4: Revolutionary War
Leaders	People's History	The Battles	Allies	Effects
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Essay Question: Examine the causes of a conclusive American victory at Yorktown by identifying 10 historical 'variables' (for example, economic conditions, foreign diplomacy, military strategy, political ideology, trade, etc.).  How were the American colonies able to achieve a victorious outcome?
Project Based Lesson: Alternative History Webpage: Students will write the alternative history of a nation, caught in the struggle for revolution from an imperial power, in order to parallel political, economic and social characteristics of the American Revolution.  They will create an imaginary scenario in which a colony seeks to gain their independence from an imperial power in the present day.  Students may find some circumstances similar and different in military tactics, current  technology, cultural diversity, etc. in their 'alternative history' story.  Stories will be published on the web.
Readings/Internet: Writings of Abigail Adams, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, Jefferson's Notes on Slavery, Diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge
Links Lesson: 1) Compare and Contrast the motives of patriots vs. loyalists in the colonies, 2) Cause and Effect chart of French military and financial intervention in the Revolutionary War, 3) Concept Web of the results of the American Revolution
Essential Questions: 1) What makes a leader great?  Who are leaders among us? 2) What is history?  Is it a story of common people or a timeline of powerful people & events? 3) Could England have won?  How does an imperial power destroy a rebellion successfully? 4) Are alliances necessary tools of national power or troublesome entanglements? 5) How do you judge whether the consequences are worth the sacrifices in revolutions?
Identification Terms
Militias	George Washington	Battle of Saratoga	General Howe	Marquis de Lafayette
French Alliance	Battle of Trenton	Thomas Paine	James Madison	Valley Forge
Native Americans	Slaves & Rev. War	Battle of Bunker Hill	Loyalists/Tories	Confederation Congress
Deborah Sampson	Robert Morris	Nathaniel Greene	Nathan Hale	Common Sense
Benedict Arnold	Fort Ticonderoga	Molly Pitcher	Hessians	Count Von Stuben
General Cornwallis	Treaty of Paris 1783	Egalitarianism	Patriots	Profiteering
Short Answer Questions
1.  What characteristics did George Washington posses that created through him opportunities for continual leadership?
2.  How did American patriots justify the existence of slavery while fighting for their own freedom from England?
3.  Explain in detail the effect of the Revolutionary War on Native Americans, their land, their culture and their existence.
4.  Describe the Revolutionary War in military terms (strategic and tactical).  Was the outcome predictable or not?  Explain.
5.  What is the value of alliances in a time of war?  Could the war have been won without the French or with the Hessians?
6.  The romanticism of the Revolutionary War did not parallel its reality.  Defend or attack this position with evidence.
7.  Was the Revolutionary War a popular uprising?  Explain using historical evidence and reasoning.
8.  How did economic forces create, sustain and become affected by the Revolutionary War in the American colonies.
9.  What impact did American domestic support for the British have on the conduct of the war and the message of revolution?
10.  How can revolutions fail?  What political, economic and social forces contribute to the loss of a revolutionary struggle?