REQUIRED READING: Chapter #8: American Secedes from the Empire (pages #139-155)
CLASS NOTES: Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered
Prompt: Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775-1783.
Political reasons for victory
Diplomatic reasons for victory
Military reasons for victory
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION - The Meaning of the American Revolution
REQUIRED READING: Chapter #8: American Secedes from the Empire (pages #139-155)
CLASS NOTES: The Logic of Resistance, 1770 to 1776, Declaring Independence, Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered
“As to the history of the revolution, mu ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and tis was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”
Former President John Adams to former President Thomas Jefferson
August 1815
“There is nothing more common than to confound the terms of the American Revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government; and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens, for these forms of government, after they are established and brought to perfection.”
Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Continental Congress, January, 1787
Using the excerpts below, answer (a), (b), and (c) on the back of this page using the appropriate short answer response format.
a. Briefly describe ONE significant difference between Adam's and Rush's interpretation of the American Revolution
b. Briefly describe ONE specific historical event or development between 1760 and 1800 that could be used to support Rush’s interpretation
c. Briefly describe ONE specific historical event or development between 1760 and 1800 that could be used to support Rush’s interpretation
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