CHAPTER 8: AMERICA SECEDES FROM THE EMPIRE: 1775�1783

							CHAPTER 8: AMERICA SECEDES FROM THE EMPIRE: 1775—1783

(Section 1)
Second Continental Congress
George Washington
(Section 2)
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Fort Ticonderoga
Bunker Hill
Redcoats
Olive Branch Petition
Hessians
(Section 3)
Richard Montgomery
(Section 5)
Republic
Natural Aristocracy
(Section 6)
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
Natural Rights
(Section 7)
Patrick Henry
(Section 10)
William Howe
Trenton
Princeton
(Section 11)
John Burgoyne
Benedict Arnold
Saratoga
Horatio Gates
(Section 13)
Armed Neutrality
(Section 14)
Nathaniel Greene
Charles Cornwallis
(Section 15)
Iroquois Confederacy
Fort Stanwix
George Rogers Clarke
John Paul Jones
Privateers
(Section 16)
Charles Cornwallis
Yorktown
(Section 17)
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay
Treaty of Paris
(Section 18)
Whigs


Congress Drafts George Washington
1. Why was George Washington chosen as general of the American army?




Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings
2. George III "slammed the door on all hope of reconciliation." How and why?




The Abortive Conquest of Canada
3. Did the fighting go well for Americans before July of 1776? Explain.




Thomas Paine Preaches Common Sense
4. Why was Common Sense important?




Paine and the Idea of "Republicanism"
5. Why did Paine want a democratic republic?




Jefferson's "Explanation" of Independence
6. What does the Declaration of Independence say?
Patriots and Loyalists
7. What kinds of people were Loyalists?




Makers of America: The Loyalists
8. What happened to Loyalists after the war?




The Loyalist Exodus
9. What happened to Loyalists during the war?




General Washington at Bay
10. What were some of the flaws of General William Howe?




Burgoyne's Blundering Invasion
11. Why did the Americans win the battle of Saratoga? Why was it significant?




Revolution in Diplomacy?
12. Why did the French help America win independence?




The Colonial War Becomes a Wider War
13. Why was foreign aid so important to the American cause?
Blow and Counterblow
14. Would an American Patriot, reading news of the war in 1780, have been happy about the way the war was
    going? Explain.




The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier
15. Was frontier fighting important in the outcome of the war?




Yorktown and the Final Curtain
16. If the war did not end at Yorktown, then why was it important?




Peace at Paris
17. What did America gain and what did it concede in the Treaty of Paris?




A New Nation Legitimized
18. Did Americans get favorable terms in the Treaty of Paris? Explain.




Whose Revolution?
19. Which of the interpretations of the Revolution seems most true to you? Least true? Explain.