Download unit 2 guide

MilitaryHistory:Unit2
America’s War for Independence
1770-1783
Name:__________________________
Specific Events and Concepts














StampAct
StampActCongress
ProclamationLineof1763
DeclaratoryActof1766
TownshendActof1766
SonsofLiberty
BostonMassacre
CoerciveActs
QuarteringAct
BostonTeaParty
CommitteesofCorrespondence
FirstContinentalCongress
SecondContinentalCongress
Localism














Centersofgravityinwarfare
ValleyForge
Hessians
Loyalists
TreatyofParis:1783
NewburghConspiracy
ArticlesofConfederation
1stAmericanRegiment
Shay’sRebellion
ConstitutionalConvention
ArticleIandtheMilitary
ArticleIIandtheMilitary
SecondAmendment
ThirdAmendment






Camden
King’sMountain
GuilfordCourthouse
Yorktown
BattleoftheChesapeake
BattleoftheWaxhaws







JohnBurgoyne
RobertMorris
BanastreTarleton
NathanielGreene
JohnPaulJones
MarquisedeLafayette
AlexanderHamilton
Specific Battles:






LexingtonConcord
FortTiconderoga
BunkerHill
Trenton
Saratoga
Monmouth
Specific People:








ThomasGage
GeorgeWashington
JohnAdams
HenryKnox
BenedictArnold
CharlesCornwallis
TheHoweBrothers
FrederichvonStueben
Discussion Questions:
1. Whateconomicandpoliticalfactorsfueledthecolonist’sdesireforindependence?
2. WhatwerethegoalsoftheSonsofLibertyandtheCommitteesofCorrespondence?
Inwhatcapacitydidtheyachievemilitaryobjectives?
3. Usingthislink:(http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/summer06/paintings.cfm#images)what
dothesebattlepaintingssuggestaboutthebattlesofLexingtonandConcord?
4. WhatobstaclesdidtheFirstContinentalCongressfaceintryingtowagewaragainst
GreatBritain?
5. WhatislocalismandhowwoulditbeconceivedasanAmericanadvantageduring
thewar?
6. Ifyoureviewthe“taleofthetape”…whoshouldhavewonthiswarandwhy?
7. Pleaseargueinfavororinoppositiontothisstatement:
“Thecoloniesdidn’thavetowinthewar,theyjusttonotlosethewar”
8. Describethe“cannonscene”inJohnAdams,howdoesthisfilmportraythis
significantevent?
9. WhatdidthebrothersHowetakeoverofNewYorkduetothecolonialmindset?
Relatethistothe“centerofgravity”principleofwarfare.
10. WhatshouldweknowaboutBenedictArnold?
11. Whatisthedifferencebetweena“militia”anda“continental”…whichwouldyou
havejoinedandwhy?
12. CharacterizethechallengesthatWashingtonfacedintryingtounifytheAmerican
forces?
13. WhywasJohnnyBurgoynesuchadetrimenttotheBritishmilitaryendeavor?
14. HowaretheeventsatTrentoncharacterizedinTheCrossing?
15. HowdidthefilmcharacterizethechallengesfacedbytheAmericanmilitaryduring
theRevolutionarywar?
16. DidJeffDanielsplaytheWashingtonyouexpectedtosee?Explain
17. WhywasSaratogasuchasignificantturningpointintheRevolutionaryWar?
18. WhydidBritainfeellikeitwinthewarfightingintheSouth?
19. WhatdidthebattleoftheWaxhawsindicateaboutthechangingBritishmindsetin
thewar?
20. ManyhistoriansbelievethattheBritishlostthewarintheSouth.Pleasesupportor
denythatclaim.
21. WhenthewarturnedtoaNavalfocus,thecolonistsknewthattheyneededto
quicklybuildanavy‐howdidtheymilitarizesoquicklyonthisfront?Werethey
successfulincombatingtheBritishmilitarysuperiorityontheseas?
22. DescribetheroleoftheFrenchinthebattleofYorktown?
23. WhydidtheFrenchhelptheAmericansintheircause?
24. WhatweretheprovisionsoftheTreatyofParis?
25. Whatchallengesdidthecolonistsfacein“disarming”attheendoftheAmerican
Revolution?Wouldweseesuchacrisisemergetoday?
26. Describethevariousattitudesaboutestablishingastandingarmyinthewakeofthe
AmericanRevolution?
27. Whywasthe1stAmericanRegimentabodythatlackedtheabilitytoguaranteethe
basicsafetyoftheAmericanrepublic?
28. WhydidShay’sRebellionmaketheFoundersrealizethatastandingmilitarywas
probablytherightidea?
29. HowdidtheframersaddressthemilitaryintheConstitution?Pleaseconsiderthe
following:
 ArticleI

ArticleII

2ndAmendment

3rdAmendment
30. Connectiontothepresent—doyouthinkthecurrentstateofthe2ndamendmentis
whattheframershadinmindwhenitwascreatedinthe1780’s?Whyisitthat
Americansholdthisrightwithsuchintensity?Explain.