US History Homework - American Revolution

(Due Tuesday)

125 - 135

1. What was the goal of the Olive Branch Petition?
2. Who wrote Common Sense, and what was its purpose?
3. What were the two parts of the Declaration of Independence?
4. Who were the loyalists?
5. Why was the government under the Articles of Confederation weak?
6. What were some of the challenges America faced mobilizing for war?
7. List some advantages that the Americans had during the war.
8. Why did the British conclude that Boston was not a good place from which to wage war?
9. Why did the colonies choose to invade Canada?
10. What was the strategy of the British in the Mid-Atlantic region?

125 - 135 WA

1. What was the goal of the Olive Branch Petition?
2. Who wrote Common Sense?
4. Who were the loyalists?
5. Why was the government under the Articles of Confederation weak?
6. What were some of the challenges America faced mobilizing for war?
7. List some advantages that the Americans had during the war.
8. Why did the British conclude that Boston was not a good place from which to wage war?
9. Why did the colonies choose to invade Canada?