THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Terms, Questions and Thinking Points

Ft. Ticonderoga
Battle of Breed's Hill
Gen. William Howe
Battle of Brooklyn Heights
Battle of Trenton
Gen. John Burgoyne
Battle of Saratoga (1778)
Benjamin Franklin
Franco-American Alliance (1778)
Valley Forge
Baron von Steuben
Battle of Monmouth (1778)
Harry Hamilton
Ft. Vincennes
George Rogers Clark

Fall of Charleston (1780)
Gen. Charles Cornwallis
Gen. Francis Marion
Battle of King's Mountain (1780)
Gen. Horatio Gates
Battle of Camden
Gen. Nathanael Greene
Battle of Cowpens
Gen. Benedict Arnold
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
Treaty of Paris (1783)

1.  What were the lessons learned by both sides at the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill?
2.  What was William Howe's strategy for victory when he arrived in New York City in 1776?
3.  What was the significance of Washington's victories at Trenton and Princeton?
4.  What was Washington's overall strategy?
5.  Describe Burgoyne's plan to end the Revolution and why it failed.
6.  What was the greatest significance of American victory at the Battle of Saratoga?
7.  What did the French have to gain from an alliance with the United States?
8.  What positive outcome emerged from the Continental Army's stay at Valley Forge?
9.  What happened at Monmouth (1778)?
10.  How did the war proceed in the West?
11.  How did American strategy change after the fall of Charleston?
12.  What role did loyalists play in the southern campaign?
13.  What was the strategy employed by Gen. Nathanael Greene?
14.  Describe the circumstances of Gen. Benedict Arnold's treachery.
15.  What role did the French play in America's victory at Yorktown?
16.  What "independent road" did American diplomats take during their peace negotiations with Britain?
17.  What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783) and what were some of its shortcomings?
This page last updated January 9, 2005.

© Kahne Parsons 2005.