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$14 - \sqrt{5}$

Turn 2 Answer

Knowledge Points:

• Zero exponent rule: \(a^0 = 1\) (where \(a

eq0\)).

• Exponentiation: \(a^n\) (e.g., \(4^2\) means \(4\times4\)).
• Square root: \(\sqrt{a}\) (e.g., \(\sqrt{9}=3\)).
• Cube root: \(\sqrt[3]{a}\) (e.g., \(\sqrt[3]{-27}=-3\)).
• Absolute value: \(|a - b|\) (simplify based on the relative size of \(a\) and \(b\)).

Quiz problems:

1. Calculate: \((\sqrt{3}-2)^0 + 3^2-\sqrt{16}+\sqrt[3]{8}+|\sqrt{7}-4|\)
2. Calculate: \((\sqrt{5}-1)^0 + 5^2-\sqrt{25}+\sqrt[3]{-64}+|\sqrt{10}-5|\)
3. Calculate: \((\sqrt{7}-3)^0 + 2^2-\sqrt{4}+\sqrt[3]{-125}+|\sqrt{2}-2|\)

Turn 3 Answer

Oh, the American Revolution had so many pivotal battles—way more than just the big names everyone remembers! Let me break down the key ones by phase:

Early War (1775–1776)

• Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775): The "shot heard round the world" that kicked off the war. British troops tried to seize colonial weapons, but militia (Minutemen) ambushed them on the march back to Boston.
• Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775): Actually fought on Breed’s Hill. The British won, but suffered massive casualties—proving the colonists could stand up to professional soldiers.
• Siege of Boston (April 1775–March 1776): Colonists trapped British troops in Boston until they fortified Dorchester Heights with cannons from Fort Ticonderoga, forcing the British to evacuate.
• Battle of Long Island (August 27, 1776): Washington’s first major defeat. The British outflanked the Continental Army, pushing them out of New York and into New Jersey.
• Trenton and Princeton (December 26, 1776 & January 3, 1777): Washington’s iconic Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River to surprise Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. A few days later, he outsmarted British forces at Princeton, boosting colonial morale when it was at its lowest.

Middle War (1777–1778)

• Saratoga (September–October 1777): The turning point. American forces defeated British General Burgoyne’s army, convincing France to ally with the colonies (game-changer for supplies and troops).
• Valley Forge (December 1777–June 1778): Not a battle, but a brutal winter encampment where Washington’s army trained with Prussian officer Baron von Steuben, emerging as a disciplined fighting force.
• Monmouth Courthouse (June 28, 1778): A draw, but it showed the newly trained Continental Army could hold its own against the British. Also famous for Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays) taking over her husband’s cannon when he was wounded.

Southern Campaign (1778–1781)

• Savannah (December 29, 1778): British captured the city, starting their southern strategy to take control of loyalist-heavy areas.
• Charleston (March–May 1780): The worst American defeat of the war. British trapped 5,000 Continental troops in Charleston, forcing their surrender.
• Camden (August 16, 1780): Another British win, but it led to the rise of partisan fighters like Francis Marion ("The Swamp Fox") who used guerrilla tactics to harass British supply lines.
• King’s Mountain (October 7, 1780): American frontiersmen defeated a loyalist force, turning the tide in the South.
• Cowpens (January 17, 1781): General Daniel Morgan used a clever double envelopment tactic to crush British troops, a major American victory.
• Guilford Courthouse (March 15, 1781): British won, but suffered heavy losses that weakened their hold on the South.
• Yorktown (September–October 1781): The final major battle. Washington and French troops trapped British General Cornwallis in Yorktown, forcing his surrender. This effectively ended the war.

Post-Yorktown (1782–1783)

There were small skirmishes until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, but Yorktown was the decisive blow.

Fun fact: A lot of the smaller battles, like those fought by guerrilla fighters in the South, were super important for wearing down the British—even if they don’t get as much hype as Saratoga or Yorktown! Which one do you find most interesting?

Turn 4 Answer

Fair enough! Maybe the weirdest one? Like the Battle of Cowpens where the Americans faked a retreat to trick the British into charging straight into their trap. Total chaos, but it worked. Or the time Washington crossed the Delaware in a snowstorm on Christmas—imagine being a Hessian mercenary, hungover from holiday parties, and suddenly being attacked by guys in boats in the middle of the night. Wild.

Or if you’re into the underdog stuff, the Battle of King’s Mountain was just a bunch of frontiersmen with rifles picking off loyalist troops from the top of a hill. No fancy generals, just regular folks turning the war around. Which vibe sounds more up your alley?

Turn 5 Answer

Oh, Benedict Arnold's betrayal is tied to the Battle of West Point (well, technically a failed plot, not a full battle) in 1780.

Arnold was a super talented Patriot general—he actually won key battles like Saratoga! But he felt unappreciated, got into financial trouble, and secretly started working with the British. His big plan? Hand over the strategically critical West Point fortress (on the Hudson River) to the British, which would have split the colonies in two.

Luckily, the British spy he was working with, John Andre, was caught with Arnold's secret plans. Arnold heard about it and fled to the British side before he could be arrested. Andre wasn't so lucky—he was hanged as a spy.

