Endgame Review II

A Brief History of Unit 2

Seven Years War (or the French-Indian War) French expand into the Ohio River Valley Washington goes to remove them Causes massive British army and debt

Imperial Policy to pay off that debt Sugar/Currency/Stamp/Quartering/Townshend Acts Resistance – Boston Massacre/TP Intolerable Acts and Continental Congress

American Revolution

Opening fights – Lex/Concord, Common Sense Declaration of Independence Difficulties of fighting the war for both sides Saratoga, the French, and Yorktown Republican Womanhood Slaves fighting for (white) freedom Freedom of Religion

Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

Articles – thrown together during the war Strong Congress, handled state disputes, pragmatic No executive, no power to levy taxes, no

supremacy Constitutional Convention – 1787

VA vs NJ Plans – small vs big state; CT Compromise

Legislative, Executive, Judicial branches Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

Washington and Adams Washington - “Mr. President”

Cabinet – VP John Adams, State Jefferson, Treasury Hamilton

Bill of Rights Crises – French Rev, Genet, Jay Treaty, Whiskey

Rebellion John Adams

Avoided war with France – Alien/Sedition Acts XYZ Affair Nullification Crisis Election of 1800 – Adams/Pinckney vs

Jefferson/Burr

APPARTS Analysis Tool

A – Author P – Place/time P – Purpose A – Audience R – Reason T – The Main Idea S – Significance

APPARTS Practice

Practice APPARTS Question

Was U.S. Imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century based on arrogance and superiority, or did it reflect a humanitarian concern for the nations of South America and the Pacific?