Classwork/Homework 2/23 A-Day
Directions: Complete the following questions using the link listed below.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
1. According to the website, tensions had been building up in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution. Explain these tensions.
2. What was the significance of the Boston Massacre of 1770 in terms of the rising tensions in the time period?
3. How did the British Parliament respond following the Boston Tea Party, when a band of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor?
4. Explain the Continental Congress. Who was involved with it and what did they do?
5. When and where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?
6. The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in 1775.
a. Who else joined the Second Continental Congress when it convened in Philadelphia?
b. What did they vote in favor of?
7. Explain why the Battle of Bunker Hill was considering encouraging to the revolutionary cause even though it ended in British victory.
8. Throughout the fall and winter of 1775, Washington’s forces struggled to keep the British contained in Boston, but the British eventually evacuated the city in March of 1776.
a. What caused the British regiment of General William Howe to evacuate Boston in March of 1776?
b. When the British forces evacuated Boston, where did they go and why did they go there?
9. What did the Continental Congress vote to adopt on July 4th, 1776? Who was primarily responsible for writing the document?
10. Briefly explain the back and forth battle between the British and revolutionary forces in late 1776.
11. Why did the American victory at Saratoga prove to be a turning point of the American Revolution?
12. How did the winter of 1778, at Valley Forge, benefit the American troops?
13. What setbacks did the Americans suffer from 1779 to 1781? Explain.
14. Describe the surrender of Lord Charles Cornwallis.
15. Explain the events surrounding the end of the American Revolution.
16. What was the Treaty of Paris?
17. Why is the American Revolution an important event in the history of the Western world?
Directions: Complete the following questions using the link listed below.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
1. According to the website, tensions had been building up in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution. Explain these tensions.
2. What was the significance of the Boston Massacre of 1770 in terms of the rising tensions in the time period?
3. How did the British Parliament respond following the Boston Tea Party, when a band of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor?
4. Explain the Continental Congress. Who was involved with it and what did they do?
5. When and where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?
6. The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in 1775.
a. Who else joined the Second Continental Congress when it convened in Philadelphia?
b. What did they vote in favor of?
7. Explain why the Battle of Bunker Hill was considering encouraging to the revolutionary cause even though it ended in British victory.
8. Throughout the fall and winter of 1775, Washington’s forces struggled to keep the British contained in Boston, but the British eventually evacuated the city in March of 1776.
a. What caused the British regiment of General William Howe to evacuate Boston in March of 1776?
b. When the British forces evacuated Boston, where did they go and why did they go there?
9. What did the Continental Congress vote to adopt on July 4th, 1776? Who was primarily responsible for writing the document?
10. Briefly explain the back and forth battle between the British and revolutionary forces in late 1776.
11. Why did the American victory at Saratoga prove to be a turning point of the American Revolution?
12. How did the winter of 1778, at Valley Forge, benefit the American troops?
13. What setbacks did the Americans suffer from 1779 to 1781? Explain.
14. Describe the surrender of Lord Charles Cornwallis.
15. Explain the events surrounding the end of the American Revolution.
16. What was the Treaty of Paris?
17. Why is the American Revolution an important event in the history of the Western world?