Government and Democratic Values

How did the Americans win the Revolutionary War?

• The Americans won the Revolutionary War by surrounding Cornwallis at Yorktown and surprise attacking, training, never giving up, and becoming allies with the French.
• They didn't win the Revolutionary War. What is this lady even talking about?!
• They paid Great Britain a great deal of money to become an independent nation.
• They burned a ship in the Boston Harbor and that act won the war for the Americans.

How did the French help the Americans win the Battle of Yorktown?

• The French lent the Americans a great deal of money to help win the war.
• The French invented French Fries and it was so inspiring to the Americans that they went ahead and won the Battle of Yorktown.
• The French helped the Americans win the Battle of Yorktown by helping the Americans come up with a plan to surround the British.
• The French defeated the British for the Americans.

What Battle won the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill 
• The Battle of Tuttle Riecke Zajdek
• The Battle of Trenton
• The Battle of Yorktown

A Loyalist is...

• someone who is loyal to the colonies
• someone who stays loyal to the king
• someone who is just super cool and loyal
• someone who is loyal to the king and the colonies

A Patriot is...

• someone who stays loyal to the colonies
• someone who stays loyal to the king
• someone who is just super cool and loyal
• someone who is loyal to the king and the colonies

Colonists were affected by the revolutionary war because

• it divided friendships and families, towns and homes were robbed by British, there was a shortage of imported goods, and inflation of goods.
• the French demanded they be reimbursed for their help and the Americas did not have a formal governemtn in place making it difficult to have money.
• the British were so mad at them and refused to be their friends.
• fighting all night kept them up late and that's stressful because they didn't get a full 8 hours of recommended sleep.

A veteran is...

• a person who is loyal to Great Britain.
• a person who served in the military.
• a person who served time at DMS.
• a person who works with iron for a living.

Inflation is..

• the decrease of prices.
• the decrease of food rations.
• the increase of prices.
• what I do to my inner tube when I go swimming at Johnson's Pond.

After the Revolutionary War, did all men, women, and slaves all have the same rights?

• Yes, they all had voting rights and slavery was abolished.
• No, they all had voting rights, but slavery was not abolished.
• No, they did not all have the same rights.  Most African Americans remained enslaved and women couldn't vote.

How did Congress pay soldiers for their time served in the military?

• Congress paid soldiers for their time served in the military with money.
• Congress paid soldiers for their time served in the military with food.
• Congress paid soldiers for their time served in the military with slaves.
• Congress paid soldiers for their time served in the military with land.