Unit Two: The Revolution 1760-1785
Textbook Readings: Chs. 5-7 (pp. 128–232) Tentative Schedule: September 15—28 Ch 5 Due—Tuesday, 9/15 Ch 6 Due—Friday, 9/18 Ch 7 Due—Wednesday, 9/23 Unit 2 Test—Monday, 9/28
Projects: Evolution of Declaration Response & Nationalism/Patriotism Response.
Themes: The Economic, Social, Cultural & Political Sources of Colonial Unity The Role of the French & Indian War and the Great Awakening in Creating Colonial Unity The Economic, Social, Cultural & Political Causes of the Revolution Salutary Neglect, Mercantilism, Virtual Representation, & Rights of All Englishman Strengths, Weaknesses, Goals, and Outcomes for All Combatants in Revolutionary War Promise & Reality of the Philosophical Basis for Independence & Democracy Colonial Divisions and Their Role in Beginning, Fighting & Ending the Revolutionary War Imperial Context of French & Indian War, Revolutionary War, and the Treaty of Paris United States, 1st Draft: Pros & Cons of the Articles of Confederation
Key Terms:
The Nine World Wars Sons/Daughters of Liberty Tories/Whigs/Loyalists 1713 Treaty of Utrecht Navigation Acts John Jay War of Jenkin’s Ear Sugar Act Hessians French-Indian War/7 Years’ Stamp Act Paine’s Common Sense War Stamp Act Congress Olive Branch Petition Salutary Neglect Declaratory Act John Locke & Natural Rights Albany Plan of Union Quartering Act Declaration of Independence George Washington John Dickinson Valley Forge Fort Duquesne 1st Continental Congress Battle of Trenton Pontiac’s Rebellion Townshend Duties Battle of Saratoga Paxton Boys Intolerable/Coercive Acts Battle of Yorktown Proclamation of 1763 Quebec Act John Paul Jones John Hancock “Boston Massacre” Privateers Charles Townshend Committees of Correspondence Marquis de Lafayette Thomas Hutchinson George Grenville Baron von Steuben John & Sam Adams Lord North Richard Henry Lee Mercantilism William Pitt Patrick Henry Nonimportation Agreements Boston Tea Party John Burgoyne Board of Trade 2nd Continental Congress Charles Cornwallis Admiralty courts Lexington/Concord Newburgh Conspiracy “Power of the Purse” Battle of Bunker Hill Treaty of Paris (1783) "Virtual Representation" Minutemen Articles of Confederation Internal vs. External Taxes Regulators Northwest Ordinance Royal Veto Loyalists/Tories Land Ordinance of 1785 King George III Benedict Arnold
National History Standards Addressed in this Unit:
Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) Era 2, Standard 3—How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas Standard 3A: The student understands colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas. Standard 3B: The student understands economic life and the development of labor systems in the English colonies. Standard 3C: The student understands African life under slavery.
Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Era 3, Standard 1—The causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in forging the revolutionary movement, and the reasons for the American victory Standard 1A: The student understands the causes of the American Revolution. Standard 1B: The student understands the principles articulated in the Declaration of Independence. Standard 1C: The student understands the factors affecting the course of the war and contributing to the American victory. Era 3, Standard 2—The impact of the American Revolution on politics, economy, and society. Standard 2A: The student understands revolutionary government-making at national and state levels. Standard 2B: The student understands the economic issues arising out of the Revolution.
APUSH Topic Outline Addressed in this Unit:
3. Colonial North America, 1690-1754 • Population growth and immigration • Transatlantic trade and the growth of seaports • The eighteenth-century back country • Growth of plantation economies and slave societies • The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening • Colonial governments and imperial policy in British North America
4. The American Revolutionary Era, 1754-1789 • The French and Indian War • The Imperial Crisis and resistance to Britain • The War for Independence