1. Endgame Review II

2. A Brief History of Unit 2 Seven Years War (or the French-Indian War)
French expand into the Ohio River Valley
Washington goes to remove them
Causes massive British army and debt
Imperial Policy to pay off that debt
Sugar/Currency/Stamp/Quartering/Townshend Acts
Resistance – Boston Massacre/TP
Intolerable Acts and Continental Congress

3. American Revolution Opening fights – Lex/Concord, Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Difficulties of fighting the war for both sides
Saratoga, the French, and Yorktown
Republican Womanhood
Slaves fighting for (white) freedom
Freedom of Religion

4. Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
Articles – thrown together during the war
Strong Congress, handled state disputes, pragmatic
No executive, no power to levy taxes, no supremacy
Constitutional Convention – 1787
VA vs NJ Plans – small vs big state; CT Compromise
Legislative, Executive, Judicial branches
Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

5. Washington and Adams Washington - “Mr. President” John Adams
Cabinet – VP John Adams, State Jefferson, Treasury Hamilton
Bill of Rights
Crises – French Rev, Genet, Jay Treaty, Whiskey Rebellion
John Adams
Avoided war with France – Alien/Sedition Acts
XYZ Affair
Nullification Crisis
Election of 1800 – Adams/Pinckney vs Jefferson/Burr

6. APPARTS Analysis Tool A – Author P – Place/time P – Purpose
A – Audience
R – Reason
T – The Main Idea
S – Significance

7. APPARTS Practice

8. Practice APPARTS Question
Was U.S. Imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century based on arrogance and superiority, or did it reflect a humanitarian concern for the nations of South America and the Pacific?