Advanced U.S. history – Mrs. Newmark

Study Guide: Unit One – Revolutionary America

Due Date	Assignment
Mon., Aug. 29	1. Read p. 66 – 82 in the textbook. (Unless otherwise indicated, all reading assignments are in the textbook.) 2. Write out answers to the Reading Questions 1 - 5
Tues., Aug. 30	1. Read p. 83 – 87 2. Answer Reading Questions 6 - 8
Weds., Aug. 31	1. Read p. 94 – 98 2. Fill out the Chart on the Growing Conflict with England and make sure that you know this material. 3. Answer question 9 from the Reading Questions
Thurs., Sept 1	1. Read p. 99 – 103 2. Read the handout on Women and the Revolutionary Cause 3. Answer questions 10 -11 from the Reading questions 4. Read the excerpt from Common Sense and answer the questions at the end.
Fri., Sept 2	1. Read the handout on the Necessity of Taking up Arms and A Loyalist Viewpoint 2. Answer question 12 from the Reading Questions using what you know from the textbook, handouts, and Common Sense 3. Print out a copy of the Declaration of Independence and bring to class - http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/declaration.html
Tues., Sept 6	1. Read p. 107 – 111 2. Start filling out the Battles Chart (leave room for notes from class) 3. Start filling out the Map 4. Answer questions 13 - 14 from the Reading Questions.
Weds., Sept. 7	1. Read the excerpt from The Crisis 2. Answer question #15.
Thurs., Sept. 8	1. Read p. 112 – 117 2. Answer Reading Questions 16 - 18. 3. Finish filling out the Battles Chart (leave room for notes from class) 4. Finish filling out the Map
Fri., Sept. 9	1. Read p. 126 – 131 2. Answer questions 19 - 20
Mon., Sept. 12	1. Read p. 132 – 141 2. Answer questions 21 - 24
Tues., Sept. 13	Review for Test
Weds., Sept. 14	Test

Reading Questions

Answer the following. You don’t need complete sentences if it is easier to make lists or use phrases. Bullet points are a useful tool. Include enough information so that you demonstrate that you understand the major points, but DON’T go overboard making your life an utter misery. Think of this as a guided outline of the reading with my questions helping you focus on what is important.

1.	Using the text, define what mercantilism was. What were its goals and what laws did Parliament pass to enforce its policy of mercantilism?
2.	How did Salutary Neglect affect the development of the colonies?
3.	As you read sections 2 and 3, make a chart comparing the northern and southern colonies.
4.	What factors led to the growth of slavery in the American colonies?
5.	Make a chart comparing the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening in the following ways: key figures, ideas each stressed, effect on the colonies
6.	How did the French settlements differ from the English settlements in North America?
7.	List as many effects of the French and Indian War as you can.
8.	Define or describe each of the following: Treaty of Paris of 1763 (all elements), Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, and the Sugar Act
9.	Identify what was ordered in each of the following: the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the Intolerable Acts.
10.	What was the role of women in the struggle for Independence? (see the handout)
11.	Identify what was done in each of the following: Second Continental Congress, Olive Branch Petition.
12.	Make a detailed list of the reasons used for and against going to war.
13.	List as many advantages and disadvantages that each side faced at the onset of the war. Think of military, economic, geographic, and demographic factors.
14.	What were the problems that faced ordinary Americans during the war and how did the Congress address those problems?
15.	What arguments does Paine make in The Crisis to appeal to his audience to support the revolutionary cause?
16.	List the provisions of the Treaty of Paris.
17.	Describe three significant challenges facing the U.S. when the American Revolution ended.
18.	How were the changes in American society brought on by the American Revolution limited?
19.	What were the three main issues facing the Continental Congress and how did the Congress resolve each of these issues?
20.	Make a chart listing the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and how those weaknesses led to problems for the new nation.
21.	What were the steps that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia of 1787?
22.	What were the key conflicts at the Constitutional Convention and how were they resolved?
23.	In what ways did the new system of government fulfill the nation’s need for stronger central government and at the same time allay its fear of a government with too much power?
24.	Make a chart listing the arguments of the Federalists and Antifederalists in debating the Constitution.

