1. History 11
Week 9

2. 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)

3. The States and Original U.S. Territory (By 1790)

4. Becoming A Republic
-Crossing of the Delaware and Battle of Trenton (Washington): December 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:
-Bill of Rights proposed: 1789; ratified: December 1791

5. Emanuel Leutze “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (1851-Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)

6. Federalists vs. Republicans
The Four Big Issues:
-political economy
-foreign policy
-interpretation of the Constitution
-the proper functioning of a republic