Test 2

Terms: King Philips War King Williams War Seven Years War Enlightened thought (the Enlightenment) and the colonies Colonial women and their role in the Revolution Colonial minorities and their role in the Revolution First Great Awakening Albany Congress 1763 Treaty of Paris and 1763 Proclamation Line Shays rebellion Different British taxes on the colonists (Molasses, Sugar, Stamp, Declaratory Act, Quartering act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, etc) Colonial punishments, boycotts, and other protests to the taxes Committees of Correspondence Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Lexington and Concord First and Second Continental Congress Virtual representation Common Sense Basic understanding of the progression of fighting in the Revolutionary war (where did it begin, where did it progress, who lead the movement, etc) Battle of Saratoga Yorktown Bunker Hill 1783 Peace of Paris Articles of Confederation Whiskey Rebellion American Constitution (basic understanding of the role of each branch of government and the few compromises we discussed) Slavery in the constitution Who are the people/citizens of this new country?

Essays: As before, I will pick one of the following

1) Discuss colonial consumptionmeaning, what did the colonists buy, how did they act, what did they want to be? Discuss the colonists perception of their place in British society and then compare it to how the British viewed the colonists. How does colonial consumption reflect initially on colonists desires and ultimately their reaction to British taxation? 2. The period from 1750 to 1775 saw the development and steady heightening of tensions between the American colonists and the British. In this essay, first explain the historical relationship of the colonies to Britain, and then describe the course of events that united the previously disparate colonies and led ultimately to war. Your essay should include discussion of how the British and the colonists came to differ on the issues of taxation, representation, and governance and should explain these differences in the context of specific events discussed in class and in your text book.

3. It has been argued the American Revolution was not a revolution at all but rather an attempt to preserve the status quo (to keep things as they were). In this essay, construct an argument that either defends or rejects this point of view. Your essay should discuss the evolving political and economic relationship between the colonies and Britain, the origin of the colonists ideas regarding self-government, and the changing (or perhaps not changing) role of women and African Americans in American society and other topics that bear on the "revolutionary" nature of this event.