Biographies

Directions: Read the biography on the following colonists during the American Revolutionary War. Some biographies are real people, some of which are imaginary figures, but the situation is similar to real colonizers. After reading each biography, please circle around whether settlers become patriots, loyalty, or neutrality, and explain why you made a decision. To help with the following activities, please use your class notes or textbooks to define the following terms: patriot: ___________________________________________________________________ Loyalty: _________________________________________________________________________ Neutral: ______________________________________________________________________

Decide the worksheet. Please check the instructions with the students. They read personal biographies, patriots, loyalists, and neutrals want to use their knowledge to decide whether the person is patriotic, loyal or neutral I will tell you. For each biography, they must explain why they made a decision. Directions: Read the biography on the following colonists during the American Revolutionary War. Some biographies are real people, some of which are imaginary figures, but the situation is similar to real colonizers. After reading each biography, please circle around whether settlers become patriots, loyalty, or neutrality, and explain why you made a decision.