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Key Concepts
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21-30
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- Early English settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth
- Development of early colonial economies
- The beginning of colonial regions and their
characteristics
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31-39
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- Further Development of Colonial Regions (North,
Middle, South)
- Great Awakening & Enlightenment
- French & Indian War
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46-53
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- Growing colonial resistance and rebellion to taxation
and repression
- Start of armed conflict with Great Britain
- Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of
Independence
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56-63
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- 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.
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66-71
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- 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
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74-79
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- 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
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112-117
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- Jefferson's election in 1800 and the challenges of
his Presidency
- The War of 1812
- The Monroe Doctrine
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120-127
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- The Election of 1824 and the emergence of the
Democrat's
- Jackson's policies: Bank, Indian Removal,
Nullification, etc.
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The Unit Test will be given on
Friday, September 25th
Possible Essay Topics:
- The values/ideals our nation was founded on, and the
ways
those values impacted our system of government and the course of our
history to 1836 (think about everything from the Puritans & Quakers
to the Enlightenment thinkers).
- The three most important periods in our nation's
early development (i.e. Colonial Development, Revolutionary War,
Critical Period, Washington/ Adams,/Jefferson, Jacksonian Era)
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