Expectations
| Unit 1: The Colonial Period • Political and economic relationship with the colonial powers: Britain, France, Spain, Portugal • Social and economic organization of the immigrant population • Treatment of indigenous people |
Unit 2: Movement of Independence – American
Revolution • Causes – political, economic, social, intellectual • Role of outside powers • Role of social classes • Role of leadership: Washington, Jefferson, Adams • The Declaration of Independence |
Map Work
1. Label all the contiguous states of the US (Map #1)
2. Draw and label the following rivers: Mississippi, Missouri, Hudson, Ohio
(Map #2)
3. Shade, label, and date the following areas: The original 13 colonies, the
Louisiana Purchase, The US in 1783 (following the Treaty of Paris), Mexican
Cession, Florida Cession (Map #2)
Historical Research
A) The following terms all deal with the lead up to the American
Revolutionary War. These are all terms to be very familiar with (and to understand
their historical significance):
1. John Locke's Natural Rights of Man and Government
2. Mercantile System (Mercantilism)
3. Treaty of Paris (1763)
4. Proclamation Act of 1763
5. Sugar and Currency Acts of 1764
6. Stamp Act 1765
7. Townshend Acts 1767
8. Sons of Liberty
9. East India/Tea Act 1773
10. Intolerable/Coercive Acts 1774
11. Quebec Act 1774
12. First Continental Congress
13. Olive Branch Petition
14. Second Continental Congress
B) The following figures all deal with the lead up to the
Revolutionary War.
Figures to be familiar with:
1. King George III
2. George Grenville
3. Charles Townshend
4. Thomas Paine
5. Patrick Henry
6. John Dickenson and his “Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer”
7. Benjamin Franklin
8. Samuel Adams
9. Thomas Jefferson
10. Crispus Atticus
11. John Adams
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