Chapter 6: The American People and the American Revolution
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Ch 6 Study Guide THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS
1. The Battle of Bunker Hill
2. The colonial question of “Will they fight?”
3. From redress of grievances to complete independence
4. The Continental Congress before the Declaration of Independence
5. The Declaration of Independence & George III
6. The Declaration of Independence on specific natural rights & specific offenses
7. The ranks of loyalists
8. British loyalists or Torys
9. Spinning bees and “dressing down” in homespun
10. George Washington & a professional military
11. Recruits for the Continental Army: middle class or lower class
12. The American siege of Boston & Britain’s next target city
13. The war in New England, the middle states and the lower and upper South
14. The Continental Army & Trenton
15. The war in America & British leadership
16. The American relationship with the French
17. “Saratoga changed everything”
18. The French fight against Britain in the American Revolution
19. The Continental Army suffers at Valley Forge
20. The regulars of the Continental Army
21. The war for independence & Native Americans
22. The British southern strategy after 1778
23. The southern backcountry in the Revolutionary War
24. The threat of wartime slave revolts in the South
25. The role of African Americans in the revolution
26. George Washington’s victory at Yorktown & the French Army & Navy
27. The British reasons to sign the Peace Treaty granting American independence
28. The British: versus the Americans’ will to fight
29. Revolutionary War & fashion as a pro-Revolutionary motive in public opinion
30. The common attire of the frontier, the “hunting shirt"
COMPLETION
1. The [ ] was an appeal from the Second Continental Congress affirming American loyalty to King George III.
2. As written by Jefferson, the [ ] both justified why Americans no longer considered themselves English and denied England any authority in the colonies.
3. Americans called them “tories,” but they called themselves [l ].
4. Before a true, permanent Continental Army could be forged, Americans had to overcome their republican fears of [ ], which in the decade before the war had been seen as evidence of British oppression.
5. British strategy changed several times: First they sought to show force in New England, then take cities in the Middle States, then finally regain their colonies in the [ ] by drawing on American supporters.
6. Americans won a decisive victory at [ ] that not only repulsed an invasion from Canada, but changed the whole strategic picture of the war.
7. When the [ ] shifted from secret aid to outright alliance with the Americans, the British declared war.
8. The final and decisive American victory was the surrender of the British force trapped at [ ].
9. [ ], a competent Continental officer who became disillusioned with the American cause despite a key role in several American military successes, went over to the British side and ended up fighting rebels in Virginia.
10. [ ], through astute diplomacy, both won an ally for America and negotiated the treaty that gave Americans their independence.
IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS
Students should be able to describe the following key terms, concepts, individuals, and places, and explain their significance:
Terms and Concepts
Battle of Bunker Hill / LoyalistsSecond Continental Congress / Quebec Act
Declaration of Independence / Homespun
standing army / Continental Army
Militia / Hessians
Battle of Princeton / Battle of Germantown
Battle of Saratoga / Carlisle Commission
siege of Charleston / partisan war in the South
Battle of Camden / Battle of King’s Mountain
Battle of Yorktown / Treaty of Paris, 1783
Individuals and Places
William Howe / Thomas JeffersonCharles, Lord Cornwallis / John Burgoyne
George Washington / Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold / Henry Clinton
Valley Forge / Baron von Steuben
Thayendanegea / Nathanael Greene
Francis Marion / Comte de Rochambeau
MAP IDENTIFICATIONS
Students have been given the following map exercise: On the map on the following page, label or shade in the following places. In a sentence, note their significance to the chapter.
1. site of the siege of Charleston
2. site of the battle of Camden
3. site of the battle of King’s Mountain
4. site of the battle of Guilford Courthouse
5. site of Yorktown
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