Famous Women
Which Revolutionary woman stayed with her husband during the war while most generals went home?
Martha Washington
What ingredient was mixed with water to preserve meat due to no refrigeration?
Salt
What did the British offer enslaved Africans in exchange for their military service?
Freedom
Which had a higher average annual income, Britain or America?
America
What region had the most slave labor?
South
Which Revolutionary woman wrote letters to her husband in Philadelphia while at home in Massachusetts?
Abigail Adams
Along with being dried, how were fruits and vegetables mainly preserved?
Pickling
Which state was the first to begin the process of ending slavery?
Pennsylvania
Which had a higher tax rate, Britain or America?
Britain
What kind of people were exempt from housing soldiers?
Private citizen
This woman, called the “First Lady of Pennsylvania," spearheaded a fundraising campaign that raised $300,000 for the Continental Army.
Esther Reed
What groups would often confiscate farmers’ produce?
Armies
Did Northern slaves mostly work indoors or outdoors?
Indoors
Was the depression during the Revolution as bad as the Great Depression?
Yes
Which colony was the most resistant to the Quartering Act?
New York
This Revolutionary woman was best known for her poem titled “His Excellency General Washington."
Phillis Wheatley
What was the primary drink substitute for water during the war?
Alcoholic beverages
Roughly what percentage of the population in the colonies was enslaved?
20%
What US good was heavily exported at this time, increasing its exportation by over 1200%?
Cotton
Name one year in which a Quartering Act was passed by the British Parliament during the Revolution.
May 15, 1765, and June 2, 1774
Which Revolutionary woman was crucial to the ideological development of the American Revolution?
Mercy Otis Warren
Name one thing farmers added to their soil to restore nutrients and keep it healthy.
Compost or Manure
What is a significant difference between the work that free and enslaved children did at home during the Revolution?
White children’s chores were typically voluntary and educational, while enslaved children were forced into hard labor, such as working in fields or as servants.
Name the four acts put on the Americans by the British during the Revolution.
The Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and 1768, and the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) of 1774.
What style were the houses during the American Revolution?
Federal style