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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 18

The Revolution in New York

Saratoga, the Hudson and a divided Confederacy

What your child practices

New York's part in the road to revolution and the war: the Stamp Act Congress, Fort Ticonderoga, the Battle of Long Island and British-held New York City, Saratoga as the turning point, West Point, the Haudenosaunee nations divided by the war, and New York's first state constitution.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 7.3; 7.3b; 7.3d; 7.6a · New York's role in the American Revolution, including the Haudenosaunee nations, and what the war cost them

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. In 1775 the Green Mountain Boys and Benedict Arnold took Fort Ticonderoga; Henry Knox hauled its cannons to Boston.
  2. The British held New York City after the Battle of Long Island. Saratoga (1777) was the turning point.
  3. The war divided the Haudenosaunee: the Oneida and Tuscarora mostly sided with the Patriots.

Example: Which battle is called the turning point of the Revolution? After this American win, France joined as an ally. It was fought in New York in 1777. Answer: Saratoga

The Revolution in New York in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 11 of 18 in 7th grade Social Studies, after New Netherland to New York and before New York & the Constitution.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Delegates from nine colonies met in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act in…

    • Boston
    • Charleston
    • New York City
    • Philadelphia

  2. Question 2

    Which two Haudenosaunee nations mostly sided with the Patriots?

    • the Cayuga and the Onondaga
    • the Seneca and the Mohawk
    • the Lenape and the Shinnecock
    • the Oneida and the Tuscarora

  3. Question 3

    New York's first state constitution was adopted in 1777 at…

    • Buffalo
    • Kingston
    • Montauk
    • Rochester

  4. Question 4

    Nathan Hale, hanged by the British in New York City in 1776, is remembered as…

    • a French admiral
    • a Patriot spy
    • a British general
    • a Loyalist printer

  5. Question 5

    After the war, many Haudenosaunee who had sided with the British…

    • lost much of their land in New York, and some moved north
    • gained new land in Boston
    • moved to Europe
    • became British lords

  6. Question 6

    New York's Provincial Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on…

    • January 1, 1800
    • July 9, 1776
    • July 4, 1827
    • July 4, 1776

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