The American Revolution that eventually produced independence for the United States

1 ,The course textbook notes that a “growing rift” in the 1770s led to the American Revolution that eventually produced independence for the United States from Great Britain. When the War for American Independence broke out, both the British and the Americans maintained what they viewed as very significant reasons for going to war based on that rift that had developed between the two groups. Explain the reasons why each side went to war. In doing so, discuss two distinct reasons why the Americans justified war and two distinct reasons why the British justified war. Be sure that you explain why each reason helped to justify the war for its side. Also, be sure that your answer does justice to both sides – i.e., that you demonstrate understanding of why each side would see its reasons as significant and legitimate.

2. Students of history can examine the experiences of individuals who fought in the War for American Independence to understand some of the everyday characteristics and consequences of the war. Describe the general characteristics of the group of individuals who constituted the troops who fought on the American side in the War for American Independence. Provide three distinct characteristics that tend to define this group. Then, indicate two distinct specific reasons why these individuals fought in the war. Finally, describe what these individuals experienced as they fought in the war. Describe three distinct conditions that individuals faced as they fought in the war.

3. Chapter 8 of the course textbook characterizes the opening years of the newly formed United States of America as “a period of trial and transition.” Identify and explain four distinct specific political, economic, and/or social tensions that occurred in the early years of the United States that contribute to the characterization of this period of trial and transition. For each tension, be clear in distinguishing the tension from the other three, in explaining specifically what occurred in the early years of the United States as a nation that demonstrated the tension, and in explaining clearly how the tension constituted a trial and/or a transition for the newly formed nation.

4. Quiz 1 asked you to discuss some of the differences between Northern colonies and Southern colonies that developed during the 1600s and 1700s. Continue to evaluate these differences by indicating three distinct specific ways in which Northern states and Southern states differed at the time of the beginning of the United States of America as a nation. Be specific in noting each difference and in indicating how what occurred in the North differed from what occurred in the South. In doing so, refer to particular things that were occurring in each region in the late 1700s.
5. Describe the major characteristics of the foreign policy of the United States upon its formation in the late 1700s. Indicate four distinct features of early U.S. foreign policy, with explanation for each feature of what ideas produced the feature of U.S. foreign policy and what particular actions taken (or not taken) by the early U.S. government reflected the feature of foreign policy.