AHON CHAPTER 6 SECTION 3

1. Most southern states refused to accept African Americans to serve as soldiers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

2. Americans offered payments to Native American groups who fought against the British.

• TRUE

• FALSE

3. The Louisiana governor secretly helped the American cause.

• TRUE

• FALSE

4. During the war, some 800 privateers helped the American navy to harass British shipping.

• TRUE

• FALSE

5. How did Americans react to the situation at Valley Forge?

• A. They resigned themselves to British rule.

• B. They sent letters of encouragement to Friedrich von Steuben.

• C. They collected and sent food and supplies.

• D. They encouraged Martha Washington to beg her husband to come home.

6. When did free African Americans begin fighting for the Patriot cause?

• A. at the Battle of Saratoga

• B. from the beginning of the war

• C. at the Battle of Bunker Hill

• D. They did not participate in the American Revolution.

7. What law concerning slavery was passed in Pennsylvania in 1780?

• A. Slaveholders had to free their slaves.

• B. Slaveholders could not buy additional slaves.

• C. Slave revolts were to be legal.

• D. Slaves were to be freed if they enlisted in the Continental Army.

8. How did Deborah Sampson help the Patriot cause?

• A. She collected money to build a soldiers’ hospital.

• B. She took over her husband’s printing company.

• C. She joined the army disguised as a man.

• D. She encouraged women to do farm work while their husbands were at war.

9. Who is famous for vowing, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

• A. John Paul Jones

• B. George Rogers Clark

• C. Charles Cornwallis

• D. Nathanael Greene

10. During the American Revolution, most Native American groups

• A. remained neutral.

• B. sided with the British.

• C. sided with the Americans.

• D. switched loyalties at least once.