Notes

Study Guide for Exam 2 (scheduled for Friday, October 28th)


What was the Stamp Act of 1765?
Tax on paper goods
Why did it arouse colonial anger?
It was a direct tax and mericans didn't think it was fair for parly to direct tax em.
What did the Stamp Act Congress conclude?

Why did the Stamp Act get repealed?
What was the Declaratory Act?
Identify the products included in Townshend Acts of 1767. How did the colonies respond?
How are the Committees of Correspondence related to the Boston Massacre?
What was the significance of the Tea Act of 1773 and what did it lead to?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Identify the components of the Coercive Acts. Why did colonists consider these, along with the Quebec Act, intolerable?
What did the First Continental Congress decide to do?
Differentiate between Whigs and Tories and their political viewpoint.
Why was General Gage sent to Massachusetts?
What was the significance of Lexington and Concord in 1775?
Identify the main point of the Olive Branch Petition.
What was the message of Thomas Paine, and what impact did it have on the colonies?
Identify the significance of the Declaration of Independence. Be able to identify its author. Identify the birthdate (month/day/year) of the United States of America.
How did the Social Contract theory of government contribute to the American Revolution?
Differentiate between key events and focus of the three phases of the Revolutionary War.
-Phase One: Howe brothers, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Gates, Battle of Saratoga
-Phase Two: Cornwallis, Charleston, French support, Yorktown, John Paul Jones
-Phase Three: Treaty of Paris
Identify the main powers of the Articles of Confederation and its weaknesses by design.
What was Shays’ Rebellion? What was its significance?
Why did the Annapolis Convention occur?
Identify the various plans for government presented at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787.
Identify in general terms the components of the federal government created by the Constitution.
Identify the “father” of the Constitution.
Identify the first state to ratify the Constitution.
What was the significance of the Bill of Rights in the ratification process?
What was the difference in political views of a Federalist and Anti-Federalist (Republican) and who were the most notable supporters of each view?
Identify the main goals of Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan. Why was the nation divided over the plan?
What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
How did the French Revolution and resulting war in Europe impact the United States?
Identify the purposes behind Jay’s Treaty and Pinckney’s Treaty.
What was the significance of the XYZ Affair?
Identify the key players and events in the election of 1800. Identify the purpose behind the passage of the 12th Amendment (as it applies to presidential politics, as fall-out from the 1796 and 1800 elections).
Be able to identify the various land acquisitions from the U.S. historical map.
What was the significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
Know the details regarding the Louisiana Purchase.
What are the details and significance of the Treaty of Vincennes in 1804?
Who was Tecumseh? Significance of the Battle of the Thames in 1813?
What was the initial American strategy in the War of 1812? Success or failure?
What was the British strategy in the War of 1812 once Napoleon was defeated in Europe?
What was the significance of Francis Scott Key’s experience in the war?
What was the significance of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815?
Know the details regarding the acquisition of Florida.
Why was the time period following the War of 1812 known as the “Era of Good Feelings”?
What were the components of the Missouri Compromise in 1820?
Why was the election of 1824 unique? Identify its participants and analyze the aftermath.
What changes in voting rules did the Jacksonian Democrats take advantage of?
Demonstrate an understanding of the two issues of Andrew Jackson’s presidency discussed in class:
How did the Cherokees respond to Indian removal? The Seminole?
What was the significance of Worcester v. Georgia?
What was the significance of John C. Calhoun and his political philosophy?
What was a Whig (during the 1830s)?