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AP U.S. History
ZINN CHAPTER 5: Part I -- pp. 76-88
Study Questions
1. What support did the Revolutionary War effort have
among the colonial
population?
2. What impact did slavery have on the war effort in the
South?
3. What incentives did the Revolutionary War leaders use
to attract recruits?
4. What was the American Navy’s position vis-à-vis
impressment?
5. Why did Robert Morris’ plan to assuage the concerns
of financial contributors
to the Continental Congress anger
the common soldier?
6. What was the British strategy concerning slavery in
the South?
7. How is the general perception that the Revolution engendered
the separation of
church and state challenged by Zinn?
8. How did land confiscated from Loyalists reflect the
Revolution’s effect on
class relations?
9. How does Edmund S. Morgan’s summary of the class nature
of the Revolution
challenge the popular perception of
the Revolution and its ideals? How does
Richard Morris’ statement also challenge
popular perception?
10. Explain Carl Degler’s assertion that "no new social
class came to power
throughout the door of the American
revolution."
11. What was the impact of America’s victory on the Native
Americans?
12. Explain Jennings’ statement: The Revolution was a
"multiplicity of variously
oppressed and exploited peoples who
preyed upon each other."
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