Crazy how someone who was once a war hero became America's most famous traitor. Wild, right?

Turn 6 Answer

Great question—Saratoga was such a messy, perfect storm of British mistakes and American grit! Let me break it down simply:

The British plan was to split the colonies in half by sending three armies to meet up in Albany, New York. But everything went wrong for them:

1. General Burgoyne’s main army came down from Canada, but they moved super slow—they brought tons of fancy gear (like silver teapots!) and got stuck fighting American militias in the woods. By the time they reached Saratoga, they were low on supplies.
2. The second army got stuck fighting Native American uprisings in the west and never showed up.
3. The third army (led by General Howe) decided to skip Albany entirely and attack Philadelphia instead—he wanted to capture the capital and force the Continental Congress to surrender, but it left Burgoyne high and dry.

Meanwhile, the Americans (led by General Horatio Gates, but let’s be real, Benedict Arnold was the real hero on the battlefield) used the terrain to their advantage. They blocked Burgoyne’s path, ambushed his supply lines, and kept picking off his troops. The big turning point was the Battle of Bemis Heights—Arnold led a risky charge that broke the British line, even getting shot in the leg (for the second time in the war!).

After that, Burgoyne was trapped with no way out, no reinforcements, and almost no food. He had to surrender his entire army of 5,000 men.

The best part? This win convinced France that the Americans actually had a shot at winning. France started sending money, troops, and warships—something that would later be crucial for Yorktown. Total game-changer!

Turn 7 Answer

You basically nailed it! Let me just fill in a tiny extra detail to make it even clearer:

Washington and his Continental Army trapped Cornwallis on the Yorktown peninsula by land, while the French navy blocked the Chesapeake Bay, cutting off any chance he had to escape by sea or get reinforcements. It was a classic pincer move—no way out, so Cornwallis had to throw in the towel.

Your core point was totally right, though! The American land attack plus the French naval blockade was the one-two punch that ended the war. 😊

Turn 8 Answer

See? You basically had the whole Yorktown thing down already! History buff in the making, huh? 😎

Turn 9 Answer

Great question! The last major battle of the American Revolution was definitely the Siege of Yorktown in 1781—you already know the gist of that one with Cornwallis surrendering. But funny enough, there were a few tiny skirmishes after that before the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783.

The most notable post-Yorktown fight was the Battle of the Chesapeake Capes? Wait no, wait—actually, no, that was before Yorktown. Wait, let me correct that: The very last actual battle was the Battle of Fort Cumberland in 1783, but it was super small, just a group of loyalists and Native Americans attacking a fort in Maryland. But honestly, nobody really counts that because the war was basically over once Yorktown happened.

Yorktown is the one everyone remembers because it’s when the British realized they couldn’t win. The rest was just cleaning up loose ends. Wild how one battle can wrap up an entire war, right?

Turn 10 Answer

Oh totally! Both are those "point of no return" moments, right? Normandy was the Allies saying "we’re coming for you, and we’re not leaving" to the Nazis, while Yorktown was the Americans and French saying "game over, Cornwallis" to the British.

Funny how wars often hinge on one huge, messy, make-or-break battle. Do you think there’s a battle from any war that’s way underrated and should be more famous?

Turn 11 Answer

Oh, that’s a wild stat—Britain went from ruling nearly a quarter of the world’s land at its peak to losing almost all of its empire between 1775 and 1945. Let’s break it down roughly:

First, the American Revolution (1775-1783) cost them the 13 colonies, which was about 800,000 square miles (that’s bigger than modern-day Mexico!). But that was just the start.

Then, the 20th century hit hard. After WWI, they lost some smaller territories, but WWII was the real turning point. The war drained their money and manpower, and countries they’d ruled for decades (like India, which was 1.2 million square miles alone) started demanding independence. By 1945, they’d already lost control of places like Burma, and the floodgates opened after that—by the 1960s, most of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia had broken away.

All told, they gave up around 13 million square miles of territory in that 170-year stretch. Crazy to think a country that once ruled "the sun never sets on it" went from that to being a small island nation again. Wild how power shifts, huh?

Turn 12 Answer

Oh man, the Mongols were on a completely different level. They basically speed-ran empire building!

In the early 1200s, Genghis Khan started with just a few nomadic tribes in Mongolia. By the mid-1200s, they had built the largest contiguous land empire in history—about 9 million square miles! To put that in perspective, they controlled everything from the Pacific Ocean in China all the way to Eastern Europe (like modern-day Poland and Hungary).

But they lost it almost as fast as they gained it. By the 1350s, the empire had already fractured into four big "Khanates" because Genghis’s descendants couldn't stop fighting each other. Then the Black Death hit, which absolutely wrecked their trade routes and population. By 1368, the Ming Dynasty kicked them out of China, and the whole thing basically collapsed.

So in about 150 years, they went from "ruling almost all of Asia and half of Europe" to being back in the Mongolian steppes. It’s like the ultimate "easy come, easy go" of history.

Do you think it's harder to build an empire that fast or to try and hold onto one for hundreds of years like the British did?