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American Revolution

Out of Many AP Edition Chapter 6 Class Notes

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Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

Chapter 6: From Empire to Independence Outline ? The Seven Years? War in America ??????????The Albany Conference of 1754??????? o???British officials wanted the colonies to consider a collective response to the continuing conflict with New France and the Indians of the interior. o???The conference adopted Benjamin Franklin?s Plan of the Union, which proposed that Indian affairs, western settlement, and other items of mutual interest be placed under the authority of one general government for the colonies, consisting of a president-general appointed by British rule and a Grand Council, legislative body that makes laws and raises money. This plan was rejected. ??????????Colonial Aims and Indian Interests o???There were three flash points of conflict in North America

Out of Many AP edition Chapter 7 Class Notes

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British MPs
American Revolutionary War
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Continental Army
George Washington
Franco-American alliance
Henry Clinton
Patriot

Chapter 7: The American Revolution ??????????The War For Independence o???Introduction ???At the start of the war Britain had the best-equipped and most disciplined army, along with a navy that was unopposed in American waters ???Due to the native officer corps and considerable experience in colonial wars, the Patriot forces proved formidable ???Initially the British thought they could regain political control by having one military victory ???This strategy did not work due to the geography on eastern North America ???Patriots had the advantage of fighting on their own land and the popular support for the American cause o???The Patriot Forces ???Forces include: ??????????350,000 eligible men ??????????Over 200,000 saw action ??????????No more than 25,000 were engaged at one time

Out of Many AP edition Chapter 5

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Thirteen Colonies
English colonization of the Americas
Colonial history of the United States
New England Colonies
American Revolution
Colonialism
Middle Colonies
English overseas possessions
Louisiana

Chapter 5: The Cultures of Colonial North America Outline ? Middle Colonies I.????????????????????The Middle Colonies a.???????Location ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Along the lower Hudson River ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Included New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania b.??????Religion ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Puritan, Baptist, Quaker, Catholic, and Jewish congregations ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Lutherans or Calvinists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????iii.??????Tolerance of religious practices and distinctions c.???????Politics and government

Ways of the World Outline Chapter 16

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American Revolution
Influence of the French Revolution

CHAPTER 16 OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The 2010 Haitian earthquake devastated this already impoverished country. 1. also reawakened issues from slave-led revolution of 1804 a. heavy reparations to the French had long impeded development of the country 2. Haitian Revolution was part of a wider set of upheavals a. Haitians drew inspiration from North American and French Revolutions b. the Haitian revolution helped to shape Latin American independence struggles c. echoes of these revolutions reverberated around the world II. Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context A. From the early eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century, political and social upheaval occurred in many parts of the world. B. Atlantic revolutions took place in this wider framework.

Brinkley Questions Chapter 7

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Aaron Burr

Brinkley Chapter 7 Guiding Questions 1. What effect did Republican ideology have on education in the United States? 2. How did the American Revolution affect traditional forms of religious practice? What challenges to religious traditionalism arose during this period? 3. What caused the Second Great Awakening? 4. What was the "message" and what was the impact of the Second Great Awakening? 5. What was the industrial revolution? Where and why did it begin? 6. Explain the role that Eli Whitney played in America's industrial revolution. What impact did his inventions have on the South and what impact was felt in the North? 7. What effect did America's transportation system have on industrialization?

Brinkley Questions Chapter 4

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Thirteen Colonies
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Samuel Adams
Treaty of Paris
United States Declaration of Independence

Brinkley Chapter 4 Guiding Questions How did the relationship between king and Parliament change during the early eighteenth century? What role did the prime minister play in this change? 2. How were the American colonies administered by Britain, from Britain, during this period? What was the effect of this policy? 3. How was England?s hold on the colonies weakened between 1700 and 1775? What role did colonial assemblies play in the weakening? 4. What factors helped promote colonial unity during this period? 5. What was the Albany Plan, and what did it reveal about colonial unity? 6. To what areas of North America had the French laid claim by 1750?

Teacher script constitutional Convention

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History of the United States 1776–89)
James Madison
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United States Constitution
Virginia Plan

Teacher Script: Constitutional Convention Activity HW Assignment: Pass out the writing assignment for the biography of a delegate at the Constitutional Convention. Briefly review the assignment and the expectations for the next two days. Have students randomly select a delegate to research. Day 1 (in Classroom or Computer lab for research purposes): Begin with a brief 1-10 question and analysis of Howard Chandler Christy?s 1940 painting of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Touch upon key point like: Major roles of Delegates James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Roger Sherman, Ben Franklin, etc. Note how Thomas Jefferson was not present.

Reenacting Key Moments Constutional Conventional

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History of the United States 1776–89)
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Virginia Plan

DO NOW: Take out you biography of your delegate at the Constitutional Convention Reenacting the Key Moments at the Constitutional Convention The Virginia Plan Introduced in on May 29th by Virginian Edmund Randolph Did James Madison and the Virginia Delegates introduce this plan as a suggestion to completely do away with the Articles of Confederation or to advocate for the self-interest of Virginians being the largest state? BREAK UP INTO TEAMS BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOU STATE AND EVALUATE WHAT YOU AGREE AND DISAGREE ABOUT THE VIRGINIA PLAN IN TEAMS? Go through the Virginia Plan?s eight point. Circle or cross out which of the ten point your team agrees or disagrees with. Why? What modification might you consider? Big States vs. Small States? Madison and Sherman argue this point.

Constitutional Convention

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History of the United States 1776–89)
James Madison
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James Wilson
Gouverneur Morris
Council of Revision

Name: 1st Person Biography of a Delegate at the Constitutional Convention Directions: You will create a typed (12 font) biography of a delegate at the Constitutional Convention in the 1st person (ex. ?I was born in??) for the purpose of a reenactment of the key moments of the Convention. You will trace the life of your delegate paying special attention to the time spent in Philadelphia drafting the Constitutional in the summer of 1787. From your biography find out the motives and reasons for attending the Constitutional Convention. You will be able to answer question like: What was your contribution to the Convention? Did you approve or disapprove of the Constitution? What parts of the Constitution did you agree or disagree with?

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