Chapter 8-Apush Review

G. Developing Historical Skills

1. The British burning of Falmouth, Maine was a simple factual event. King George’s proclamation that the colonies were in rebellion, however, is a historical event that needs to be studied in order to understand the meaning. This official statement slammed the door on all hopes of reconciliation between the colonies and the mother country.

2. The death of General Richard Montgomery is a simple factual event. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, however, is a historical document that needs to be analyzed to understand its meaning. Common Sense was one of the most influential pamphlets ever written. It called for independence and a democratic republic.

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H. Map Mastery

1. Quebec and Montreal

2. He came from Pennsylvania and crossed into New Jersey

3. General Howe

4. Holland and Spain

5. Charleston, Wilmington, Yorktown

6. The Ohio River

7. Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes

MAP CHALLENGE

Both the Hudson River and the Lake Champlain water systems proved to be strategically crucial to the British and the Americans during the Revolutionary War. The Hudson River is extremely accessible from the Atlantic Ocean. It provided a major transportation system throughout eastern New York, and its tributaries branched off into all parts of the historically important colony. Because New York was such a large trading center and access point, whoever controlled its ports would have control of most of the trade going into the southern part of New England. Lake Champlain, unlike the Hudson River, is mainly accessible in the northern part of New York, and is indirectly connected to most water systems in New England. This occurs because Lake Champlain is connected to the St. Lawrence River, which as we know is connected to not only the Atlantic Ocean but also the Great Lakes. This major accessibility is the main reason why control of these two water ways was so important to the two battling forces. With the control of these you...