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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 are Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe related?
2. Where in New York Harbor do the British and Hessian armies arrive?
3. After their victory in New York, the British make plans to settle down for the winter. However, what distance factor works against them in a big way?
4. "Washington's Crossing" is a story about which war?
5. The British peg Richard Stockton as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, capture him, and then compel him to do what?
Short Essay Questions
1. When they arrive in America, the British army consists of what elements?
2. Why is the war victory celebrated by Bostonians premature when the British leave town and George Washington and his men march through as heroes?
3. Why do the British and Hessians come to incur heavy losses as the war progresses?
4. What does the author note regarding the roles order and discipline have in the victories and the defeats?
5. What is General William Howe's view regarding the British chances of defeating the American rebels following the Battle of Bunker Hill?
6. How does the British military approach training?
7. What events at the end of 1776 are foreshadowed early within the chapter entitled "The Retreat?"
8. How do the Hessians and British military forces differ in their approach to discipline?
9. How does misinformation cost George Washington the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776?
10. As their enemy comes to suffer heavy losses as the war progresses, why is it the American system proves superior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In November, 1776, Thomas Paine publishes another pamphlet, "The American Crisis," which is similar to what other pamphlet also written by Paine? What is Paine's intention with this second pamphlet? Why does Paine feel his second pamphlet is necessary? What is Paine's view of war? How does he view British tyranny? How successful is "The American Crisis" in awakening the people within the United States? What is the single most urgent task upon which Paine focuses the minds of the nation?
Essay Topic 2
Why is the battle at the bridge at Assunpink Creek significant? Where is it situated? What is it the Americans' hope to accomplish there? What is it their opponents seek to do there? What do the Americans do to achieve success? How costly is this battle?
Essay Topic 3
How does New York come to fall to the British? What impact does poor military intelligence play in the Americans' loss of Long Island? What effect does weather play on the Americans' retreat to Manhattan? Where is the final battle that seals the fall of New York? What contributes to the Americans' loss of New York?
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