1. AP A MERICAN G OVERNMENT Unit 3: The States, Ratification through Civil War

2. T HE A MERICAN R EVOLUTION Why America? Colonization Issues English Civil War and Benign Neglect Economic Prosperity English vs. American Social Distinction The Ideas of the Enlightenment

3. T HE A MERICAN R EVOLUTION Path to Independence French and Indian War (1754-1763) Who Pays? The Sugar Tax of 1764 – Colonists issues with Parliament Townsend Taxes (Paper, Glass and Tea) and the Boston Massacre (1770) The Tea Tax of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party The Boston Port Act of 1774 and Quebec Act of 1775 – “The Intolerable Acts”

4. T HE A MERICAN R EVOLUTION The War for Independence 1775 First Continental Congress and the Letter to King George Lexington and Concord 1776 Second Continental Congress Declaration of Independence 1778 Battle of Saratoga and French Entry 1781 Britain withdraws troops and war ends 1783 British recognition of American Independence

5. T HE A MERICAN R EVOLUTION Managing Independence The Articles of Confederation 1785-1787 – Bankruptcy of 11 States 1786 – Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts 1786-1787 – Call for Changes (Annapolis Convention) Summer 1787 – The Philadelphia Convention