6. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 6: Loyalists in the American Revolution

**Quiz for Document 6.4: Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown (1776)**

Quiz for Document 6.4: Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown (1776)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Joseph Brant’s message supports which of the following conclusions?

The Mohawks were deeply distrustful of both the British and the Americans.

Although Pennsylvanians made good on their Indian treaties, New Yorkers did not.

The Mohawks believed that the British were more trustworthy than the Americans.

The Mohawks were most interested in exacting revenge against New Englanders.

2. When Brant writes “We now Brother hope to see these bad children chastised,” he is referring to which of the following groups?

Christian missionaries

American colonists

Colonial Indian Superintendents

The members of the Iroquois nation who supported the patriots

3. What are the Mohawks hoping to gain by siding with the British during the American Revolution?

They hope the king will grant them permanent settlements in Canada.

They seek to gain reservations that will be protected by armed British troops.

They hope the king will grant them title to the land west of the Mississippi.

They hope to retain the small areas of land they can still call their own.

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