American Revolutionary War Spies

IDENTIFY: Use the word bank to label each description. 1. Invented invisible ink used during the Revolutionary War

IDENTIFY: Use the word bank to label each description. 4. 21-year-old Yale College student hanged for being a spy

IDENTIFY: Use the word bank to label each description. 7. Spy activity helped force the British to surrender at this place in Virginia

IDENTIFY: Use the word bank to label each description. 8. Was chosen to organize the Culper Spy

What is the main reason women made good spies, according to the passage?

• They never got caught.

• They were good at lying.

• Enemy soldiers tended to trust them.

• They knew a lot about war strategy.

What is the main reason spies disguised themselves as civilians, like shoemakers or housewives?

• They were too scared to go to war.

• They were less likely to be suspected.

• They could continue to live their regular life.

• They were not qualified to be part of the military.

What is the main reason Benedict Arnold betrayed, and left, the Continental Army?

• He did not think Washington liked him.

• He had lost several battles.

• He wanted to return home to England.

• He was offered money and fame.

Old Mom" Rinker

• Loyalist who disguised herself as a peddler and gathered information for the British

• Ran an American spy network, the Culper Spy Ring, under Washington

• A female spy whose name is unknown, but got information for the Americans

• Often passed secret messages through balls of yarn

• Pretended to desert the Continental Army and join the British

James Armistead

• Loyalist who disguised herself as a peddler and gathered information for the British

• A female spy whose name is unknown, but got information for the Americans

• Ran an American spy network, the Culper Spy Ring, under Washington

• Posed as a runaway slave with the British and spied for the Continental Army

• Pretended to desert the Continental Army and join the British

Patience Lovell Wright

• Pretended to desert the Continental Army and join the British

• A female spy whose name is unknown, but got information for the Americans

• Loyalist who disguised herself as a peddler and gathered information for the British

• Ran an American spy network, the Culper Spy Ring, under Washington

• Sculptor who shared war strategies from England