Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class

Unit 3 Study Guide

American Independence, 1754-1783

Facts to Know

Chapter 6 - The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

1. Where did France colonize in the New World? What was the focus of French colonization?
2. What region in North America did both France and Britain view as critical to their colonial empires?
3. What nations were the principal adversaries in the Seven Years' War in Europe?
4. How did the Albany Congress protend the American Revolution?
5. What were the significant military engagements in North America of the Seven Years' War and what was the outcome of each?
6. In what ways did British policy during and after the Seven Years' War upset and unite the colonies?

Chapter 7 - The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

1. What role did mercantilism play in creat8ing discord between British authoities and the colonists?
2. How did the colonies respond to Grenville's laws, specifically the Stamp Act?
3. What events resulted in British soldiers landing in Boston and being involved in the Boston Massacre?
4. How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
5. Where did the British soldiers and American colonists clash in April 1775?
6. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Britain on the eve of the American Revolution?
7. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the American colonists on the eve of the American Revolution?

Chapter 8 - America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

1. What were some of the military engagements that occurred before independence was declared by the colonists and what was the outcome of each?
2. How did Thomas Paine convince colonists to fight for independence?
3. What were Thomas Paine's views on government?
4. Why was Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence so inspiring at the time and for future revolutions?

Quizzes

• Textbook Quiz — chapter 6    chapter 7    chapter 8    
• Mrs. Pojer's Quizzes
  • The Road to Revolution   A   B   C
  • The American Revolution    A   B

Documents

• Charleston SC Sons of Liberty (1766)
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of taking up Arms (1775)
• Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Excerpts from Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776)
• The Copley Family (1776-1777)
• A Profile of Loyalist Claims (1780)

Study Aids

• Mrs. Ruland's Study Guide
  • American Slaves During the Revolution
    
• From Revolution to Reconstruction - An Outline of American History
  • Chapter Three: The Road to Independence
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Modules on Major Topics
  • The Revolutionary War
• Digital History
  • Toward Revolution
  • Religion, Race, and Gender in Revolutionary America
  • Learn About the Revolutionary War
  • Guided Reading: Patterns of Change, 1700-1775
  • Guided Reading: The American Revolution
  • Guided Reading: The Founders
  • Impact of the Revolution
  • A Chronology of Anti-Slavery
• George Burson, Aspen CO
  • British North America and the American Revolution
• Academic American History, Henry J. Sage, Northern Virginia Community College
  • Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1800
• Timeline- 1751 to 1800 (Mr. Wood, Murray HS, Murray UT)
• Mr. Feldmeth - Polytechnic School, Pasadena CA
  • French & Indian War - chart
  • Prologue to Revolution - outline
  • Colonial Restraints - chart
  • American Revolution - outline
  • Revolutionary War Events - chart
• Cram Sheet --> 1700-1789 (Renata Melamud)
• "What Was The American Revolution?: 1760-1836" (Crossroads)
• Deism and the Founding of the United States - Divining America
• Religion and the American Revolution - Divining America
• Separation of Church and State from the American Revolution to the Early Republic
• OHTI Lesson Plan - Loyalists and Loyalism in the American Revolution

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