USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To which battle does this refer?:“The 11, 000 Continental soldiers were not sufficiently fed, clothed, or housed. Many lacked socks, shoes, and even trousers. Throughout the winter, they shivered in drafty huts. At any one time, about one soldier in four was sick.”
A
Yorktown
B
Valley Forge
C
Fort Ticonderoga
D
Saratoga
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While there was never a battle at Valley Forge, disease killed nearly 2, 000 people during the encampment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Revolutionary War began at the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, at a time when the colonial revolutionaries had no standing army.

Detailed explanation-3: -At approximately 8 a.m. on the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington’s Continental Army reaches the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey, and descends upon the unsuspecting Hessian force guarding the city.

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