Y What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
o The Albany Conference
Y How did victory in the French and Indian War affect the British colonies in North America? How did it (and the subsequent colonial move westward) affect their relationship with the Native Americans?
o Pontiac’s Rebellion
o Proclamation of 1763
Y How and why did British colonial policy change after 1763?
o George Grenville o Navigation Acts o Molasses Act
o Sugar Act
o Paxton Boys (later in chapter)
o Stamp Act
o The Townshend Acts
o Quartering Act
Y What were the main motivations and events that led to a break with the mother country?
o Stamp Act Congress
o Sons of Liberty/Sam Adams
o Boston Massacre
o The Boston Tea Party
o The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
Y What were some of the new experiments in government, culture and religion that challenged the imperial systems across the Atlantic?
o Thomas Paine/Common Sense
o Thomas Jefferson/Declaration of Independence Continental Congress (first and second)
Paul Revere
Y How did the early events of the Revolutionary War begin and how did they shape the conflict moving forward?
o Lexington and Concord
o Paul Revere
o Minutemen
o Bunker Hill
o Tories
o George Washington
o What were the military strategies and challenges for both the American and British forces?
o George Washington o Continental Army o William Howe
o Hessians
o Patriots vs. Tories
o What were the war’s major turning points?
o The American Crisis
o General John Burgoyne
o Battle of Saratoga/Campaign of 1777
o Treaty of Amity and Commerce
o Valley Forge
o Marquis de Lafayette
o Who were the Loyalists, and how did their alliances with the Native Americans impact them both?
o Joseph Brant
o Daniel Boone
o Who were the major players toward the end of the war and how did they influence the outcome of the conflict?
o Charles Cornwallis/Yorktown o General Nathanael Greene o Benedict Arnold
o Admiral François-Joseph-Paul de Grasse
o Treaty of Paris/John Adams
o What were the post-Revolutionary political, economic and social changes in the new United States?
o Native American losses in the Treaty of Paris and beyond
o Displacement of Loyalists/free and enslaved blacks
o John Murray, Lord Dunmore
o Abigail Adams
o Freedom of religion in the colonies
o What were the successes and limitations of the Articles of Confederation?
o Articles of Confederation
o Robert Morris
o Alexander Hamilton
o Northwest Ordinance
o Weaknesses of the Confederation government
o Shays’ Rebellion
o Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention draft a completely new constitution? How did the new Constitution show evidence of governing principles outlined to protect the balance of liberty and order?
o James Madison
o Virginia Plan/New Jersey Plan
o The Great Compromise
o Colonial Assemblies
o How important was the issue of slavery in the Constitution?
o 3/5th Compromise
o Slave Trade Compromise
o Describe the global influence of the ideals represented in the Constitution.
o What were the main issues in the debate over ratification of the Constitution?
o Federalists/Anti-Federalists
o Publius/The Federalist
o Federalist No. 10
o Separation of Powers
o Bill of Rights
o State Constitutions
o What were the main challenges facing Washington’s administration?
o Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans
o Strict vs. loose construction of the Constitution
o Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) of the Constitution
o Treaty of Greenville
o Whiskey Rebellion
o Westward Expansion/Daniel Boone/Cumberland Gap
o What was Hamilton’s vision of the new republic?
o “Report on Public Credit” o “Report of Manufactures” o Bank of the United States
o How did religious freedom become a reality for the new country?
o First Amendment
o How did European affairs complicate the internal political and diplomatic problems of the new country?
o French Revolution
o Citizen Genet
o Jay’s Treaty
o Pickney’s Treaty
o Washington’s Farewell Address
o What were the successes and challenges of the Adams’ administration?
o XYZ Affair
o Alien and Sedition Acts
o Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
o Why did Madison and Jefferson lead the opposition to Hamilton’s policies?
o Aaron Burr
o Election of 1800