15. What does Washington Irving say of Stony Point?
16. What name did the British give to Stony Point?
18. How old was General Anthony Wayne at this time?
21. What sort of soldier was Anthony Wayne?
22. What was Washington's plan of attack?
23. At what hour was the attack to be made?
24. What weapons were to be used in attacking Stony Point?
25. How many men were chosen to go to Stony Point?
27. Why was the soldier put to death for loading his gun?
28. What sort of road was it to Stony Point?
29. When did the men learn where they were going?
33. How did Wayne divide his army to make the attack?
34. What is a "forlorn hope"? (Consult a large dictionary.)
35. How did the Americans show their good discipline?
36. What are pioneers? (Consult a large dictionary.)
37. What was the effect of having Colonel Murfree and his men appear in front of the fort?
39. How many of the British escaped from Stony Point?
40. Why did not Washington hold Stony Point?
41. What effect did this victory have on the American soldier?
42. What did the British think of the "rebels"?
CHAPTER VII, PAGE 90 THE DEFEAT OF THE RED DRAGOONS
1. How did the patriots of the South get on in 1780?
2. What have we already learned about Sir Henry Clinton? (See the Index entry for Clinton.)
3. What were General Gates's "Northern laurels"? (See Chapter II.)
4. What sort of man was Gates? (Compare Chapter VIII.)
5. What effect did the crushing blows of the British have on the Southern patriots?
6. What orders did Tarleton and Ferguson receive from Lord Cornwallis?
8. What threat did Ferguson send to the backwoodsmen?
9. What was the character of the Franklin and Holston settlers?
10. What is the name of the state that grew out of the Franklin and Holston settlements?
11. What have we already learned about the Holston settlements? (See Chapter I.)
12. What had become of the lawless men of the Franklin and Holston settlements?
13. What did the people do when they heard Ferguson's threat?
14. Where was the money got to buy supplies for the army?
15. What do you know of the gathering at Sycamore Shoals?
19. Why were the bands of pioneers put under one supreme commander?
20. Why did the backwoodsmen not find Ferguson at Gilberttown?
21. What kind of spirit did the pioneers show in their pursuit of Ferguson?