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Unit III: Revolution! Unit Essential Questions

The American Revolution began with battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and continued for over 6 years. While the British came close to defeating the Continental Army multiple times, victories like Saratoga halted their advances. In 1778, fighting shifted to the South, where the British captured key cities but failed to control the countryside. The war concluded with a decisive American-French victory at Yorktown in 1781, leading Britain to grant independence. Over 25,000 Americans died during the war from combat, disease, or imprisonment. The Revolution established the United States as the first modern nation founded on principles of rule of law, rights, and popular sovereignty.

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Unit III: Revolution! Unit Essential Questions

The American Revolution began with battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and continued for over 6 years. While the British came close to defeating the Continental Army multiple times, victories like Saratoga halted their advances. In 1778, fighting shifted to the South, where the British captured key cities but failed to control the countryside. The war concluded with a decisive American-French victory at Yorktown in 1781, leading Britain to grant independence. Over 25,000 Americans died during the war from combat, disease, or imprisonment. The Revolution established the United States as the first modern nation founded on principles of rule of law, rights, and popular sovereignty.

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USI Unit Guide

Unit III: Revolution!


Chapter 4

Unit Essential Questions:


 What were the long and short term causes of the American Revolution?

Lesson Key Questions:

What was virtual representation? Why did colonists vigorously reject the idea?
What effect do you think the loyalists had on the outcome of the war?
In what was were the soldiers in the Continental Army and the British Army similar? In
what ways were they different?
How were the colonies able to win independence?
What effect did the participation of European powers have on the Revolutionary War?
What did liberty mean to women and slaves? How distinct was it from the liberty of
white males?

Unit Goals:
 Explain the significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord on both
America and Great Britain.
 List the expectations that the Continental Congress had of George Washington,
and assess how well he met them.
 Articulate the problems that the Continental Army faced during the early
phase of the war.
 List the major terms of the Franco-American alliance, and explain their
importance to the cause of independence.
 Explain why Britain was willing to grant American independence by 1782.
 Articulate the main provisions of the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

Terms/Vocabulary/People/Places

Sugar Act Virtual Independence Townshend Acts

Stamp Act Representation Treaty of Paris Articles of

Boston Massacre Intolerable Acts Loyalists Confederation

Boston Tea Party Battles of Lexington George Washington Benedict Arnold

Direct and Concord Guerrilla warfare

Representation Declaration of Thomas Jefferson


The American Revolution: An Introduction

Fighting began on April 19, 1775 at Lexington, Mass. and nearby Concord. British
strategy called for crushing the rebellion in the North. Several times the British nearly
defeated the Continental Army. But victories at Trenton and Princeton, N.J., in late 1776
and early 1777 restored patriot hopes, and victory at Saratoga, N.Y., which halted a
British advance from Canada, led France to intervene on behalf of the rebels.

In 1778, fighting shifted to the South. Britain succeeded in capturing Georgia and
Charleston, S.C. and defeating an American army at Camden, S.C. But bands of patriots
harassed loyalists and disrupted supply lines, and Britain failed to achieve control over
the southern countryside before advancing northward to Yorktown, Va. In 1781, an
American and French force defeated the British at Yorktown in the war's last major
battle.

Consequences

About 7,200 Americans died in battle during the Revolution. Another 10,000 died from
disease or exposure and about 8,500 died in British prisons.

A quarter of the slaves in South Carolina and Georgia escaped from bondage during the
Revolution. The Northern states outlawed slavery or adopted gradual emancipation
plans.

The states adopted written constitutions that guaranteed religious freedom, increased
the legislature's size and powers, made taxation more progressive, and reformed
inheritance laws.

Background

Much more than a revolt against British taxes and trade regulations, the American
Revolution was the first modern revolution. It marked the first time in history that a
people fought for their independence in the name of certain universal principles such as
rule of law, constitutional rights, and popular sovereignty

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