach does the British military take in pursuing the American rebels across New Jersey? What effort do they make to engage the Americans?How long do the British Howe brothers believe the rebellion will last? As the winter of 1776 approaches, rather than engage in conflict, what do the British forces do?

Essay Topic 2

What delays the Americans from crossing the Delaware River and making a surprise attack at Trenton on Christmas Day of 1776? What is a nor'easter? What specific effects does it have on the Americans' advance toward Trenton? How does it affect their crossing the Delaware River? How does George Washington continue? How late are the Americans from their intended arrival? How does it affect their surprise attack?

Essay Topic 3

Into what Forage War do the Americans force their enemy? What is the Americans' objective? How effective are the Americans in preventing the British and Hessians from foraging and maintaining their armies? How much damage are the Americans able to inflict on their enemies' efforts to continue the war in the Colonies?

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