Africans, Women, Spies and Economics of the War

In all, about ______ African American soldiers served in the Continental Army.

• 5,000

• 5

• 50,000

• 5 million

Which regiment was mainly made up of African Americans?

• First Rhode Island

• Second Indiana

• First Virginia

• First Michigan

As the colonies grew, what happened to the land of the Natives?

• The colonists continued pushing further west and taking their land.

• The Natives were able to keep all of their land.

• Spain started invading from the west and took Native land.

Who was the freed African American woman who wrote poetry that was inspiring?

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Molly Pitcher

• Sybil Ludington

• Nancy Hart

________________ carried pitchers of water on the battlefield and earned the nickname "Molly Pitcher."

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Deborah Sampson

• Nancy Hart

In a letter to John Adams, Abigail Adams wrote, “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"

• "forget the ladies"

• "remember the young ones"

• "forget the bad times"

He was an American General who turned traitor.

• Benedict Arnold

• Nathanael Greene

• George Washington

• Horatio Gates

Whose last words are these? "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

• Nathan Hale

• Benedict Arnold

• George Washington

• James Armistead

What was the name of Washington's spy ring in New York that was headed up by Benjamin Tallmadge?

• The Culper Ring

• The Spy Ring

• The Tallmadge Ring

• Washington's Men

What spy gave information to General Lafayette that helped win the Battle of Yorktown?

• James Armistead

• Benjamin Tallmadge

• George Washington

• Benedict Arnold