John Ngo
HIST 120: History of the U.S. – Colonial to 1865 (2586), SP2023
Fact and Analysis Assignment (Unit 8)
Chapter 6
A).
1. The small, under-trained American army was able to win a long war against the large
professional army and navy of the British by generally avoiding major battles. (Nash 134)
2. Washington was able to maintain a standing army in spite of inadequate funding that was able
to pull off some significant victories like the surrender of 5,700 British at Saratoga in 1777.
(Nash 134)
3. Civilians along the coast suffered the most during this almost 8 year long war. Ports and
markets closed and there was economic disarray along with extreme inflation.(Nash 143-4)
4. Among white Americans Loyalists suffered the most. Their property was confiscated, they
were banished from their homes and deprived of the right to vote. (Nash 145)
5. A few Blacks in the north fought for the rebels, but those in the south saw in Britain the
possibility of freedom rather than oppression. (Nash 147)
6. There was little progress in the movement against slavery in Georgia and South Carolina
where blacks outnumbered whites two to one and where their labor was essential to rice farming.
(Nash 150)
7. In Pennsylvania1 during 780, laws were passed in states which began to officially prohibit
slavery. Further importations of slaves were outlawed in all but two states by 1790. (Nash 150)
8. The British prohibited white expansion to the west but Congress actively encouraged it and
passed
the Northwest Ordinance which provided that new territories and states would be admitted to the
new country on an equal basis. (Nash 151)
9. The British had protected native Americans to some extent but after the war they were treated
as conquered people who had sided with the British and lost. (Nash 151)
10. Post war there was a huge debt owed to France and the Dutch with a congress unable to
enforce taxation. (Nash 153)
11. Washington and Hamilton wanted a strong national government capable of coordinating
foreign trade. (Nash 156)
12. The Anti-Federalists were suspicious of power, wealth and anything that seemed like
monarchy. (Nash 162)
13. Before the year 1176 only four states were allowed full religious liberty. (Nash 148)
14. A huge breakthrough in the drafting of the constitution was achieved with the Great
Compromise. (Nash 157)
15. Once the proposed Constitution was written, it had to be ratified and it's likely that only a
minority of the public supported it. (Nash 160)
B.
Outnumbered Americans were able to defeat Britain by using clever tactics. By using just
enough victories to encourage foreign assistance is important to understanding U.S. History. This
is important in knowing how a population can survive and what steps needed to be taken to do
so. The suffering of the civilian population during the war only increased determination not to
submit. (Nash 144) This shows the strength of people and the resilience they possessed to fight
for freedom.
Blacks gained little by fighting in the war although the British. The British, did free some
slaves and evacuate some from the south. (Nash147) This is important to recognize that war can
bring about positive changes to society. The after effects of the war caused end of the
importation of slaves. Slavery was no longer an accepted fact of life in many parts.