1. Study Guide #3
1) Explain the importance that Common Sense had on our country.
2) Explain the two main ideas in the Declaration of Independence that are the basis of US rights today.
3) Analyze if the US Revolutionary War was truly revolutionary?

2. 1) Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired
1) Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired? How many casualties did the English suffer?
Lexington and Concord, 300 causualties
Why is this event important?
beginning of Revolutionary War because shots have been fired, no going back
Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill important to Americans in fighting the British?
Proved that Americans were willing to fight and die
Americans only lost the hill when they ran out of ammo

3. 3) What was the main idea of Common Sense? Who wrote it?
Thomas Paine
That a larger nation should not be ruled by a smaller nation
Monarchy is a foolish type of government
Americans are not English (Why try and fit in)
Common Sense states that the US should seek independence
Importance- most popular book of time and read by hundreds of thousands of Americans (leads to US seeking independence)

4. 4) What two main ideas or rights are expressed in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence?
Equality (“All men are created equal”)
What does equality mean
Opportunity for all, laws are the same for everyone
Identify an example where the US has failed to live up to this idea
Inalienable Rights “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness”
Basic rights of all Americans
What is the purpose of government?
TO protect these rights
What if government does not enforce these rights?
People have a right to revolt/change government
Natural Rights (John Locke) Life, Liberty, Property

5. 5) Identify two advantages and disadvantages for the British and Americans fighting.
Advantages- money, professional army, Navy
*Loyalists- many Americans against independence and will not fight
Disadvantages- European fighting will not work in wilderness US
Advantages- fighting for a cause (belief), guerilla warfare (home field advantage)
* Protracted War- draw out war till Eng. quits
Disadvantages- inexperienced and small army, loyalists (against war)

6. 6) Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the war?
1st major victory of the war for US (shows the US could win the war with a little help)
France sides with the US against England
Why would France want to get involved?
Get back at Eng. for Fr/Ind. War

7. 7) Identify the first two terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783) in your own words?
England recognizes US independence
Borders-
North- Canada
West- Mississippi River
South- Spain gains Florida

8. 8) How did the war impact or change the lives of American women?
9) How did the war affect of impact the lives of African-Americans?
It didn’t!!! For either
Women still had very little rights and were subservient to their husbands
Af/Am’s were still slaves and had zero rights
Who had rights? Why them?
White, land owning males, purpose of government was to protect natural rights (life, liberty, and property)
Why should people without property be protected by government?
People still need someone to protect them from others who want to mistreat others

9. 10) What were the two reasons the colonists rebelled against the British (and explain how both those reasons are not entirely correct?)
End British Control of Colonies by Elite (Independence)
Democratize Society
Was the idea of the elite running the country changed?
NO!!! The founding fathers (the people who made the laws) were the richest people in the country
BR. Elite have been replaced by American elite (who believed in same ideas of British)
Was America more Democratic?
NO!!! Women, Blacks, Native Americans, and people who did not own land could still not vote