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Chapter 7: Battle Tactics Animated History
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Select Chapter 7: Battle Tactics
Answer the following questions
Introduction
1. Who did the Revolutionary War pit the poorly trained American Continental Army against?
2. What happened to the Continental Army as the war progressed?
Formal Battle
1. Why were formal battle tactics used?
2. How did formal battle begin?
3. What was the range of an average Revolutionary War cannon?
4. For how long did battlefield commanders fire their cannon?
5. What was the maximum range of a musket of the time period?
6. How close to the enemy did troops sometimes advance?
7. Why did soldiers stay in close formation and fire at the same time?
8. What happened if you spread out to avoid being hit by the musket fire?
9. After attacking with cannon and musket fire, what order was given next?
10. What often prevented the use of horse mounted cavalry during the Revolution?
Redoubt
1. What is a redoubt?
2. What made a redoubt an ideal location for artillery?
Loading and Firing a Cannon
1. How often could a cannon be loaded and fired?
2. A soldier that “wormed” the barrel did what?
3. Why did the barrel need to be sponged?
4. What was the “touchhole” on the cannon?
Cannon Ammunition
1. What were the common sizes of cannonballs used during the Revolution?
2. What was grape shot?
Cavalry
1. When was cavalry most effective?
Militia
1. What is a militia?
2. What was different about each militia unit?
British Army
1. What was no British general able to do during the American Revolution?
Continental Army
1. Who was commander in chief of the Continental Army?
2. What did George Washington struggle to do throughout the war?
3. Who shaped the Continental Army into a skilled fighting force?
Challenges of Command
1. What were some of the challenges of being a battlefield commander?
Continental Army Foot Soldier
1. How much did the term a soldier had to serve increase as the war went on?
2. How was a Continental soldier’s equipment different than a British soldier’s equipment?
3. What was unique about the boots used?
4. What color uniform did a regular typically have?
British Army Foot Soldier
1. How strong was the British army?
2. Why did the British army often lack adequate supplies?
3. What had to be done with boots every few days?
4. What color were British uniforms?
Diversity in the Ranks
1. Who did soldiers of African descent fight for?
2. Who did Native American groups ally with?
3. What did women occasionally do to fight in the war?
Hessian Mercenaries
1. What did the king of England do to make up for his lack of soldiers?