Social Studies Study Guide: The Revolution’s Many Participants

Quakers were treated with suspicion by both Patriots and Loyalists because they remained neutral during the war.

• True

• False

How did Loyalists participate in the Revolution?

• Not paying wartime taxes to the Patriots; supplying the British Army; deserting the Patriot army if they were forced to join.

• Fighting alongside the Patriots in major battles.

• Negotiating peace treaties with the Patriots.

• Providing financial support to the Patriot cause.

How did the British encourage Black enslaved people to leave their Patriot enslavers?

• By promising them freedom.

• By offering them land.

• By providing them with money.

• By giving them weapons.

What were the ways that women acted as spies during the war?

• Using disguises to enter army camps, passing letters written in invisible ink, and sending codes through hanging laundry.

• Cooking meals for soldiers in camps.

• Knitting clothes for the army.

• Writing newspaper articles about the war.

Why was Deborah Samson also known as Robert Shurtleff?

• Because she disguised herself to be a soldier.

• Because she was a famous author.

• Because she was a renowned scientist.

• Because she was a well-known artist.

Benedict Arnold was a general for the Patriots. He insisted he was innocent of breaking Patriot military laws while he was actually working for the British. True or False?

• True

• False

Why is so much known about John and Abigail Adams during the war years?

• Because they wrote many letters to each other.

• Because they kept a detailed diary.

• Because they were interviewed by historians.

• Because they published a book during the war.

How did Native Americans participate in the war?

• Different tribes fought for different sides: some fought for the British to stop the colonists from moving west and in the hope of getting their land back; some fought for the colonists in the hope that they would have some advantage after the war; the Iroquois Confederacy fell apart due to conflict in the war.

• Native Americans remained neutral throughout the war.

• All Native American tribes supported the British.

• Native Americans only provided logistical support and did not engage in combat.

Match the following:

• Individuals commissioned by the Continental Congress to attack and take supplies from British ships.

• Loyalist: Someone loyal to the British government

• Someone loyal to the British government

• Patriot: Someone loyal to the cause of colonial independence.

• Someone loyal to the cause of colonial independence.

• Privateers: Individuals commissioned by the Continental Congress to attack and take supplies from British ships.