U. S. History, 17A
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Nation of Nations
Chapters Six and Seven
From CHAPTER 6
Toward the War for American Independence

 
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II. The Imperial Crisis - Resistance Revived
6. What was the purpose of the Tea Act in 1773?  How did the Tea Act enable East India Company tea to be sold at a price lower than colonial merchants could charge?
7. Would the Tea Act raise or lower the price of tea to colonial consumers?  Why did many colonials still not like it?  What was the value of the tea dumped into Boston during the Boston Tea Party?  What was the date?
8. Why did Parliament pass the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts in 1774?
9. Among the Coercive/Intolerable Acts of 1774, what was the Boston Port Bill? When would the port be reopened?
10. Among the Coercive/Intolerable Acts of 1774, what was the Massachusetts Government Act? How did it affect town meetings?  What was the Impartial Administration of Justice Act?  What was the Quartering Act?
III. Toward the Revolution
11. When and where did the First Continental Congress meet?
12. What was the 'Declaration of Rights and Grievances'?
13. What was the Continental Association?
14. What happened when the royal Governor, Thomas Gage, dissolved the Massachusetts legislature in October, 1774?  What actions did the provincial Congress take? Did this same process occur in other colonies?
15. What happened at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775?
16. By the evening of April 20, 1775, how many militia had converged on Boston? 
Please go to the site, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", and answer the questions there.
Please read the selection, Common Sense, and answer the questions there.
from CHAPTER 7

The American People and the American Revolution
22. Who was the leader of the militia on Breed's Hill?  Who won the battle there on June 17, and at what cost? What is this battle called? 
I. The Decision for Independence
23. Why was the Olive Branch Petition passed in July, 1775?   What two things did the Olive Branch Petition do?
24. What percent of the population in 1775 were loyalists? Who were the tories?
Please go to the site, Reluctance to Declare Independence, and answer the question there.
II. The Fighting in the North
26. George Washington was chosen as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army because he had military experience, he was devoted to the cause of independence, he was independently wealthy and, therefore, could not be bribed, and, finally, because ____ ?
27. At the height of the campaign in America, how many British troops and Hessian mercenaries were in the colonies?
28. Washington's army hovered between 10 and 15 thousand during the war, because even strong supporters of the Revolution were reluctant to join it for three reasons. What were these reasons?
29. In September, 1776, what three incentives did the Continental Congress offer men who enlisted for the duration of the war?
30. Even though recruitment for the army remained low, why didn't the Congress order the states to send men to the army?
31. What was 'homespun'?  What did it come to symbolize during the war?
32.  How did 'dressing down' in homespun contribute to the solidarity of the resistance against Britain?
33. For what 3 reasons was New York city the first wartime target of the British?
<> 34. What two possible scenarios did the British believe would unfold once their troops met going up and coming down the Hudson River?
35. What bold move did Washington make on Christmas night, 1776?
36. What happened at Princeton on January 3, 1777?
37. How did the Hessian allies of the British arouse resentment among the farmers of New Jersey? To what did this lead?
38. On October 17, 1777, a British army under the command of General ____ surrendered to Americans led by General ___ at ___.
III. The Turning Point
39. What was the impact of the battle of Saratoga on the French foreign minister, Charles de Vergennes?
40. Who was the senior member of the commission that negotiated and signed the treaty of alliance with France in February, 1778?  How was he regarded in Paris at that time?
41. What were the terms of the treaty of alliance between the United States and France?
42. Why did most farmers and merchants prefer to supply the British army instead of Washington's army?
43. How many Americans died at Valley Forge from hunger, cold and disease?
44. By the winter of 1777,what was the typical age of the men in Washington's Continental Army? What kinds of men were these soldiers?
IV. The Struggle in the South
45. For what 2 reasons did British war strategy turn toward the south after 1778?

V.  The World Turned Upside Down
46. By the end of September, 1781, General Washington and the French General ___ along with nearly 17,000 American and French troops and the French fleet had sandwiched the British General ___ at ___ ?
47. What happened there on October 19, 1781?
48. What did the British recognize and agree to under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1783? 
49. Who got Florida?

Please go to the site "Diaries of the American Revolution" and read the selection there.  After you have read it, answer the following question:
50. Among the recollections of each of these participants are comments about living conditions, morale, officers, and Washington himself. What are their similar opinions about each of these?

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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