REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA1763-1789

• MAJOR THEMES

• How did the French and Indian War affect England’s relationship with its colonies?

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?

MAJOR THEMES• The ideals expressed in the

Declaration of Independence

• Why did the colonists win the Revolutionary War?

MAJOR THEMES

• How revolutionary was the Revolution?

–Women

–Slaves

–Religion

MAJOR THEMES• How effective was the

national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Beardian Thesis

MAJOR THEMES

• The fight over the ratification of the Constitution

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

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)

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

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.

• 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

Past Essay Questions

• 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.