True | False |
Washington was captured in the Battle of Long Island | False: Washington only had to retreat |
Washington was forced to ferry his soldiers to shore b/c he had no Navy | True |
Through the spring Washington fought a series of battles with Howe's army | False: it was in autombe |
Through the course of the fall, Washington was forced to cross the Hudson into New Jersey and the Delaware into Pennsylvania | True |
Nathan Hale was a spy for the British who was hanged by Washington | False: he was a spy for the patriots and was hung by Howe |
Due to a high moral Washington organized a surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton | False: due to low moral |
On Christmas Eve Washington lead his troops across the Delaware and surprised the Hessians on Christmas Day | False: christmas day he led, the 26th he attacked |
The continental army took all of the Hessians at Trenton prisoners. | True |
General Cornwallis of the British army set out to recapture Trenton and on January 2, 1777, found and captured Washington and his troops | False: they did not try to capture on the 2nd, but on the 3rd |
Washington left his fires burning and looped around Cornwallis launching a surprise attack on the surprisers at Princeton | True |
General Burgoyne wanted three British armies (lead by St. Leger, Burgoyne, and Howe) to corner the Patriots in Albany, NY | True |
St. Leger and Burgoyne met up in Albany but were to slow for the Patriots | False: the only one who made it to Albany was Burgoyne |
Burgoyne successfully recaptured Ticonderoga but was beaten back at Saratoga and surrendered his entire army to the patriots | True |
Due to the Battle of Saratoga France was now on the side of the British | False: France came to the Patriot cause |
France, the Netherlands, and Spain were the first countries to become allies to the young nation | True |