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AHON CHAPTER 6 SECTION 3

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Most southern states refused to accept African Americans to serve as soldiers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

2. Americans offered payments to Native American groups who fought against the British.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

3. The Louisiana governor secretly helped the American cause.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

4. During the war, some 800 privateers helped the American navy to harass British shipping.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

5. How did Americans react to the situation at Valley Forge?

a)

A. They resigned themselves to British rule.

b)

B. They sent letters of encouragement to Friedrich von Steuben.

c)

C. They collected and sent food and supplies.

d)

D. They encouraged Martha Washington to beg her husband to come home.

6.

6. When did free African Americans begin fighting for the Patriot cause?

a)

A. at the Battle of Saratoga

b)

B. from the beginning of the war

c)

C. at the Battle of Bunker Hill

d)

D. They did not participate in the American Revolution.

7.

7. What law concerning slavery was passed in Pennsylvania in 1780?

a)

A. Slaveholders had to free their slaves.

b)

B. Slaveholders could not buy additional slaves.

c)

C. Slave revolts were to be legal.

d)

D. Slaves were to be freed if they enlisted in the Continental Army.

8.

8. How did Deborah Sampson help the Patriot cause?

a)

A. She collected money to build a soldiers’ hospital.

b)

B. She took over her husband’s printing company.

c)

C. She joined the army disguised as a man.

d)

D. She encouraged women to do farm work while their husbands were at war.

9.

9. Who is famous for vowing, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

a)

A. John Paul Jones

b)

B. George Rogers Clark

c)

C. Charles Cornwallis

d)

D. Nathanael Greene

10.

10. During the American Revolution, most Native American groups

a)

A. remained neutral.

b)

B. sided with the British.

c)

C. sided with the Americans.

d)

D. switched loyalties at least once.

11.

11. Who led the battle described in the headline?

a)

A. George Rogers Clark

b)

B. Bernardo de Gálvez

c)

C. George Washington

d)

D. John Paul Jones

12.

12. Which state’s militia refused to allow African American soldiers to serve?

a)

A. New York

b)

B. Pennsylvania

c)

C. Georgia

d)

D. Rhode Island

13.

13. __________________________ IS A CIVILIAN SHIP THAT HAS ITS GOVERNMENT'S PERMISSION TO RAID ENEMY SHIPS.

a)

A. LORD CHARLES CORNWALLIS

b)

B. PRIVATEER

c)

C. THOMAS PAINE

d)

D. CIVILIAN