Unit 8 Lesson 2 - Life During the War

Which group was the largest that was represented in the colonies?

• neutral

• Loyalists

• Patriots

A Loyalist was...

• someone who didn't take sides

• someone who was still loyal to the king

• someone who wanted independence for the colonies

• none of the above

More American Indians agreed to help the British than the Patriots because they were hopeful that the British would stop the colonists from taking their land.

• True

• False

Why did enslaved African Americans fight on both sides in the war?

• Both sides promised them land if they fought.

• This is false, they didn't fight for either side.

• Both sides promised wealth

• Both sides offered them their freedom if they fought.

____________________, wrote a poem for George Washington, praising him and the fight for freedom. Her poetry encouraged others to join the fight.

• Phillis Wheatley

• Martha Washington

• Sybil Ludington

• Mary Ludwig Hays

______________, dressed in men's clothes and joined the Continental Army to fight the British.

• Martha Washington

• Nancy Morgan Hart

• Deborah Sampson

• Phillis Wheatley

____________________________, rode 40 miles spreading the alarm that the British were on the way and the colonists needed to meet up to fight.

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Sybil Ludington

• Nancy Morgan Hart

• Martha Washington

____________________, defended her home against a group of loyalist fighters. She was a rebel and a spy that would go into British camps to gather intel.

• Sybil Ludington

• Deborah Sampson

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Nancy Morgan Hart

______________________, nicknamed "Molly Pitcher" she would bring pitchers of water to the soldiers and fought in her husbands place when he was injured.

• Martha Washington

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Phillis Wheatley

• Deborah Sampson

__________________, helped raise money for the soldiers and the army, donated $20,000, and would help out at the camp by cooking and taking care of the soldiers.

• Sybil Ludington

• Phillis Wheatley

• Martha Washington

• Mary Ludwig Hays