• textbook --> 156-169.
• Heffner's doc. book --> pp. 3 - 13.
• AMSCO --> pp. 77-80.

1. Where were the Loyalist populations most concentrated in the Thirteen Colonies?
2. Why did Lord North propose propose his Conciliatory Proposition?  Why was it rejected by the Americans?
3. What were the circumstances that led to the Battles of Lexington and Concord?  Why were these opening skirmishes referred to as "the shots heard 'round the world?"
4. Identify the divisions within the Second Continental Congress.  What were the aims of each faction?
5. Why was George Washington picked to be the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army?
6. What arguments were put forth by Thomas Paine in Common Sense?
7. What were the philosophical roots of the Declaration of Independence?  Why did Jefferson write it?  What effect did it have on the colonists' struggle?
8. Define the political principle of republicanism.  What did it mean to Americans in 1776?  How did republicanism have its roots in "country" ideology and the experience of the Puritan commonwealth?
9. What challenges faced George Washington in transforming the Continental Army into professional military troops?
10. Why was the Baron von Steuben considered to be one of the most valuable men in the Continental Army?
11. What role did women, African Americans, and Native Americans play in the military during the American Revolution?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 170-179.
• AMSCO --> pp. 80-82.

1. Create a CHART which shows the advantages and disadvantages the colonists and the British both had as they entered the Revolutionary War.
2. Why was the approach of the Howe brothers to fighting in the American Revolution characterized as being "hesitant?"
3. Why was the year 1777 referred to as the "Year of the Hangman?"  Why was it a crucial year for the American side?
4. Why did the Americans win the battle of Saratoga?  How did that victory affect American diplomatic efforts?
5. What were France's motivations for entering into a Franco-American alliance?  How did this alliance transform the American Revolution into a world war?
6. Why did the British decide to launch a campaign against the southern colonies in 1778?  What advantages and disadvantages did each side have in this region?
7. How was the campaign in the south conducted?
8. Why did the British southern strategy backfire?
9. Why was the American victory at Yorktown so significant for the colonials?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 179-185.
• AMSCO --> p. 83.
• document --> Rights of Women in an Independent Republic - letter of Abigail Adams to John Adams (Mar. 31, Apr. 14, May 26)

1. Identify the major provisions of the 1783 Treaty of Paris. 
2. What role did Spain play in the American Revolution?
3. How did the Treaty of 1783 fail to resolve, or in some cases help to create, strains between the United States, England, France, and Spain?
4. Why did the colonists win the American Revolution?  Why did Britain loose?
5. How did the American Revolution affect the way American women thought about their status?  What political, legal, and social restrictions on women remained?
6. What impact did the American Revolution have on African Americans?   on Native Americans?
7. What effect did the Revolution have on the new nation's economic picture?
8. What repercussions did the American Revolution have on the immediate future of France? 
9. What impact did it have on the foreigners who fought with the colonials?  on other nations?