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| How did the war affect some colonist families? | their towns were robbed or destroyed |
| How did inflation affect people during the Revolutionary War? | They needed more money to buy the same amount of goods. |
| How did women take part in the Revolutionary War? | Mercy Otis Warren wrote stories and poems about the people fighting for freedom, Abigail Adams argued for freedom and cared for homeless children |
| Why did some enslaved African Americans fight in the Revolutionary War? | Men such as James Armistead and Peter Salem were promised their freedom from slavery. |
| What did Thayendanegea (or Joseph Brant) do to help the British? | tried to stop settlers from moving west |
| What caused problems for the British army? | They had to fight far from home. |
| What caused Washington to attack Trenton on Christmas night? | He knew he would surprise the Hessians because it was winter. |
| What caused the people to believe the Americans would win the war? | When the British lost at Saratoga. |
| What effect did Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben have on the Continental Army? | He taught the American troops to march and fight better. |
| Why did the French join the war in support of the Americans? | When the Americans won the battle at Saratoga. |
| What did Mary McCauley (or Molly Pitcher) in the Battle of Monmouth? | She carried fresh water to American troops. |
| What did Nathan Hale do? | He was an American spy. |
| Why did the British move the fighting to the South? | They hoped to defeat the Americans before the French arrived to help. |
| What was the effect of the Treaty of Paris? | It named the United States of America as a new nation and set the borders of the U.S. |
| How did the Declaration of Independence change the way some people viewed slavery? | It said all people have the right to life and liberty. |
| What caused Congress to pay many soldiers with land? | The United States did not have enough money to pay all the soldiers. |
| How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect slavery? | A region with 60,000 people could become a state, people would have freedom of religion, and no slavery would be allowed. |
