Study Guide – Unit 3 Military
Action
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Date
Due |
Assignment |
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Weds.,
Sept. 24 |
1. Read p. 318-322 2. Answer 3. Read the excerpts from Common
Sense 4. As you read, type or
neatly write down five good critical thinking questions based on the
material. Ask about different portions
of the reading. 5. Answer your own
questions. You may use bullet points. You will be turning this in
for a grade. Your goal is to write
penetrating questions that capture the meaning of Paine’s essay. 6. Be prepared to discuss
the reading in class. |
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Thurs.,
Sept. 25 |
Be prepared for the Debate
on |
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Mon.,
Sept. 29 |
Presentation on the Canada
Campaign; if you want to read more, it’s on pp. 309–314 |
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Tues.,
Sept. 30 |
1. Read p. 322 - 339 2. Answer questions 2-5 3. Read over the draft of
Declaration of Independence and try to identify as many of the accusations
against the King as possible |
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Weds., Oct. 1 |
Presentation on the Battles
for |
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Thurs., Oct. 2 |
Presentation on |
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Mon., Oct. 6 |
Presentation on |
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Tues.,
Oct. 7 |
Presentation on |
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Weds.,
Oct. 8 |
Short Quiz on the battles we’ve studied so far 1. Read p. 402 - 417 2. Answer questions 6-9 |
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Mon.,
Oct. 13 |
3. Think about what
strategic changes the British should make now that the French have entered
the war. 1. Read p. 417 - 426 2. Answer questions 10- 11 |
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Tues.,
Oct. 14 |
Presentation on Monmouth,
the fall of |
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Thurs.,
Oct. 16 |
1. Read p. p. 572-578 2. Answer questions 12 - 13 |
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Fri.,
Oct. 17 |
Presentation on |
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Mon.,
Oct. 20 |
1. Read p. 534 - 543 2. Answer questions |
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Tues.,
Oct. 21 |
Presentation on Cowpens and
Guilford Courthouse; if you want to read more, it’s on pp. 469–492 |
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Weds.,
Oct. 22 |
Presentation on |
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Fri.,
Oct. 24 |
1. Read p. 502 – 534 2. Read the article by Mark
E. Lender, “Enlistment: Economic Opportunities for the Poor and Working
Classes” 3. Answer questions 16 - 23 |
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Mon.,
Oct. 27 |
Write five clues for five
different battles |
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Tues.,
Oct. 28 |
Test |
Questions
and Themes for Unit Three: Military Action
q How and
why did Thomas Paine’s arguments sway public opinion?
q Why did
the Second Continental Congress decide to declare independence?
q What were
the reasons Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence for
declaring independence?
q What were
the arguments against independence?
q What was
the strategy that both the British and Americans adopted in the early days of
the war?
q What
mistakes did each side make in the battles of New York?
q How do
the battles of Trenton and Princeton change American fortunes?
q What
aspects of George Washington’s leadership are in evidence in the battles of
1776 and 1777?
q Why were
the Americans able to win at Saratoga?
What mistakes did the British make?
q What was
the impact of the Battle of Saratoga on the course of the war?
q What were
the reasons why the French decided to help the Americans?
q How did
the French entrance into the war change it?
q How is
the war in the South different from in the North?
q Why are
the British unable to build on their victories in the South?
q What are
the military strategies that each side adopts in the fighting in the South?
q What was
the nature of the fighting on the frontier?
q How did
the Continental Army change over the course of the war?
q What role
did the navy play in the war?
q How did
the structure of society and government change during the War?
q Why did
men join the army or the militia?
q Why were
the British defeated at
q Why did
the Americans win the War?
Identifications – Military
Action
These
are terms, people, and events that you should be familiar with by the end of
this unit.
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1. |
Thomas Paine and Common
Sense |
16. |
Philadelphia |
32. |
Battle
of Monmouth Courthouse |
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2. |
Richard Henry Lee |
17. |
Battle
of Brandywine |
33. |
The
war on the frontier, Vincennes |
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3. |
Thomas Jefferson
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18. |
Battle
of Germantown |
34. |
Battle
of Savannah |
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4. |
Declaration
of Independence |
19. |
Fort
Ticonderoga |
35. |
Battle
of Charleston |
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5. |
Lord
George Germain |
20. |
Fort
Stanwix |
36. |
Battle
of Camden |
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6. |
Battle
of Brooklyn |
21. |
Battle
of Bemis Heights/Freeman’s Farm/Saratoga |
37. |
Battle
of King’s Mountain |
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7. |
Hessians |
22. |
Charles
Gravier de Vergennes |
38. |
Over-mountain men
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8. |
Battle of Long
Island
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23. |
Louis
XVI |
39. |
Francis
Marion |
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9. |
Kip’s Bay |
24. |
Caron
de Beaumarchais |
40. |
“Fugitive
War” |
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10. |
Battle
of Harlem Heights |
25. |
Arthur Lee
|
41. |
Battle
of Cowpens |
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11. |
Forts
Lee and Washington |
26. |
Benjamin Franklin
|
42. |
Battle
of Guilford Courthouse |
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12. |
The Crisis |
27. |
Silas
Deane |
43. |
Board
of Admiralty |
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13. |
Battle
of Trenton |
28. |
Earl of Sandwich
|
44. |
Bonhomme
Richard and
Serapis |
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14. |
Battle of
Princeton
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29. |
Valley Forge
|
45. |
Battle
of Yorktown |
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15. |
Morristown |
30. |
Commissary
Department
|
46. |
Battle
of the Capes |
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31. |
Quartermaster
Department
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British Officers |
American Officers and their Allies |
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General William Howe |
General George Washington |
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Admiral Richard Howe |
General Nathanael Greene |
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General Henry Clinton |
General Charles Lee |
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General Charles Cornwallis |
General John Sullivan |
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Colonel Johann Rall |
General Horatio Gates |
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General John Burgoyne |
General Benedict Arnold |
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Sir Guy Carleton |
General Philip Schuyler |
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General Simon Fraser |
General Daniel Morgan |
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Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger |
George Rogers |
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Colonel Banastre Tarleton |
Comte d’Estaing |
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Major Patrick Ferguson |
Marquis de Lafayette |
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Admiral Thomas Graves |
Baron von Steuben |
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General Anthony Wayne |
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General Benjamin Lincoln |
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John Paul Jones |
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Comte de Rocheambeau |
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Comte de Grasse |