Chapter 6: Recreating America: Independence And A New Nation, 1775 - 1783

After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Identify the strengths of the British army at the outset of the Revolutionary War and account for England’s failure to win it quickly.
   
   
2. Analyze why France joined the war on the American side and the importance of this decision to an American victory.
   
   
3. Explain how different American and British choices during the war might have changed its outcome.
   
   
4. Show how white women and African Americans hoped for changes in their respective positions in society, and analyze the degree to which their conditions actually changed.