Studyguide: Chapter 2 Section 4 Part I; 86-91

Studyguide: Chapter 2 Section 4 Part I; 86-91 American History I

Vocabulary: 1. republic- ______2. emancipation- ______3. manumission- ______4. contradiction- ______5. revolutionary- ______

1. Why type of new government was created in the United States? ______2. Why did a republic contradict with many traditional beliefs in America? ______3. What did Americans believe about state constitutions? ______4. What were John Adams’ ideas dealing with government? ______5. What did many states attach to their constitutions? ______6. What did the American Revolution expand? ______7. What increased America’s belief in equality? ______8. How did the American Revolution change religion? ______9. How did women play a vital role in the Revolutionary War? ______10. Identify Deborah Samson, Margaret Corbin, and Judith Sargent Murray? ______11. What happened to thousands of African Americans when the war ended? ______12. How many African Americans served during the war? ______13. What became a big issue when the war ended? ______14. What happened in the North? ______15. What types of discrimination did emancipated African Americans face in the North? ______16. Where did many African Americans move? ______17. What did a small group of African Americans choose? ______18. What played a large role in the lives of African Americans? ______Studyguide: Chapter 2 Section 4 Part 2; pp. 90-91 American History I

19. What did the South show little interest in abolishing? ______20. What was the only state to pass a law encouraging manumission? ______21. How many African Americans obtained their freedom through this law? ______22. Approximately how many Loyalists fled the United States after the war? ______23. What happened to Loyalist property and assets after the war? ______24. How did the American Revolution create nationalist feelings? ______25. Identify John Trumball and Charles Wilson Peale. ______26. What did educated leaders consider essential to the republic’s success? ______27. What did elementary education begin to institute? ______28. Identify Noah Webster. ______