Homework Sheet
Wednesday, September 17
Read pages 94-100 (90-100) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- One might say with respect to the French and Indian War that England won the war, but lost the peace (and its North American empire). Did England’s victory, which secured its interests in North America, inevitably lead to the American Revolution?
- Why did the colonists regard England’s attempt to gain greater control over its colonies as an encroachment to their rights?
Thursday, September 18
Read pages 100-105 (100-105) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- Explain how the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Coercive Act led to an open breach between England and her colonies.
Friday, September 19
Read pages 105-110 (105-109) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- How did the conflict with Britain over the administration of the empire lead to a sense of unity among the colonies?
- Trace the course of key events between 1763 and 1775 that worsened relations between England and the colonies.
- Identify the principles the colonists used to justify their resistance to Parliament’s legislation between 1763 and 1775.
- “In the two decades before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a profound shift occurred in the way many Americans thought and felt about the British government and their colonial governments.”
1) Assess the validity of this statement in view of the political and constitutional debates of these decades.
Monday, September 22
Read pages 113-118 (112-118) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- Explain the events that led the Continental Congress to support a break from England.
- Analyze the intent and content of the Declaration of Independence.
Tuesday, September 23
Read pages 118-125 (118-127) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- Compare and contrast the force capabilities of the British and Americans in the Revolutionary War.
- What might have caused some people to become Loyalists?
- Explain why the American negotiators were able to gain such favorable terms in Paris.
Wednesday, September 24
Read pages 128-134 (127-134) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- Describe the characteristics of the national and state governments that were created during the Revolutionary War.
- Explain how the revolution led to certain social and political reforms.
- List the significant consequences of the American Revolution for blacks and women, and for the national spirit.
Monday, September 29
Read pages 134-138 (134-140) in your textbook and answer the following points for mastery.
- Summarize the major short-term consequences of the Revolutionary War for the United States.
- Describe the key features of the Articles of Confederation national government, the several state governments, and the land ordinances of the 1780s. Suggest how they each reflect the democratic republicanism of the Revolutionary generation.
- List the significant consequences of the American Revolution for blacks and women, and for the national spirit.
- To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society?
Tuesday, September 30
- Test on Chapter 3 and 4
- Chapter 4 Key Terms and Chapter Synthesis Chart must be turned in
Name: ______Topic: American Revolution
Due Date: ______Time Period: 1754-1800
Directions: Inform the reader of several of the most important facts about each item. If it is an event, describe what happened and how it came out; if it is a person, detail the most important facts that this person should be remembered for. This should take 3-4 sentences. After finishing the sentence note both the source and note page number(s).
1. Second Continental Congress
2. Declaration of Independence
3. King George III
4. Common Sense
5. Enlightenment
6. John Locke
7. Jean Jacques Rousseau
8. Baron de Montesquieu
9. Loyalists/Tories
10. Hessians
11. Saratoga
12. LaFayette
13. Valley Forge
14. Yorktown
15. Treaty of Paris 1783
16. Articles of Confederation
17. “Critical Period”
18. State constitutions
19. “Remember the Ladies”
20. Land Ordinance 1785
21. Northwest Ordinance 1787