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History: Battles/Chapter 4

  1. What was the first battle?
    Long Island and Harlem Heights
  2. What was the 2nd Battle?
    Trenton
  3. What was the 3rd Battle?
    Brandywine
  4. What was the 4th battle?
    Saratoga
  5. What was the 5th battle?
    Valley Forge
  6. What was the 6th battle?
    Monmouth
  7. What was the 7th battle?
    Vincennes
  8. What was the 8th battle/
    Southern Campaign
  9. What was the 9th and LAST battle?
    Yorktown
  10. What was the "10th" battle?
    Treaty of Paris
  11. Who was the American General in the battle of Harlem Heights?
    George Washington
  12. Who was the British general in the battle of Long Island?
    Lord Howe
  13. What was the outcome of the Long Island/Harlem Heights battle?
    British won
  14. What was the significance of the Long Island/Harlem Heights battle?
    (2)
    • British control New York
    • Washington and his army escape
  15. Who was the American General for the battle of Trenton?
    George Washington
  16. Who was the British commander in the battle of Trenton?
    Cornwallis
  17. Who won the battle of Trenton?
    Americans
  18. What was the signifcance of the battle of Trenton
    Encourages troops to re-enlist
  19. Who was the British commander of the battle of Brandywine?
    Lord Howe
  20. Who was the American commander of the battle of Brandywine?
    George Washington
  21. Who won the battle of Brandywine?
    British
  22. What was the signifance of the battle of Brandywine?
    Opens Philidelphia to Lord Howe
  23. Who was the British commander of the battle of Saratoga?
    Gates
  24. Who was the American commander of the battle of Saratoga?
    Burgoyne
  25. Who won the battle of Saratoga?
    Americans
  26. What was the signifiance of the battle of Saratoga?
    France signs treaty of alliance
  27. Who was the American Commander of the battle of Valley Forge?
    George Washington
  28. Who was the British commander int he battle of Valley Forge?
    VonSteuben
  29. What was the outcome of the battle of Valley Forge?
    Well-trained army
  30. What was the significance of the battle of Valley Forge?
    Americans can fight British in European Style
  31. Who was the American commander in the battle of Monmouth?
    George Washington
  32. Who was the British commander in the battle of Monmouth?
    Clinton
  33. Who won the battle of Monmouth?
    It was a tie
  34. Who was the commander of the battle of Vincennes?
    George Rogers Clark
  35. Who won the battle of Vincennes?
    Americans
  36. What was the significance of the battle of Vincennes?
    Control of West leads to land claim
  37. Who was the American commander of the battle of Southern Campaign?
    Greene
  38. Who was the British commander of the Southern Campaign?
    Marlon Cornwallis
  39. Who won the Southern Campaign?
    Americans
  40. What was the signififance of the Southern Campaign?
    Guerilla warfare wears out Cornwallis' elite troops
  41. Who was the American commander of the battle of Yorktown?
    George Washington
  42. Who was the British commander of the battle of Yorktown?
    Cornwallis
  43. Who won the battle of Yorktown?
    americans
  44. What was the significance of the battle of Yorktown?
    3
    • Joint French-American victory
    • Surrender of Cornwallis' army
    • Last major battle of the war
  45. What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris?
    Independence
  46. What is the signififance of the Treaty of Paris?
    Englarges United States
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