Identifications: You should be familiar with all of these items by the time we finish the unit.

Colonial America

1.	Mercantilism	8.	Enlightenment	15.	Albany Plan
2.	Navigation Acts	9.	Benjamin Franklin	16.	Battle of Quebec
3.	Salutary Neglect	10.	The Great Awakening	17.	Treaty of Paris
4.	Indentured Servants	11.	Jonathan Edwards	18.	Pontiac’s Rebellion
5.	Triangular Trade	12.	George Whitefield	19.	Proclamation of 1763
6.	Middle Passage	13.	George Washington	20.	George Grenville
7.	Stono Rebellion	14.	French and Indian War	21.	Sugar Act

Revolutionary America and the Constitutional Convention

1.	Stamp Act	20.	Bunker Hill	39.	Articles of Confederation
2.	Samuel Adams	21.	Olive Branch Petition	40.	Land Ordinance of 1785
3.	Sons of Liberty	22.	John Dickinson	41.	Northwest Ordinance of 1787
4.	Stamp Act Congress	23.	Common Sense	42.	Shays’s Rebellion
5.	Nonimportation Associations	24.	Thomas Paine	43.	Annapolis Convention
6.	Patrick Henry	25.	Declaration of Independence	44.	Constitutional Convention
7.	Declaratory Act	26.	General William Howe	45.	James Madison
8.	Townshend Acts	27.	George Washington	46.	Roger Sherman
9.	Boston Massacre	28.	General Burgoyne	47.	Virginia Plan
10.	Lord North	29.	General Horatio Gates	48.	New Jersey Plan
11.	Committees of Correspondence	30.	General Benedict Arnold	49.	Great Compromise
12.	Tea Act	31.	Valley Forge	50.	Three-Fifths Compromise
13.	King George III	32.	Robert Morris	51.	Division of Powers
14.	Boston Tea party	33.	Baron von Steuben	52.	Checks and balances
15.	Intolerable Acts	34.	Marquis de Lafayette	53.	Federalists
16.	First Continental Congress	35.	General Charles Cornwallis	54.	Antifederalists
17.	Lexington and Concord	36.	Treaty of Paris 1783	55.	Federalist Papers
18.	Second Continental Congress	37.	Republic	56.	Alexander Hamilton
19.	Continental Army	38.	Republicanism	57.	Bill of Rights

Themes

_{Here are some themes for this unit that you should be familiar with. Be prepared to answer test questions on any of these topics.}

· What American colonial society was like in the mid-18^th century

· The significance of the Great Awakening and how it affected the colonists

· Consequences of the French and Indian War: how the war and its results affected relations between the colonies and England; Territorial changes as a result of the Treaty of Paris

_{· By understanding the role of cause and effect, be able to put events into chronological order. Know the events leading up to the outbreak of hostilities between America and Great Britain and how one event caused a reaction that lead to another event.}

· Is it fair to say that the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution?

· Be able to analyze the language and purpose of Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence

· What advantages and disadvantages did the British and Americans have at the start of the war?

_{· The development of a sense of unity among the colonists}

_{· The course of the war and the significance of key battles}

_{· The important people involved in the period leading to the Revolution and in fighting the war}

_{· Analysis of why the Americans won the Revolution}

_{· Economic and social changes brought forth by the Revolution}

_{· The strategy and tactics used to fight the war}

_{· The roles of women and blacks in this period}

_{· What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?}

_{· What were the accomplishments of the Confederation Congress?}

_{· Describe the debate over ratification of the Constitution. What arguments did Antifederalists have against the Constitution?}

_{· Contrast and compare the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.}

You should also know the information from the charts on the Growing Conflict with England and the battles of the American Revolution, as well as the battle map. (You will be able to use the battle chart on the quiz and test.)