Chapter 7 Lesson 1: Americans and the Revolution

What is the term for a colonist that supported independence?

• British soldier

• neurtal

• Patriot

• Loyalist

What is the term for a person that remained loyal to the king?

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• neutral

• British soldier

What is the vocabulary term for when the colonists did not choose a side?

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• British soldier

• neutral

What is the vocabulary term for a rise in the price of all goods?

• scarce

• surplus

• inflation

• profiteering

What is the vocabulary term for charging extra-high prices for crops and goods?

• inflation

• profiteering

• surplus

• scarce

As men left their homes to fight in the war, who took on new roles such as running family farms and businesses?

• indentured servants

• children

• slaves

• women

What woman traveled every winter to be with her husband, George, when the armies were in their winter quarters?

• Sybil Ludington

• Martha Washington

• Margaret Corbin

• Abigail Adams

What woman rode more than 40 miles to tell Americans of a British attack?

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Sybil Ludington

• Margaret Corbin

What is the vocabulary term for a person who has served in the military?

• veteran

• neutral

• inflation

• Loyalist

Who was the enslaved person from Virginia that was a spy for George Washington and helped the Americans win an important battle at Yorktown, Virginia?

• Peter Salem

• James Armistead

• Thayendanegea

• George Washington