1. REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA 1763-1789 MAJOR THEMES How did the French and Indian War affect England’s relationship with its colonies?

2. MAJOR THEMES Analyze the causes of the American Revolution To what extent did unity exist among the 13 colonies by the eve of the Revolution?

3. MAJOR THEMES The ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence Why did the colonists win the Revolutionary War?

4. MAJOR THEMES How revolutionary was the Revolution? –Women –Slaves –Religion

5. MAJOR THEMES How effective was the national government under the Articles of Confederation? Beardian Thesis

6. MAJOR THEMES The fight over the ratification of the Constitution

7. KEY TERMS Proclamation of 1763 American Revenue Act (Sugar Act) 1764 Virtual representation Stamp Act Stamp Act Congress Sons of Liberty Writs of Assistance Declaratory Act (1766) Townshend Acts (1767) Sam Adams Boston Massacre (1770) Committees of Correspondence

8. KEY TERMS Boston Tea Party (1773) Coercive Acts (Intolerable) 1774 First Continental Congress (1774) Second Continental Congress (1775) Common Sense Saratoga French alliance of 1778 Loyalists/Tories Yorktown (1781) Newburgh Conspiracy (1782) Treaty of Paris (1783)

9. KEY TERMS Republican Motherhood Land Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Shays’ Rebellion (1786) Annapolis Convention (1786) Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Great Compromise 3/5 Compromise Federalists Anti-Federalists An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution

10. Past Essay Questions Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women in the period from 1775-1800. Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.

11. 1999 DBQ – To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? 1750-1776 2005 DBQ – To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer, be sure to address the political, social, and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775-1800. Past Essay Questions

12. 2006 DBQ– Discuss the changing ideals of American womanhood between the American Revolution (1770’s) and the outbreak of the Civil War. What factors fostered the emergence of “republican motherhood” and “the cult of domesticity”? Assess the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this time period. In your answer be sure to consider the issues of race and class.