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D) American colonists would fight and die in their dispute with the British.

General Washington was not involved in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

D) King George III is blamed for a long list of abuses against the colonies.

The document only refers once to Parliament.

D) ordinary folk living in the backcountry.

Local leaders in the Carolina backcountry influenced many citizens in those areas to remain loyal to Britain.

D) as paid mercenaries for the British.

Some 30,000 Hessians fought as paid mercenaries for the British army.

B) relatively poor women who followed the Continental Army, performing chores such as cooking and nursing.

Women of the Army were wives of poor soldiers who followed the army, receiving half-rations for performing chores for the soldiers.

C) led by George Washington and en route to a successful surprise attack.

Washington led his troops across the Delaware to launch a surprise attack against the Hessians stationed in Trenton.

D) after the surrender of British forces at Saratoga convinced the French the Continentals could win.

The French waited over a decade for revenge for their defeat in the Seven Years' War.

D) the South.

The last phase of fighting in the Revolutionary War occurred in the South.

A) were willing to fight for whichever side promised them freedom.

Slaves fought for whichever side promised them freedom.

C) due to his personal debt and his feeling that the Continental Congress had not treated the Continental Army fairly.

Arnold was burdened by debt and upset at the treatment of the army by Congress.

D) It might not have been necessary had the British navy arrived in time.

The British might have survived at Yorktown had their navy arrived a week earlier.