AP United States History

Study Guide for Examination 2: Revolutionary America

What to study?

ü Kennedy, Chapters 6-8 and Chapter 9 to 177; AMSCO, Chapters 4 & 5

ü Notes from class discussions

Resources:

ü AMSCO questions

ü Practice questions from the textbook’s website (See the links section on our website)

ü Timeline for “the War of Independence” is posted to the Documents section of the website

ü See me for extra help as needed!

Format of the Exam: Multiple Choice Questions (ABCDE)

Ideas/Events/Concepts to focus your studies…

ü Know the chain of events leading to the French and Indian War

ü How did George Washington ignite this war? and where? (and where it happened – why did it happen here? what had been going on?) … ask me in class if you don’t understand what I am asking here!

ü Goal of the Albany Congress (1754)? Problems of unity before? Significance?

ü Major campaigns of the French and Indian War – successes and failures; leaders; etc

ü Mercantilism? Salutary Neglect? Why did salutary neglect need to end? Why is the French and Indian War important for understanding the Revolutionary War?

ü Proclamation of 1763

ü Stamp Act? Reaction to the Stamp Act?

ü “No taxation without representation” “Virtual Representation”

ü Declaratory Act?

ü Townshend Duties – why hated? what were they to pay for? reactions? how/why repealed?

ü Boston Massacre

ü Committees of Correspondence

ü Boston Tea Party – why the tea party?

ü Coercive/Intolerable Acts

HINT: at this point in the list, it should be obvious that you should know the major events that led to the Revolution J Remember the seminar?

ü Philosophies of the American Revolution? How does this Revolution compare to other revolutions in world history?

ü Popular sovereignty

ü Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and The Crisis – arguments?

ü Purpose of the First Continental Congress? What did it do?

ü Advantages and Disadvantages for the British and the Americans entering war

ü What were conditions like in the Continental Army? Dissatisfaction?

ü Major campaigns: where did the fighting take place (by time period)?

ü Turning Point or Key Battles: Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown [why significant, how were the Americans able to win (i.e. any help)?]

ü How did the French help American victory in the war? (know the 1778 Treaty of Alliance)

ü What did the Declaration of Independence do? and not do?

ü Why did the Americans seek diplomatic recognition?

ü Effects on Society? Effects on the Economy? African-American participation? (in readings too if you don’t remember from class!)

ü What cautions did the new United States take when forming a new national government and state governments? Why?

ü Strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

ü Treaty (or Peace) of Paris – 1783: What did the U.S. gain? French motives (or what did the French want out of this treaty)?

ü What did new state constitutions include? (read Bailey and AMSCO); Most powerful branch of government?; Why?

ü Civic virtue as a result of the war? What was the concept of the “republican mother” after the Revolution? (notes; AMSCO-War and Society section; also in Kennedy Ch 8)

ü Know the basics of Revolutionary society (see the notes on “Pursuit of Equality”)