DCUSH Unit 2 Study Guide

Virtual vs. Actual Representation (182)

Virtual representation is the political theory that a group is represented by its interests rather than directly by elected officials, while actual representation refers to representatives chosen by constituents to advocate directly for their specific interests and needs.

The Sugar Act (183)

A British law taxing sugar and molasses imported into the American colonies, aimed at raising revenue and regulating trade.

The Stamp Act and the Stamp Act Crisis (183-184)

Committee of Correspondence (185)

The Sons of Liberty (186)

The Townshend Crisis (188)

Daughters of Liberty (188)

Homespun Virtue and Boycotting (188-189)

The Boston Massacre (189)

The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party (190)

Intolerable / Coercive Acts (190-191)

Actions taken by the First Continental Congress (191-192)

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation (194)

Common Sense (195) (also, what made it unique - pg 198)

The Declaration of Independence (198-199)

American Exceptionalism (200)

Advantages of the British

Challenges both sides faced (201-202)

Blacks in the Revolution (203-204)

First Years of the War (204-205)

Battle of Saratoga (205)

Native America and the Revolution (206-208)

The War in the South (208-210)

Battle of Yorktown (212)

Treaty of Paris (212)

America’s Democratic Potential (216)

Revolution in Pennsylvania (218-219)

New State Constitutions (219)

Differences in Voting Rights Between the States (219-221)

Religious tolerance before and during the Revolution (221-222)

The Founders and Religion (223)

Separation of Church and State (223)

Jefferson’s Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (224-225)

Revolution in Churches (225)

Christian Republicanism (226)

Move Toward Free Labor (227-228)

The Republic and Land-Ownership (228)

Understanding Inflation (229)

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations vs Traditional Views (229-230)

Loyalists (230-231)

The Loyalists’ Plight (232)

The Revolution as a Borderland Conflict (232-233)

White Freedom, Indian Freedom (233-234)

Language of Slavery During the Revolution (235-236)

Obstacles to Abolition (236-237)

Freedom Petitions (237-238)

Free Blacks and Slaves thoughts on Slavery (238-239)

British Emancipators (239-240)

Abolition in the North (241)

Free Black Communities (241-242)

Women in the Revolution (242-243)

Women and the concept of Republican Citizenship (245)

Republican Motherhood (245-246)

Characteristics of the U.S. Government under the Articles of Confederation (252)

Conflicts over land in the West (253-254)

Land Ordinances (254-256)

American expansion and Native Americans (256-257)

The Confederation’s Weaknesses (258)

Shays’ Rebellion (259)

Nationalists of the 1780s (259-260)

How the Constitution came to be written (260)

Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan (261)

Limits of Democracy (262)

Federalism / Division of Powers and Checks and Balances / Separation of Powers (with examples) (263-264)

The Debate Over Slavery (264-265)

Slavery in the Constitution (265-266)

The Federalist (266-268)

Some of Madison’s specific arguments (268-269)

Anti-Federalists (269)

Madison’s problem with a Bill of Rights (271)

The Significance of the Bill of Rights (271, 274)

Religious Tolerance in the Constitution (274)

The Constitution and Citizenship (275-276)

Little Turtle and the Treaty of Greenville (278)

Blacks and the Republic (281-283)

Jefferson, Slavery, and Race (283-284)

Ch. 8

Members of Washington’s Administration (289)

Hamilton’s Financial Program (289-290)

Opposition to the plan (290)

Hamilton and Jefferson’s Bargain (291-291)

The Impact of the French Revolution (291-292)

Impressment and Jay’s Treaty (292-293)

The Federalists (293)

The Whiskey Rebellion (293-294)

The Republican Party (294) (Note: this is not the current Republican party and eventually became the Democratic Party)

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (296)