STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 7 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.
DECLARING INDEPENDENCE

  • Why were so many Americans divided about the question of independence from Britain?

  • What factors contributed to the decision by the Continental Congress to declare independence in July 1776?

 THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF WAR

  • What challenges did the Americans face in the first year of war? How successful were they in meeting them?

  • What impact did other European powers and Indian peoples have on the course of the war?
AMERICAN VICTOR

  • Why did the British switch to the southern strategy? Why did it fail?

  • Is it more accurate to say that the Americans won the Revolutionary War or that the British lost it? Why?

 LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD

  • When did the chain of events that culminated in the establishment of an independent United States begin? In 1763? In 1776? In 1783? At another date? Present evidence to support your answer.

  • What challenges did the United States face as it emerged victorious from the Revolutionary War?

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