AP Ch. 5 Study Guide – The American Revolution

Period 2: 1775-1787

KEY TERMS:

CONCEPT OUTLINE / ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES (Must Know in Bold): / Battle of Yorktown
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense / Second Continental Congress / Treaty of Paris of 1783
Declaration on Independence / Olive Branch Petition / John Jay
natural rights / Prohibitory Act / Molly Pitcher
American Revolution / George Mason / Abigail Adams
Continental Army /colonial militias / Marquis de Lafayette / Judith Sargent Murray
Thomas Jefferson / Baron von Steuben / Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty
Benjamin Franklin / Battle of Bunker Hill / Land Ordinance of 1784
Articles of Confederation / Battle of Trenton / Land Ordinance of 1785
George Washington / Hessians / “The Grid”
Loyalists / Battle of Saratoga / Battle of Fallen Timbers
Northwest Ordinance / Joseph & Mary Brant / Little Turtle
Northwest Territory / Iroquois Confederacy / Treaty of Greenville
Abolition / Benedict Arnold / Shays’ Rebellion
State constitutions / Nathanael Greene / Jean Jacques Rousseau
Republican values/ Republican Motherhood / Lord Cornwallis

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

·  What advantages and disadvantages did the Patriots and Great Britain have in the War for Independence, and what were the causes of Patriot victory?

·  How did both the philosophy of the Enlightenment and religion including the ideas of the Great Awakening, inspire colonial leaders to challenge British authority and push for more liberty and independence?

·  What were the key ideas expressed in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence and what impact did they have on American history?

·  During and after the American Revolution, which individuals and groups called for the abolition of slavery and the expansion of democracy and to what extent did these calls resonate?

·  What impact did the American Revolution have on women? What was the concept of “republican motherhood” and why was this significance?

·  What impact did both the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution have around the world including France, Haiti, and Latin America?

·  What were the key characteristics of new state constitutions? Where did the power lie and how democratic were they?

·  What were the key elements of the Articles of Confederation and why and to what extent was the federal government limited? After the Revolution, what led to calls for strengthening the federal government?

·  How did and why did slavery expand during this era but develop a more regional character? What were early efforts to abolish slavery?

·  How did American Indian tribes attempt to prevent American expansion? What role did the British play in this and what impact did this have on U.S. and British relations?

·  What impact did western migration have, and how did the expansion of frontier cultures continue to cause tensions?

·  What were the key components of the Northwest Ordinance?

·  What problems developed over the treatment of American Indian tribes and disputes over land with the American government?