We will also read chapter 8 and answer the study questions below.
1. What actions did the Second Continental
Congress take in 1775?
2. What traits did Washington display as
commander of the Revolutionary Army?
3. What was important about the colonial
invasion of Canada in 1775?
4. When did England consider America to be in
rebellion?
5. Why did the colonists delay declaring
independence until July, 1776?
6. What were the three parts of the Declaration
of Independence (read it from the back of your
book)?
7. Who proposed the idea of independence to the
Continental Congress?
8. What were the major points of Thomas Paine's
Common Sense?
9. What is a republic?
10. What percentage of Americans supported the
revolution?
11. What were the characteristics of those who continued
to support Britain?
12. What was the British military strategy early
in the war?
13. What battle convinced the French that the
Americans could win the war?
14. What was the impact of French assistance
during the Revolutionary War?
15. Why did Native Americans generally support
the British?
16. What battle effectively ended the war? How
long did fighting continue after the battle?
17. What were the instructions given by the
Continental Congress to American diplomats
working on the peace treaty with Britain?
Did they listen?
18. Why were the British so generous in their
peace terms with the Americans?
19. What happened to the Loyalists following the
Revolution?
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