The War for Independence Continued

Today we are going to continue with Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" but also talk about the answers to your study questions, "The Declaration of Independence", and your upcoming essay.

HW: Listen to the podcast on Edmodo.  You don't have to outline, but find something in it that you can come in and talk about for at least 2 minutes.  Think about how the podcast might reinforce your previous learning. 

The War for Independence

Today - we are going to look at Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and discuss its importance.

We will also look at chapter 9 of The American Pageant.

Make sure that by Friday you can list 10 events that led directly to the Revolution and be able to defend you choices; then pick the one event that made the Revolution inevitable and be able to write an short essay defending it.

HW: Finish chapter 9 and answer the study questions.

Make sure you know the following:

Second Continental Congress
Battle of Bunker Hill
Olive Branch Petition
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Yorktown

William Howe
Richard Montgomery
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Paine
Lord Charles Cornwallis
John Burgoyne
Nathanael Greene
Ethan Allen
Comte de Rochambeau
Admiral de Grasse

The Revolutionary War

Today - we are going to discuss what you read over the weekend, and how the colonists war the War for Independence.

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?

Homework

Read A Patriot's History of the United States pages 54-153

CLASS NOTES

British Ad:

More money, larger population (7.2 million to 2.5 million), a Navy (the most powerful navy in the world), and a professional army of 50,000 soldiers as well as being able to employ another 30,000 Hessian soldiers. 

British Disad:

Fighting away from home – 3000 miles, which added to delays in reinforcements, Military orders and supplies; morally ambiguous war, not every soldier agreed with the war, weak Parliament with 2^nd rate ministers, some Whigs thought that Americans were doing the right thing.  General population was against the war.   2^nd class Generals; a stubborn Monarch who was obsessed with power.

Had to send troops to Ireland

Americans Ad:

Home tuff – fighting a defensive war; good leadership – particularly Washington and Franklin; foreign aid (French and Spain wanted to get back at Britain); fighting a moral war; self-sustaining

Americans Disad:

Militia – untrained, unreliable, and served only a short time; disorganized and not united; lacked hard money; sectional jealousy and distrust; lacked a strong government (or a government until 1781); often short of supplies – food, clothing, shoes, guns, ammo; merchants sometimes sold supplies to British;

 

Thursday

Today we are going to create a list of the advantages and disadvantages of both the Colonists and the British in the War for Independence, outline list of people to know, and then look at chapter 8 in The American Pageant.

Homework - podcast on Edmodo. 

People to Know

John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Lord North
King George III
George Grenville
Thomas Hutchinson
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron Von Steuben

Wednesday

Today we are going to look at Crash Course U.S. History #6 on Edpuzzle and finish chapter 7.

Homework today - questions on chapter 7 listed in the previous blog.