Studies Weekly: Impact on Families

After the Revolutionary War started, small businesses and farms lost workers. Why did this happen?

• Many workers joined the army.

• Many workers died from the fighting.

• Many rebelled for worker's rights.

Why did many farms not grow as many crops during the war?

• There was a drought

• There was not a need for food

• There were not enough people to do the work

• The British were burning down farms.

The British formed a blockade in Boston Harbor after the Boston Tea Party. The people of Boston could not get food, goods, and supplies. A blockade is for...

• taxing people

• taking cargo shipments

• keeping people from entering or leaving

Why did the price of certain items go up very high?

• There was very little of those items around.

• There were too many of those items.

• No one wanted the items.

• People wanted less money.

True or False?

Some women worked on farms and small businesses while men left those jobs to join the army.

• True

• False

True or False?

Some women like Abigail Adams did not want to see women be treated more equally.

• True

• False

Select all true statements about Phillis Wheatley.

• She was a famous African-American author.

• She was enslaved.

• She never became free from slavery

• She was the first black woman to have a book published in America.

• She died before her poems were published.

Deborah Sampson was a woman who fought in the war.

Select all true statements about Deborah Sampson

• She disguised herself as a man.

• She avoided doctors and treated her own wounds.

• Her true identity was never discovered.

• Congress recognized her as a veteran and she was given a pension.

• She died in battle in 1827

Sybil Ludington was a brave teenager who helped the Continental Army. How did she contribute to the war?

• Sybil fought with the soldiers.

• Sybil was a spy for the patriots.

• One night, Sybil rode all night to muster the militia.

• Sybil took her fathers place to organize the troops.

Select all the ways that women were involved during the American Revolution.

• Some women wrote and shared their ideas.

• Some women were actually in the fighting.

• Some women took on jobs that men left behind.

• Women only stayed in their homes to clean and take care of children. Nothing else.