The American Revolution

Webercise

A. For this section you will answer these questions based on this corresponding link:
https://www.landofthebrave.info/13-colonies.htm

Use the map of the Original Thirteen Colonies handout I gave you to complete the
following exercise. It also may be downloaded from here.
1) Identify the four New England colonies Color them in blue
2) Identify the Middle colonies Color them in yellow
3) Identify the five Southern colonies Color them in green

Half way down the page, under the section 13 Colonies Map The New England,
Middle & Southern Colonies click on the red highlighted word Colonial Times
and answer the following questions.
1) Which product of the colonies do you think was the most desired trade item to the
British?

2) Why do you think this?

3) What region was it produced from?

B. For this section you will answer these questions based on this corresponding link:
http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/southern-strategy/

1) Assess why the British created the Southern Strategy Plan?

2) Analyze why the British implemented this plan?

3) Contrast how you think the southern colonists felt about this? Northern colonists?

4) What did the British assume?

5) Justify why you think they believed this?

6) Was it successful? Why or why not?

Click on the underlined word Charleston to complete the next question

7) Analyze and discuss the significance for the British to capture the city of Charleston.
 8) Now that the British have Georgia and the city of Charleston, evaluate how this might
help their Southern Strategy plan.

For this section you will answer these questions based on this journal article.

1) Based on the first page of the article, justify why it was a secret mission?

2) Had the loyalists found out about the meeting and events that were to have taken place,
evaluate and discuss the consequences.