Part 18 (1/2)

British territory bounded the United States on the north and the northeast.

QUESTIONS AND TOPICS

CHAPTER 14

---- 134-136.--_a_. Compare the advantages of the British and the Americans. Which side had the greater advantages?

_b_. Explain the influence of geographical surroundings upon the war.

_c_. Why were there so many loyalists?

---- 137-139.--_a_. Mold or draw a map of Boston and vicinity and explain by it the important points of the siege.

_b_. Who won the battle of Bunker Hill? What were the effects of the battle upon the Americans? Upon the British?

_c_. Why was Was.h.i.+ngton appointed to chief command?

_d_. What were the effects of the seizure of Ticonderoga on the siege of Boston?

---- 140, 141.--_a_. Why did Congress determine to attack Canada? _b_.

Follow the routes of the two invading armies. What was the result of the expedition?

_c_. Describe the harbor of Charleston. Why did the British attack at this point?

_d_. What was the result of this expedition?

---- 142, 143.--_a_. What advantage would the occupation of New York give the British?

_b_. Describe the Long Island campaign.

_c_. Why did Congress give Was.h.i.+ngton sole direction of the war? Who had directed the war before?

---- 144, 145.--_a_. Describe the battle of Trenton. Why is it memorable?

_b_. Who were the Hessians?

_c_. At the close of January, 1777, what places were held by the British?

CHAPTER 15

----146, 147.--_a_. What had been the feeling of most of the colonists toward England? Why had this feeling changed?

_b_. Why was Jefferson asked to write the Declaration?

_c_. What great change was made by Congress in the Declaration? Why?

_d_. What truths are declared to be self-evident? Are they still self-evident?