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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 does the American military system prove its superiority?

2. When does the American Revolutionary War take place?

3. What is a big issue facing the American rebels?

4. The British military is very organized and feels training makes a significant contribution to what?

5. According to the author, during the American's retreat following their defeat in New York, how do the rebels behave?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does George Washington fare in Manhattan in 1776?

3. How does the British military approach training?

4. When they arrive in America, the British army consists of what elements?

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

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

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

8. Describe the relatively new concept of a light infantry which is brought to New York by the British.

9. Why is it George Washington decides to cross the Delaware River and attack Trenton?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the Americans' victory at Trenton, what concerns George Washington? What type of an enemy has the American force awoken? Why does Washington view himself as being in a delicate spot? What are the chances of his ruining the American cause? What are Washington's concerns regarding the weather and state of his forces? What is Washington's view of his troops having to fight again on a frozen battlefield?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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