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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.

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Evidence From the Revolution

D2.His.16.3-5

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Read each source, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

The Boston Tea Party

An information text written for this worksheet. On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of colonists, some dressed as Mohawk people, boarded three ships in Boston Harbor. They dumped 342 chests of tea belonging to the East India Company into the water. They were protesting a tax on tea passed by Parliament in London, where the colonists had no representatives. In 1774 Parliament punished Boston by closing its harbor until the tea was paid for. Other colonies sent food and supplies to help the people of Boston.

  1. 1. Why did the colonists dump the tea?
  2. 2. Whose tea was it?
  3. 3. What does this text not tell you about the people who dumped the tea?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Winter at Valley Forge

An information text written for this worksheet. 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. 1. What did Friedrich von Steuben do?
  2. 2. What evidence shows the army was stronger in June 1778?
  3. 3. Why did so many soldiers suffer that winter?

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Answer key — Evidence From the Revolution

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. To protest a tax on tea passed by Parliament, where they had no representatives. 2. The East India Company's. 3. It does not tell you their names or how many of them there were.
  2. 2.1. He drilled the soldiers to march and fight together. 2. It marched out better trained than when it arrived. 3. Many had no shoes, few blankets and too little food.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.16.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.