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Key Concepts to Master

21-30

• Early English settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth
• Development of early colonial economies
• The beginning of colonial regions and their characteristics

31-39

• Further Development of Colonial Regions (North, Middle, South)
• Great Awakening & Enlightenment
• French & Indian War

46-53

• Growing colonial resistance and rebellion to taxation and repression
• Start of armed conflict with Great Britain
• Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence

58-63

• the hardships and obstacles that all American colonists overcame to win their independence
• the actions taken by the colonial army to turn the war in their favor & ultimately defeat the British at Yorktown
• the terms and conditions of the peace settlement between Great Britain and the U.S.

66-71

• The conditions that existed during the Critical Period that led to a new constitution
• The Constitutional Convention and the key compromises that were made there
• The key aspects of the new Constitution

 74-79

• Hamilton's vision for America and the views of those who opposed him (namely Jefferson)
• how our government survived early challenges like the Whiskey Rebellion and Jay's Treaty
• the development of early factions that eventually became political parties

 112-117

• Jefferson's election in 1800 and the challenges of his Presidency
• The War of 1812
• The Monroe Doctrine

 120-127

• The Election of 1824 and the emergence of the Democrat's
• Jackson's policies: Bank, Indian Removal, Nullification, etc.