Creating a New Nation

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UNIT IV STUDY GUIDE

Creating a New Nation

Learning Objectives Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Identify key people, events/battles, and ideas associated with the American Revolution.

2. Describe the creation of government by the new nation and identify significant elements within the evolution of the early government.

3. Identify major issues in the Americas during and following the Revolution such as the economy, women’s rights, and Native issues.

4. Outline the differences in opinion concerning the development of the new nation’s government and assess how these differences were resolved.

5. Identify the major figures of post-Revolutionary America. 6. Identify the beliefs of the new political factions including the Federalists,

Anti-Federalists, and Democratic-Republicans. 7. Note important elements and events of both the Washington and Adams

administrations.

Written Lecture Unit IV is composed of Chapters 7 and 8. This unit focuses on America during the time of the American Revolution and the establishment of the early American republic. The details of the American Revolution are reviewed, and the key issues with the creation of a truly “free” republic are discussed. Chapter 7 looks at the two fronts of the American Revolution: the war against Britain and the war between neighbors. Here, the focus is on the necessity of this conflict from both the Patriot and the Loyalist points of view. The key issues were the need for the British support and the actual need for separation. These issues were fought not only on the battlefields but also between the elites of each major society. The roles of women, the treatment of the natives, and the continued use of slavery were all major issues during this time and led to key debates in the desire for a free American nation. Chapter 8 focuses on the establishment of the American nation after the war with Britain. This chapter discusses the early leadership, debates, and the establishment of the first true political party issues that existed as this new nation – which was divided along ethnic, gender, and economic issues – struggled to create a successful nation without the structure of the mighty empires that had dominated the political and social landscape for so long before. This unit looks past just the battles and acts of opposition against the British; it takes a closer look into the many socio-economic issues that plagued this early society.

Reading Assignment Chapter 7: The American Revolution, 1776-1786 Chapter 8: The New Nation, 1786- 1800

Supplemental Reading Instructions are below Written Lecture

Learning Activities (Non Graded) Instructions are below Written Lecture

Key Terms 1. Alien Act 2. Annapolis Convention 3. Anti-Federalists 4. Articles of the

Confederation 5. Bill for Establishing

Religious Freedom 6. Bill of Rights 7. Constitution 8. Constitutional

Convention 9. Continental Army 10. Federalists 11. Great Compromise 12. Intercourse Act 13. Jay’s Treaty 14. Judicial Review 15. Judiciary Act of 1789 16. Land Ordinance of 1785 17. Loyalists

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Supplemental Reading From American History I: Primary Source Documents:

5-2: Abigail Adams’ and John Adams’ Letters; Abigail Adams’ Letter to Mercy Otis Warren (1776) 5-4: Rights of Women in an Independent Republic (1776) 6-1: Shay’s Rebellion: Letters of Generals William Shepard and Benjamin Lincoln to Governor James Bowdoin of Massachusetts (1787) 6-2: Divergent Reactions to Shay’s Rebellion (1787) 6-3: Patrick Henry Speaks Against Ratification of the Constitution (1788) 7-1: James Madison Defends the Constitution (1788) 7-2: Alexander Hamilton, Final Version of “An Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank” (1791) 7-6: The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

Learning Activities (Non Graded) Read the Primary Source Documents listed in the Supplemental Reading, and respond to the focus questions located after each document. For a review of the Key Terms of the unit, click here to access the interactive Unit I Flashcards in PowerPoint form. (Click here to access a PDF version.)

18. New Jersey Plan 19. Northwest Ordinance of

1787 20. Patriots 21. Quasi-War 22. Sedition Act 23. States’ rights 24. Suffrage 25. Tories 26. Treaty of Greenville 27. Virginia Plan 28. Whiskey Rebellion 29. XYZ Affair