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Chapters 26-28 Quiz Review
ShafferJanuary 2015
Who was responsible for purchasing the arms (weapons) and clothing for each individual soldier?
Answer: The individual soldier
Which weather factor helped Washington and his soldiers at Long Island?
Answer: Fog
Hessians are professional soldiers from which country?
Answer: Germany
How many German troops fought in America?
Answer: 30,000
What river did Washington and his soldiers cross on Christmas Eve 1776
Answer: Delaware
Where did the British settle in for the winter of 1776?
Answer: New York City
Who was the British general who messed up Burgoyne’s plans for Saratoga?
Answer: General Howe
Which river area did Burgoyne want to capture to cut off New England and New York from the rest of the colonies?
Answer: Hudson River
Who was the Polish military engineer who picked the site at Saratoga and fortified it with cannons?
Answer: Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Where did Washington take his army for encampment in the winter of 1777-78?
Answer: Valley Forge
About how many of George Washington’s men died in the winter of 1777-78?
Answer: 2,000
Who began training 100 men at a time and drilled the entire army during the winter of 1777-78?
Answer: Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Who did Washington appoint as quartermaster general (in charge of supplies)?
Answer: Nathanael Greene
What was George Rogers Clark’s nickname?
Answer: Mitchi Malsa
Who was Virginia’s governor in 1778?
Answer: Patrick Henry
Who was the 21 year old spy who was a school teacher from Yale who ended up getting caught and hanged by the British?
Answer: Nathan Hale
