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Chapter 6 Study Sheet

1)    Thomas Jefferson, the main writer of the Declaration of Independence, was a slave owner. Identify 2 ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence that being a slave owner contradicted.

In the Dec of Ind. He stated “All men are created equal” yet he owned slaves

He stated, “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” yet he denied his slaves those rights

2)    Identify four ways African-Americans, women, and/or Native Americans were impacted by the American Revolution.

Many women managed farms, and ran businesses some were spies, some were nurses, some spoke for women’s rights

About 5,000 African Americans fought in the war, some were spies,

3)    Identify and discuss 2 reasons why the military struggle during the war for independence shifted from the Northern Colonies to the Southern Colonies:

Many Loyalists were in the south,

The British thought that their navy could help in the south where they had better rivers for the ships to travel



4)    Identify two major principles of self-government found in the Declaration of Independence.

Natural rights

Consent of the governed

All men are created equal



1)    Which battle in the Middle States was a major turning point in the Revolution? Saratoga

2)    Which country was the first to sign the treaty of alliance with the United States? France

3)    What marked the official end of the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris

4)    The American Revolution soon inspired revolutionary movements in  France and Latin America

5)    List 3 reasons why Americans won the Revolution:

Geography-Americans know the land
Help from abroad-France and Spain helped
Skilled leadership- George Washington

6)    Name the first battle in the War for American Independence: Lexington

7)    Summarize the agreement between Americans and the British that ended the American Revolution (The Treaty of Paris):

The British would recognize the U.S.A. as an independent country, the western boundary extended to the Mississippi River

8)    Declaration of Independence---“Saratoga”---“Yorktown”---Treaty of Paris”  is a chronological order of some of the events related to the American Revolution

9)    Which of the following Revolutionary War leaders expressed contradictory ideas concerning the rights of individuals?  He owned slaves and wrote the Declaration of Independence.  
Thomas Jefferson

10)    Women’s rights were very constrained until the late 20th century, and even now there are still some restrictions.  This is a summary of the historic limitations on participation of women in the United States.

11)    Name the ruler of England during the time of the American Revolution:  King George III