Domain 1: Colonization through the Constitution approximately 15 out of the 80 questions on the EOCT will be on this material we are going to look at today…

Virginia Colony southern or northern coast of America? colonists looking for money or for religious freedom? Powhatan or Pequot? Town Meetings or House of Burgesses? Bacon’s Rebellion or Shays’s Rebellion? indentured servants or slaves?

New England Colony Puritans or Quakers? good or bad relations with Native Americans? Roger Williams: leader or kicked out? John Winthrop: leader or kicked out? Anne Hutchinson: leader or kicked out? Halfway covenant: get ‘em into the church or get ‘em into the town meetings?

Middle Atlantic Colonies Massachusetts or Pennsylvania? New Amsterdam or New York? diverse or homogenous? trading/shipping or farming/agriculture?

Quebec (pick 4) Fur trading French Spanish Farming Catholic Settlers there had a terrible relationship with Native Americans Located in modern-day Canada

Mercantilism is: …what happens when a nation becomes totally dependent upon slaves. …when nations try to stop all trans-Atlantic trade. …a word I just made up. …when a nation bases its economy on accumulating gold and keeping a solid balance of imports and exports. …an economic system where wealth is shared equally among all the people of a nation.

What is the Middle Passage?

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin * social mobility: people can come from any class to be important * individualism: potential and voice of each and every person must be valued

Great Awakening (pick 3) The Gospel of Wealth A cause of the Revolutionary War Jonathan Edwards George Washington Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God Religion Art

True or False? The French & the British fought the French-Indian War over competition for North American lands. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 declared that the British won the French & Indian War. The French & Indian War created large British debts that caused them to raise taxes on American colonists. The French & Indian War is a long-term cause of the American Revolutionary War.

What do they have in common? The Proclamation Line of 1763 The Stamp Act The Intolerable Acts The Committees of Correspondence The Boston Tea Party

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense because…

Declaration of Independence Written by James Madison? Written in 1776? A list of complaints about how the British king, George III, was a bad leader? Influenced by the philosophy of the Enlightenment movement in Europe? Based on the thoughts of people like John Locke and the baron of Montesquieu? “all men and women are created equal”? “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

Nation Man The Americans would never have won the Revolutionary war against Britain without the foreign assistance from ______________, especially _____________, the man who helped George Washington get his militia into fighting shape.

The Revolutionary War What is the importance of… George Washington? Crossing of the Delaware River? Valley Forge? Lord Cornwallis? Yorktown? Treaty of Paris, 1783?

Articles of Confederation America’s first “constitution” or set of laws organizing an American government But it wasn’t very good Weaknesses: What did Shays’s Rebellion prove?

Anti-Federalists or Federalist? Supporter of big, strong, central government Supporter of smaller, local, state governments Supported the ratification of the Constitution Insisted upon the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution More likely to be a farmer More likely to be a banker Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton James Madison Patrick Henry Authors of the Federalist Papers (like Federalist No. 2) Feared that a strong president would look a lot like a king

The Constitution The Great Compromise separation of powers Big States and little states must be kept happy House of Representatives and Senate separation of powers Legislative Branch: two houses of Congress Executive Branch: President Judicial Branch: Supreme Court the issue of slavery Not discussed! Except for… Three-Fifths Compromise: slaves count as 3/5 of a person for representation in Congress The Bill of Rights First ten amendments to the Constitution Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, etc

George Washington as President The ___________ Rebellion proved that the new US president and government was stronger now and could handle troublesome events In his famous Farewell Address, he described that American foreign policy should be centered around ______________________ His __________ of advisors had some men like Thomas Jefferson (Secretary of _____) and _____________ (Secretary of Treasury) And these guys became the leaders of America’s first political ___________ _____________ became president after Washington and struggled in his shadow with issues like…