Chapter 5, Lesson 4: American Revolution

1A.) What did Abigail Adams want to see for women in the new United States government?  

• She wanted the kinds of laws that used to exist in older societies.

• She wanted laws that included punishments for cruel husbands.

• She wanted laws that treated women better than in the past.

• She wanted laws that gave women land.

1B.) “I long to hear that you have declared an independency—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.” 

What piece of evidence from the primary source best supports the correct response to Part A?   

• “I long to hear that you have declared an independency—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make...”

• “... I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.

• “Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.”

• “Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.”

2.) Read the text on page 258 and look at the picture on page 259 of the Research Companion. Choose two statements that best describe Molly Pitcher and her role in the war  

• Molly Pitcher was the nickname for a woman named Mary Ludwig Hays.

• Molly Pitcher was a spy for the British in the war.

• Molly Pitcher may be the only example of a woman fighting in the war.

• Molly Pitcher was portrayed as a symbol of the bravery of Patriot women.

• Molly Pitcher was captured by the British in the war

3.) “Some who helped the British made it appear that they were instead helping the Patriot cause. Benedict Arnold was an American general who eventually turned traitor. He gave important information about a planned invasion of Canada to the British. He later fled to England, but people started calling any traitor a ‘Benedict Arnold’ because of his treachery.” 

Which of the following is the best definition of traitor?  

• someone who spies on another country

• someone who betrays his or her country

• someone who dies for his or her country

• someone who refuses to join his or her country’s army

4.) How could you summarize the Iroquois Confederacy’s participation in the war?   

• The Iroquois Confederacy was an alliance between Native Americans and the colonists.

• The Iroquois Confederacy fought for the British at first because they thought the British would help them keep their land.

• Later, the Confederacy joined together to fight on the American side of the war.

• Chief Joseph Brant fought against the British and the Americans to protect his territory.

5.) Which two inferences about African Americans who participated in the American Revolution can best be supported by the text?  

• African Americans who fought in the war were likely free men and not enslaved.

• African Americans who fought in the war hoped they might gain their freedom by fighting.

• All African Americans who fought in the war were part of the First Rhode Island Regiment.

• African Americans who fought in the war were always happy to be captured, because the British always gave them freedom.

• African Americans supported the British in the Revolutionary War.

6.) "They printed so many Continentals, however, that money began to lose value due to inflation.  Soon the bills were nearly worthless."

What does the word inflation mean?

• an obstacle preventing the movement of people or goods

• increase in the cost of goods and services

• a group of citizens organized for military services

• a person who defies authority

2.) Read the text on page 258 and look at the picture on page 259 of the Research Companion. Choose two statements that best describe Molly Pitcher and her role in the war  

• Molly Pitcher was the nickname for a woman named Mary Ludwig Hays.

• Molly Pitcher was a spy for the British in the war.

• Molly Pitcher may be the only example of a woman fighting in the war.

• Molly Pitcher was portrayed as a symbol of the bravery of Patriot women.

• Molly Pitcher was captured by the British in the war