Even though the British lost the battle at Fort Necessity, why was it significant?
[a] It sparked outrage in the colonists who rebelled against the British for fighting in the French and Indian War
[b] It marked the beginning of Washington's leadership in the French and Indian War
*[c] It set the stage for the rest of the war, setting up the French for victory
[d] It prompted the Iroquois and Algonquins to join forces to defeat the French
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When did the French decide to send help to the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
[a] after the Battle of Saratoga
[b] after the Battle of Concord
[c] after the Battle of Laxington
[d] after the Second Continental Congress
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"By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here one the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world"
These lines are from a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837.
To what do these lines refer?
[a] The beginning of the Revolutionary War
[b] Washington's crossing of the Delaware River before the battle of Trenton
[c] the battle at the Boston harbor
[d] the end of the Revolutionary War
