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Women, NA, Af Amer
Women, Native Americans, African Americans in the Rev. War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did camp followers do? | cook and act as nurses sewed and did laundry |
| How did Deborah Sampson contribute to the war effort? | pretended to be a man and joined the army |
| How did Margaret Corbin contribute to the war effort? | took over firing the cannon after her husband was killed |
| How did Mary Ludwig Hays contribute to the war effort? | took over firing the canon after her husband was wounded |
| How did Hannah Blair contribute to the war effort? | spied, hid patriots and gave them, food, medical care, and other supplies |
| How did other women (not camp followers) help with the war? | acts as spies collect money, blankets, metal, socks, etc ran business and farms while their men were gone |
| Why didn't the continental army allow African Americans to join earlier in the war? | They were afraid to give weapons to slaves and Blacks for fear of revolt |
| Why did the Americans eventually allow slaves and free blacks to fight? | they were desperate for fighters |
| What was the British attitude toward slaves belonging to Patriots? | Runaways would be protected and allowed to join the army. Not runaways would be captured and sold in the West Indies. |
| What was the British attitude toward slaves belonging to loyalists? | They were allowed to fight but returned to their owners. |
| At the end of the war, the Americans did what with free blacks and slaves? | Free blacks were allowed to leave. Slaves were returned to slavery. |
| At the end of the war, the British did what with free blacks and slaves? | Many left with the British and settled in Nova Scotia in Canada or Sierra Leone in Africa. |
| Which Iroquois tribes fought for the Americans? | Oneida and Tuscarora |
| Which Iroquois tribes fought for the British? | Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga |
| How did Americans treat the Cherokee? | Americans massacred men, women ,and children Took over 5 million acres of land |
| How did Americans treat the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)? | They burned villages and took valuables (even from graves) |
| Before entering the war, most Native American groups wanted to remain | neutral |
| James Armistead Lafayette participated in the war by | spying for the Americans |
| This African American commanded as many as 800 men for the British army. | colonel Tye |
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