6.4 - Identity During the American Revolution

What percentage of colonists were estimated to be Loyalists during the American Revolution?

• 60-70%

• 10-15%

• 20-30%

• 40-50%

Loyalists' properties were seized by the rebelling colonial governments during the American Revolution.

• True

• False

Approximately how many colonists left for England or Canada after the Revolution?

• 50,000

• 10,000

• 200,000

• 100,000

What did the British offer to enslaved people who joined their cause?

• Money

• Freedom

• Land

• Citizenship

Whereas the British could pay in gold and silver, the American forces relied on paper money, backed by loans obtained in Europe. As more "Continentals" were printed by the American colonial government, (a)   increased.

Please categorize the statements as either a "truth" or "falsehood" regarding women's roles in the American Revolution.

Groups:

(a) Truth

,

(b) Falsehood

• Production of food and clothing.

• Overseas negotiation.

• Membership in legislative assemblies.

• Nursing wounded soldiers.

• Fundraised for the war effort.

• Pressured merchants for fair prices.

Black people born in America fought for both the American colonies and for the British homeland during the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

The Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, granted the United States huge amounts of supposedly British-owned regions that were actually (a)   lands.

The British swore to protect the lands of Native American allies after the end of the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A Mohawk named Joseph Brant, whose given name was Thayendanegea, rose to prominence while fighting for the British during the Revolution.

After the war, Brant moved to the Six Nations reserve in Canada. From his home on the shores of Lake Ontario, he remained active in efforts to restrict White encroachment onto Native lands.

The two portraits are both of Thayendanegea, one by Gilbert Stuart in 1786 (left) and one by Charles Wilson Peale in 1797 (right). Why do you think the artists made the specific choices they did?

As many as nineteen thousand colonists served the British in the effort to put down the rebellion, and after the Revolution, as many as ​ (a)   colonists left, moving to England or to ​ (b)   rather than staying in the new United States. Another sizable group of Loyalists went to the British West Indies, taking enslaved people with them.

• 100,000
• Canada
• 500,000
• 2,000,000
• Australia
• France

Answer explanation

William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin’s only surviving son, remained loyal to Crown and Empire and served as royal governor of New Jersey, a post he secured with his father’s help. During the war, revolutionaries imprisoned William in Connecticut; however, he remained steadfast in his allegiance to Great Britain and moved to England after the Revolution.

He and his father never reconciled.