Ch 8: America Secedes from the Empire (1775–1783)
People to Know
Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Washington / Benedict Arnold / John BurgoyneCharles Cornwallis / Thomas Paine / Richard Henry Lee
Horatio Gates / John Paul Jones / Thomas Jefferson
Marquis de Lafayette / Admiral de Grasse / Patrick Henry
John Jay / Abigail Adams / George III
Terms to Know
Define and state the historical significance of the following:
Mercenaries / Natural rights / PrivateeringRepublicanism / Natural aristocracy / Popular consent
Civic virtue / Second
Continental Congress / Common Sense
Declaration of Independence / Loyalists/Tories / Patriots/Whigs
Treaty of Paris of 1783 / Bunker Hill / Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown / Hessians
Know the following map:
Reading Questions:
- When & Why did the Second Continental Congress meet?
- What was the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress?
- Create a timeline & know the chronological order of the following:
Lexington and Concord / Publication of
Common Sense / convening of the Second Continental Congress
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence / Treaty of Paris of 1783 / Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill / Battle of Yorktown / Battle of Trenton
Battle of Long Island / Battle of Charleston /
“Give me Liberty or
Give Me Death”Speech
- As commander of America's Revolutionary army, George Washington exhibited what characteristics?
- The Revolutionary War began with fighting in ______; then in 1777–1778, fighting was concentrated in ______; and the fighting concluded in ______. (General Location)
- Why did the colonial army eventually lose the Battle of Bunker Hill?
- What was The Olive Branch Petition?
- Why did the colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776?
- What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
- In a republic, power comes from?
- What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?
- What were Thomas Paine arguments about government officials?
- “These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states…” was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate?
- What did Americans consider to be fundamental for any successful republican government?
- Who privately advocated equality for women?
Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled ______or ______, and the independence-seeking Patriots were also known as ______.
- In what ways did the Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution?
- Describe the characteristics of those Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared?
- Why did many Americans remained loyalists during the Revolution?
- What happened to the Loyalists after the Revolutionary War?
- What did the colonial Loyalists do the help the British?
- Why did General William Howe did not pursue and defeat George Washington's army after the Battle of Long Island?
- How did George Washington help restore confidence in America's military?
- What was the strategy of the British in 1777?
- What were basic principles of the “Model Treaty”?
- Why was the Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans?
- Why did the French come to America's aid in the Revolution?
- Who was the American diplomat that negotiated the “Model Treaty” with France?
- The Armed Neutrality League was started by?
- The commander of French troops in America was?
- Describe the French aid to the colonies?
- When & Why did General Benedict Arnold turn traitor?
- Where did the colonists suffer their heaviest losses of the Revolutionary War?
- Why did some Indian nations join the British during the Revolutionary War?
- The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in?
- What contribution did seagoing “privateers” make during the Revolutionary War?
- Why did fighting continue after the British defeat at Yorktown?
- American diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to do?
- Why did Britain give America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris?