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AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes

3.6: The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

AP US History
AMSCO Guided Notes
3.1 Contextualizing Period 3
3.2 The Seven Years' War
3.3 Taxation Without Representation
3.4 Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
3.5 The American Revolution
3.6 The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals
3.7 The Articles of Confederation
3.8 The Constitutional Convention and Debates Over Ratification
3.9 The Constitution
3.10 Shaping a New Republic
3.11 Developing an American Identity
3.12 Movement in the Early Republic
3.13 Continuity and Change in Period 3

AP US History Guided Notes

AMSCO 3.6 - The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the various ways the American Revolution affected society.
  2. Describe the global impact of the American Revolution.
I. Women in the Revolutionary Era

1. What roles did women play in opposing British actions before and during the Revolutionary War?

A. Economic Role

1. How did women's management of farms and businesses contribute to the war effort?

B. Political Demands

1. What was Republican Motherhood and how did it expand women's role in the new nation?

2. Why did the concept of Republican Motherhood fall short of achieving full equality for women?

3. What evidence shows that women's contributions to the Revolution did not significantly improve their legal status?

II. The Status of Enslaved African Americans

1. What steps did Revolutionary leaders initially take to address the contradiction between slavery and revolutionary ideals?

2. How did the cotton gin's invention in 1793 reverse the decline of slavery in America?

3. How did southern slave owners justify slavery despite the Revolution's principles of equality?

III. Native Americans and Independence

1. Why did Native Americans not benefit from American independence despite their role in the Revolutionary War?

2. How did colonists' attitudes toward Native Americans contradict the ideals of the Revolution?

IV. International Impact of the American Revolution

1. What revolutionary ideas from America had the widest appeal internationally?

2. What revolutions in the late 18th and 19th centuries cited the American Revolution as inspiration?

3. Who was Toussaint Louverture and what did his revolution accomplish?

V. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: HOW UNUSUAL WAS THE REVOLUTION?

A. Similarities with Other Revolutions

1. According to Crane Brinton, what stages did the American, French, and Russian revolutions have in common?

2. How were the American Revolution and post-World War II colonial rebellions in Africa and Asia similar?

B. Differences with Europe

1. How did the causes of the American Revolution differ from those of the French and Russian revolutions?

C. Impact

1. How have historical comparisons of revolutions helped historians understand the American Revolution?

Key Terms

Mary McCauley (Molly Pitcher)

Deborah Sampson

Daughters of Liberty

Republican Motherhood

Abigail Adams