HIST 10603

Test 2

Study Guide

What new policies did the British institute after the French and Indian War? What were their purposes? Why did the Americans resist taxation by Parliament? What was the first act of Parliament to arouse widespread violent opposition in the colonies? What prime minister was behind it? What did the King think of it? Who were the Sons of Liberty? What was the Stamp Act Congress? What was its significance? What was non-importation? How effective was it? What was the Declaratory Act? Who was Charles Townshend? What was his idea for taxing the colonies? Where did he get that idea? What were the Townshend Acts? How did the Americans react to them? What was the Boston Massacre? What was the Tea Act? What prime minister was behind it? How did Americans react to it? How did the British react to the Boston Tea Party? What were the Coercive Acts? the Intolerable Acts? What did each one do? Why did Americans dislike them?

What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War? Why did it occur? What was the Battle of Bunker Hill? Where was it fought? What was the Prohibitory Act? How did Americans react to it? Who was Thomas Paine? What did he write? What was the significance of his writings? What was the Declaration of Independence? Why did Congress adopt it? Who wrote it? What ideas did it embody?

How effective were the British regular army troops? How did they usually fare in battle against the Americans? What was the outcome and significance of the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Saratoga, and Yorktown? What transformation took place in the Continental Army during its time at Valley Forge? Who commanded the main Continental Army? Why was it important for that army to remain in existence? Who was Benedict Arnold? Why did the British adopt their southern strategy? What British general led that operation? What American general led the opposition to it? What European nation did the most to help the American cause in the war? What treaty ended the war?

What were the Articles of Confederation? What was Shays’s Rebellion? What was the Mount Vernon Convention? Annapolis Convention? Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention? Who has been called the Father of the Constitution? What was the Virginia Plan? The New Jersey Plan? What was the main dispute at the Constitutional Convention? How was it resolved?

What were The Federalist Papers and why were they written? During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution, who were the Federalists? The Anti-Federalists? How did the authors of the Bill of Rights understand the provisions of the First and Second Amendments? What is the Tenth Amendment supposed to do?

Know the presidents, when they were elected, how long they served, and what significant events took place while they were in office.

Who were the Federalists and Republicans and what did they believe? What was America’s position with regard to the warfare in Europe? What was the Citizen Genet affair? What was Hamilton's four-part program? Who were the candidates in the election of 1796? Who won? What was the Whiskey Rebellion? Who was Talleyrand? What was the XYZ Affair? What did it lead to? What were the Alien & Sedition Acts? What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? Who were the candidates in the election of 1800? Who won?