Evidence From the Revolution is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using letters and accounts as evidence about the Revolution, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.16.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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In December 1777 George Washington's Continental Army camped for the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
The soldiers built more than 1,500 log huts. Many of them had no shoes, few blankets and too little food.
Nearly 2,000 soldiers died that winter, most of them from disease.
In February 1778 Friedrich von Steuben, an officer from Prussia, arrived and soon began drilling the soldiers to march and fight together.
In June 1778 the army marched out of Valley Forge better trained than when it arrived.
1. What does this text not tell you about the soldiers' own feelings?
2. What did Friedrich von Steuben do?
3. Who commanded the army at Valley Forge?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
James Armistead Lafayette, Spy
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James Armistead was an enslaved man in Virginia.
In 1781 he volunteered to serve under the Marquis de Lafayette, a French general fighting for the Americans.
Pretending to be a runaway, he worked in the camp of the British general Cornwallis and sent back reports on British plans.
His reports helped Washington and Lafayette trap the British army at Yorktown in October 1781.
After the war he was still enslaved, because Virginia freed enslaved soldiers but not spies.
In 1787, after Lafayette wrote a letter praising his service, the Virginia legislature freed him. He took the name James Armistead Lafayette.
1. Where did his reports help trap the British army?
2. What does his story suggest about the freedom the Revolution promised?
3. Whose camp did James Armistead work in as a spy?
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Answer key — Evidence From the Revolution
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It does not tell you what the soldiers themselves thought or wrote about the winter. 2. He drilled the soldiers to march and fight together. 3. George Washington.
2.1. At Yorktown in October 1781. 2. Freedom was not given to everyone who served; he had to wait until 1787. 3. The camp of the British general Cornwallis.
Questions about Evidence From the Revolution
What does the Evidence From the Revolution worksheet cover?
It practices using letters and accounts as evidence about the Revolution — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.His.16.3-5: Use evidence to build a claim about the past. The instruction to students is “Read each source, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Evidence From the Revolution practice?
D2.His.16.3-5, under History for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Evidence From the Revolution is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.16.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Evidence From the Revolution come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Evidence From the Revolution can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Evidence From the Revolution free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Evidence From the Revolution, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.