Study guide questions American revolution –1783 Text chapters 6 -7
Key content
French and Indian War
The “imperial crisis” and resistance
The War itself, causes, events (tactics and strategies), results,
A new American Identity
Creating a nation --Constitution
Key Identifications
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act,
Intolerable Act
Quartering Act
Boston Tea Party
nd
Boston Massacre
Lexington and Concord Ist and 2 Continental Congresses Loyalists//Tories
Saratoga Yorktown Treaty of Paris Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance
Key Documents for analysis
Letters from an American Farmer
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Federalist Papers #10, #51
Constitution of 1787
Bill of Rights
Central questions needing specifics, organization , and argument.
#:1 How did competition between British, French, colonists, and Native Americans lead to war?
How did Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War led to new conflicts among British government,
North American colonists, Native Americans culminating in the creation of a new nation.
#2 In the late 18th century, new experiments with democratic ideas and republican forms of government,
as well as other new religious, economic, and cultural ideas challenged traditional imperial systems
across the Atlantic world.
#3 Migration within North America, cooperative interaction and competition for resources raised
questions about boundaries and policies, intensified conflicts among peoples and nations, and led to
contests over the creation of a multiethnic, multiracial national identity.
Simple comprehension
1. How and why did the colonists shift from resistance to rebellion?
2. Does it fit the “anatomy of revolution” model you learned last year?
3. What role did the 1st and 2nd Continental Congresses play?
4. Take your pick. Was British oppression or colonists’ desire for freedom the major cause of the
revolution? Explain.
5. How was the 7 Years War related to American independence?
6. How did the American Revolution impact the rest of the world?
7. How did British attempts to assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the
colonial resistance lead to an independence movement.
Synthesis comprehension.
1. How did the ideals that inspired the revolutionary cause reflect new
beliefs about politics , religion, and society that had been developing over
the course of the 18th century.
2. Analyze the various causes of the Revolutionary War?
3. How is the statement “no taxation without representation” relevant to
present day American Society?
4. How did new constitutions and declarations of rights define the role of
state and federal governments in protecting liberties and limiting
centralized power?
5. What new forms of national culture and what political institutions built
American unity?
6. How did regional variations and difference over social, political economic
and foreign policy issues continue after the creation of the United States?
7. How did interactions among different groups result in competition for
resources, shifting alliances, and cultural blending?
8. How did ideas about democracy, freedom and individualism find expression
in the development of an American identity?
9. How did popular movements, reform efforts and activist groups seek to
change American society and institutions?
10.How did the continued presence of European powers in North America
continue to challenge the United States in both politics and economy?