HISTORY 3

Submit by on Wednesday, April 14.

1) What were the main issues that sparked the American Revolution/War of Independence?  Did all American colonists support separation from Great Britain?

2) What is the significance of the American victories at Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781)?  Why was the winter at Valley Forge important?

3) How did the American Revolution affect enslaved people?  How did it affect women?

4) How did the American Revolution affect American Indian tribes? 

5) Describe the concept of “republican motherhood.”

6) What prompted calls for a Constitutional Convention to create a new government to replace that of the Articles of Confederation?

7) Compare and contrast the national governments under the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, respectively. 

8) What were some of the compromises necessary to secure ratification of the Constitution?