WorksheetsValley Forge Documents
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Who wrote Document D?
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
What as Thomas Paine's job?
Ropemaker
Politician
Author
Farmer
Was Thomas Paine at Valley Forge?
Yes
No
Who did Paine expect to read Document D?
Himself only
His wife
George Washington
The public
Why did Paine write this?
To persuade people to join the Patriot cause.
To inform Americans of problems with Britain.
To educate his friends.
To record specific events.
When did Paine write Document D?
Before Valley Forge
At Valley Forge
Right after Valley Forge
100 years after Valley Forge
What does "These are the times that try men's souls" mean?
Times are hard
Keep trying
Go to trial
Time's up
Who are "Summer Soldiers" and "Sunshine Patriots"?
Patriots
Rebels
Volunteers
Quitters
Washington hoped that reading Paine's words to his troops would cause them to
re-enlist
sleep better
visit home
learn to fight
Paine did not get paid for his writing. What does that tell us?
He was already rich
The words mattered more to him than money
He didn't think he was right
Which of Ms. Blair's posters has the same message as "The Crisis??
By the bathroom sign-out
On the closet
By the maps
By the light switch
