Review

• Unit 3 covers this period

  1754 to 1800
• French and Indian War


  Major conflict during this period (1754-1763)
• The French and Indian War was part of the larger Seven Years' War
• The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War


  1763
• The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
• The Sugar Act (1764) imposed duties on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies
• The Stamp Act (1765) required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials
• The Stamp Act Congress (1765) was formed to protest the Stamp Act
• The Declaratory Act (1766) asserted Parliament's authority to make laws for the colonies
• The Townshend Acts (1767) placed duties on imported goods like glass, lead, and tea
• The Boston Massacre (1770) resulted in the deaths of five colonists
• The Tea Act (1773) gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies
• The Boston Tea Party (1773) was a protest against the Tea Act
• The Coercive Acts (1774), also known as the Intolerable Acts, were a response to the Boston Tea Party
• The First Continental Congress (1774) met to discuss colonial grievances against British rule
• The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War


  1775
• The Second Continental Congress (1775) convened and began managing colonial war efforts
• The Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) was a significant early battle in the Revolutionary War
• Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" (1776) argued for American independence
• The Declaration of Independence was adopted

  July 4, 1776
• The Battle of Saratoga (1777) was a turning point in the Revolutionary War
• The Articles of Confederation were ratified

  1781
• The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War


  1783
• Shays' Rebellion (1786-1787) exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutional Convention (1787) was convened to revise the Articles of Confederation
• The Great Compromise resolved the issue of representation in Congress
• The Three-Fifths Compromise addressed the issue of slavery and representation
• The Constitution was ratified

  1788
• George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States


  1789
• The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution


  1791
• The Whiskey Rebellion (1794) tested the authority of the new federal government
• Jay's Treaty (1795) resolved outstanding issues between the U.S. and Great Britain
• Pinckney's Treaty (1795) established the border between the U.S. and Spanish Florida
• Washington's Farewell Address (1796) warned against political parties and foreign alliances
• The XYZ Affair (1797) strained relations between the U.S. and France
• The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) restricted free speech and immigration
• The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798) challenged the Alien and Sedition Acts
• The election of 1800 was a significant political transition in American history
• Federalist Party


  Supported a strong central government
• Democratic-Republican Party


  Favored states' rights and a limited federal government