1. Focus Question: How can I do excellent on the final exam?
FINAL EXAM REVIEW!
Focus Activity:
Take out review packets
Homework:
Complete pages in packet
Study for Review Quiz #3 tomorrow
Focus Question: How can I do excellent on the final exam?
Monday, June 10th, 2019
Last Full Week! 
Happy National Egg Roll Day, National Iced Tea Day, and National Black Cow Day Reminders:
Extra help EVERY MORNING this week (except 7:15

2. Unit 4 What do you value that is worth fighting for?
The American Revolution
What do you value that is worth fighting for?

3. Causes of the Revolution…
The Albany Plan of Union was designed in order to inspire the colonies to unite against the threat of French and Indian troops in America.
This proposal passed by Ben Franklin was rejected by the colonies because some of the individual colonies were unwilling to combine profits, politics and religions.

4. Causes of the Revolution…
The conflict between the English, French and various Northeastern Native American Indians was known as the French & Indian War.
After the English won the war they now controlled the Ohio River Valley and Canada.
They wanted to control these two areas because they needed to control the Mississippi River.
In order to reacquire all the money the British spent defending America, they would pass a series of taxes in all of the colonies
The colonists objected to these taxes because they were passed without their say.

5. Colonists Split Into Groups…
LOYALISTS
PATRIOTS
Sided with the King
Supported British and Hessian Troops
Associated with British culture
Many lost their homes during the war
Fought for Independence
Joined militias and use guerrilla tactics
Tarred and feathered custom officials
Protested taxation without representation

6. HOW Did Colonists Protest?
The Sons of Liberty and other Patriots protested by…
Writing petitions and letters
Boycotting British goods
Hanging and burning effigies
Tarring and feathering tax collectors
Refusing to pay taxes

7. The Boston Massacre
A group of Patriot colonists formed an angry mob and began yelling at and throwing rocks/ice at British soldiers (Redcoats). Someone yelled “fire” and the Redcoats fired into the crowd, killing 5. Patriots called this a MASSACRE.

8. The Boston Tea Party
To protest the Tea Act (tax on tea), the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native Americans and dumped thousands of dollars’ worth of English tea into Boston Harbor.

9. America Declares Independence!
All men are born with basic rights, which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the purpose of government? To protect our basic rights.
What right do people have if the government becomes tyrannical? The right to abolish (get rid of) that government.

10. Was this an even match? British
American
Advantages
British
Fighting on familiar land.
Fighting a defensive war.
More motivation to fight.
Better trained / more experienced soldiers and generals.
Very powerful navy
Support from loyalists.

11. Important Battles of the American Revolution
1775 – Lexington and Concord (MA) – First shots of Revolution (“Shot Heard ‘Round the World” fired at Lexington). Historians still unsure which side fired first.
1777 – Saratoga (NY) – British plan to control Hudson River by attacking Albany from three directions. Northern attack stopped at Battle of Saratoga; Americans win. This convinces French to help Americans in war.
1781 – Yorktown (VA) – Washington’s army and French navy trap Cornwallis at Yorktown, forcing him to surrender. Americans win war.
Important Battles of the American Revolution

12. The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What did Great Britain recognize as a result of the treaty? Britain recognized the U.S. as an independent nation.
Where did the United States territory end in the West? The Mississippi River.
Which countries claimed Canada, Florida and land west of the Mississippi river? Great Britain and Spain.

13. Unit 5 How much power should government have?
The New American Government (the Constitution)
How much power should government have?

14. Articles, Shay’s, and Convention
After the American Revolution ended in 1783, the thirteen states saw themselves more as independent countries than they did as part of a single nation. Many Americans feared having a strong central government like that of Great Britain. This is why the first government of the United States, the __________________________, left most of the power for the states. This new national government had many weaknesses…
Articles of Confederation

15. Articles, Shay’s, and Convention
In 1786, poor farmers in Massachusetts staged an uprising against the state government. This was known as _____________. Because the national government was so weak, it could not stop the rebellion. This event showed that the national government was too weak and needed to be changed. In 1787, the _________________ was held in Philadelphia to create a new, stronger government for the nation – the ________.
Shay’s Rebellion
Constitutional Convention
Constitution

16. A Period of Compromises…
The Great Compromise creates two houses of Congress…
Large
Large states and small states disagreed over representation in Congress.
Large states wanted representation based on population (proportional). This was called the Virginia plan.
Small states wanted an equal number of representatives from each state. This was called the New Jersey plan.
Compromise: There will be 2 houses of Congress. One will be the House of Representatives (based on population). The other will be the Senate (two members for every state).
The Three-Fifths Compromise decides how slaves will be counted…
Southern and Northern states disagreed over whether slaves should be counted as part of a state’s population. The higher a state’s population, the more votes it gets in the House of Representatives.
Southern states had many slaves and wanted them to count. 
Northern states had very few slaves and did not want them to count.
Compromise: Three-fifths of all slaves will be counted as part of a state’s populations.

17. Why are there 3 branches of government?
The Constitution created three branches for the national government…
In the national government, this includes…
In the New York State government, this includes…
Congress, including Senate and House of Representatives
New York State Congress, including State Senate and State Assembly
President, Vice President, and President’s cabinet.
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and governor’s advisors
Federal Supreme Court and lower federal courts.
State Court of Appeals, State Supreme Court, and other state courts.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial