Due the week of 10/22-10/26 and 10/29-11/2

Due Tuesday 10/23:  Declaration of Independence (read and answer the questions that accompany it, except question 6) and read and takes 1.5 pages of notes on pages 124-131.
If you need it, you may find the Declaration assignment here.  

Due Wednesday 10/24:  2 pages of notes on pages 131-141

Due Thursday:  advantages/disadvantages organizer (3 points for each box) based on your reading of "The Crisis" and 1776 excerpts

Due Monday 10/29:  in-class news presentation based on a battle or area of battle

Due Tuesday 10/30 (note the changes from Monday):  site visit project.  You also need to bring your completed webquest about the revolutionary era people to class Tuesday.

Your American Revolution test will be Friday 11/2.  It will cover chapter 4 in Brinkley and about 1/2 of chapter 5 (up to page 141).  Study questions are here:

American Revolution study questions are below.  Remember that you need to be able to substantiate your answer to each question with supporting facts/details. 

1. What characteristics define the American identity as it began to emerge in the 18^th century?  How did the formation of an American identity play a role in the revolution?
2. What were the main causes and results of the 18^th century wars for empire in North America?  (Focus especially on the French and Indian War)?
3. How did the British government (and Britons themselves) view the colonies and their inhabitants?  What effects did this have on the relationship between the colonies and the mother country? 
4. What natural rights did the colonists believe they had, and why did they believe they had them?  In what ways were they violated?  How did they react to these perceived violations? 
5. Why did Boston become a focal point for revolution? 
6. Who were the key players (people) in the revolution, and what impact did they have?  How were many of them prototypical early Americans?
7. What did key primary source documents and images created during the period attempt to do?  What do they reveal about the colonists’ motives and attitudes?  
8. Why was George Washington a good choice to lead the Continental Army?  
9. At the war’s beginning, which side seemed most likely to win?
10. What military (and overall) strategies did each side use to try to win the war? 
11. How was colonial morale at various points in the war?  What were the highest and lowest points? 
12. How did the road to and the course of revolution play out different in the northern, middle and southern colonies, respectively? 
13. Was the revolution inevitable? (What key events lined the “road to revolution?”) 
14. How would you interpret the major themes of U.S. history (U.S. is vs. are, liberty vs. security and the meaning of freedom) in the context of this period?  (The first theme is especially significant)