Midterm Study Guide Summary

Unit 1

  • Colonial regions: New England, Middle, Southern

  • Colonial economies and slavery in the colonies

  • Colonial relations with Native Americans

Unit 2

  • Mercantilism

  • French and Indian War outcomes

  • Virtual vs. actual representation

  • Proclamation of 1763 (purpose)

  • Albany Plan of Union

  • Coercive/Intolerable Acts of 1774

  • Stamp Act of 1765 and Stamp Act Congress

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Boston Massacre

  • Sugar Act of 1764

Unit 3

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Strategies of both sides in the war

  • Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  • Advantages/disadvantages at the onset of war

  • Role of African Americans and Native Americans

  • Significant battles: Long Island, Trenton, Cowpens

  • French Alliance with Saratoga

  • Battle of Yorktown & Treaty of Paris 1783

  • Second Continental Congress

Unit 4

  • Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

  • Shay’s Rebellion

  • Anti-Federalists vs. Federalists

  • Virginia and New Jersey Plans

  • The Great Compromise

  • Three-Fifths Compromise

  • Bill of Rights

Unit 5

  • Hamilton’s Economic Program

  • Jay’s Treaty

  • Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans

  • Loose vs. strict construction

  • Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)

  • XYZ Affair

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

  • Election of 1800

  • Marbury vs. Madison and Midnight Judges

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Causes/Effects of the War of 1812