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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.