African Americans in the American Revolution

How did Crispus Attucks gain his freedom?

• He was born free

• He was bought by a free family

• He ran away and became a sailor

• He was granted freedom by the British

Who was the first African American woman to write and publish poems in the United States?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Deborah Sampson

How did James Armistead's actions at the Battle of Yorktown contribute to American victory?

• He led the British to victory

• He provided crucial information to the British

• He pretended to be a British spy

• He provided valuable information to the American forces

Wentworth Cheswell was known for all of the following except:

• Teacher

• Historian

• Archeologist

• Governor

What event increased tensions among the colonists and eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Crispus Attucks's writings

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Boston Massacre

• Wentworth Cheswell's election to public office

The _______________ were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

The ​ (a)   Compact allowed the Pilgrims to have ​ (b)   (unless you were a woman or an enslaved person).

• Mayflower
• self-government
• economic
• religious
• Rights