I. The Colonies Develop
A. Key Players: Why were Great Britain, France, and Spain interested in colonizing North America?
B. Jamestown
1. Why did the colonists struggle at Jamestown when they first landed here?
2. Who was John Smith and why was he significant?
3. What was the crop that helped the colonists at Jamestown?
C. Plymouth
1. Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?
2. What was the Mayflower Compact?
D. Massachusetts Bay Colony
1. Why did the Puritans call this the "City Upon A Hill"?
2. Why did some colonists leave this area to develop other colonies?
E. New England vs. Middle vs. Southern Colonies
1. What were the characteristics of each of these regions?
2. What colonial area had the greatest diversity of people?
3. How did the environment impact their economic development?
F. Mercantilism
1. What was mercantilism?
2. How was Great Britain going to achieve a favorable balance of trade?
II. The American Revolution
A. French and Indian War (1756-1763)
1. Who did the colonists fight with in this conflict?
2. How did the Treaty of Paris lead to future problems in the colonies?
B. Proclamation of 1763
1. Why did Great Britain think this was a necessary policy?
2. How did the colonists react to this?
C. Sugar Act (1764) and Stamp Act (1765)
1. What was the purpose of these acts?
2. Who were the Sons of Liberty and how did they respond?
3. What was the Stamp Act Congress?
4. What was the most effective form of colonial protest during this time?
D. Boston Massacre
1. Why were British troops stationed in Boston?
2. What happened at the Boston Massacre?
3. What did Paul Revere do that was significant shortly after the massacre?
E. Boston Tea Party (1773)
F. Important Documents
1. What were the terms of the Olive Branch Petition?
2. Why was Common Sense important?
3. When did the colonists issue the Declaration of Independence
G. Know the following battles:
1. Lexington and Concord
2. Saratoga
H. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
III. A New Government
A. Social Mobility
1. What this time period revolutionary for all people?
2. Did it allow people from the lower or middle classes the chance to improve their situation?
B. The Articles of Confederation
1. Were these designed for a strong or weak central government? Why did the Articles fail?
C. Shays' Rebellion vs. Whiskey Rebellion
D. The Constitution
1. What kind of men were at the Constitutional Convention?
2. Why did the states demand a Bill of Rights?
E. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
IV. Nationalism and Sectionalism Divide The Country
A. Era of Compromise
1. Explain the importance of each of the following
a. Missouri Compromise of 1820
b. Compromise of 1850
c. Kansas-Nebraska Act
2. What was popular sovereignty?
B. Dred Scott Case: What was the ruling?
C. Who was John Brown and what is an abolitionist?
D. What was the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
V. The Civil War and Reconstruction
A. Who was expected to win the Civil War? Why?
B. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
C. Reconstruction
1. What were the different plans for Reconstruction?
2. What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
3. What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
VI. Struggle For Equality
A. What is the difference between defacto and dejure segregation?
B. African-Americans
1. How were the Black Codes similar and how were they different from Jim Crow Laws?
2. What was the significance of the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision?
3. Compare/Contrast W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington
4. Compare/Contrast Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X - Who were the Black Panthers and
what did they have in common with Malcolm X?
5. What was the Brown vs. Board of Education Decision?
6. What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
C. Women
1. How did Alice Paul help get the 19th amendment passed?
2. What is the glass ceiling?
3. What are the goals of the National Organization of Women (N.O.W.)?
D. Native Americans
1. Anasazi vs. Mississipian Culture
2. When and why were Indians taken as slaves?
3. What was the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears?
4. What happened at the Sand Creek and Wounded Knee Massacres?
5. What did the Dawes Act say?
6. What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
E. Immigrants
1. What is assimilation?
2. What was the impact of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
3. How was the 1st wave of immigration different from the 2nd wave of immigration?