History 11 Week 9
The Revolution -First Continental Congress (Sept. 5-Oct. 26, 1774) -Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) - first skirmish -Second Continental Congress (May, 1775) -SCC approved resolution for independence (July 2, 1776) -Articles of Confederation (Approved March, 1781) -Agreement between France and Americans (Signed Feb. 6, 1778)
The States and Original U.S. Territory (By 1790) http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/6200/6206/6206.htm
Becoming A Republic -Crossing of the Delaware and Battle of Trenton (Washington): December 1776- January 1777 -Battle of Yorktown (Cornwallis surrenders): October, 1781; Treaty of Paris: Sept. 3, 1783 -Articles of Confederation approved: November, 1777 (ratified by states, 1781) -Constitutional Convention: May 1787 -Constitution ratified by the states: 1787-1789 -Bill of Rights proposed: 1789; ratified: December 1791
Emanuel Leutze “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (1851-Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)
Federalists vs. Republicans The Four Big Issues: -political economy -foreign policy -interpretation of the Constitution -the proper functioning of a republic