Chapter 6 Terms & Guiding Questions:
Note that Ch 6 is divided into three parts!
Outline and PtD chapter 6.1 pages 159-173 (Stop at Rev & Social
Change) and Primary Source
Outline and PtD chapter 6.2 pages 173-185 (Stop at New Constitution)
Primary Source
Outline and PtD chapter 6.3 pages 185-192
Primary Source
Marquis de LaFayette
Baron von Steuben
Lexington & Concord
Bunker Hill/Breed’s Hill
Saratoga
Yorktown
Patriots (Whigs)
Loyalists (Tories)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Articles of Confederation
John Locke
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance 1787
Tue, Sep 29
Wed, Sep 30
Thu, Oct 1
Fri, Oct 2
Mon, Oct 5
Tue, Oct 6
Northwest Territory
Shays’s Rebellion
Annapolis Convention
Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut or Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Federalists and Anti-federalists
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay/Madison
1. It is said that even during the revolution, the colonists were split, more or less, into thirds: 1/3 Loyalists, 1/3 Patriots & 1/3
neutral. What were the reasons behind each of these perspectives?
2. What were the advantages and disadvantages of both the British and the Colonists during the Revolutionary War?
3. In the end, what forces combined to create victory for the United States of America in the war?
4. Considering the context of the times, in what ways were the Articles of Confederation the best possible form of government for
the new nation, at the time? What were its crowning achievements? In what ways was it an insufficient form of government?
5. What were the key issues that delegates to the Constitutional Convention grappled with? How were they resolved at the time?
6. Explain both the Federalist arguments for ratifying the new U.S. Constitution and the anti-Federalist arguments for not ratifying
the Constitution.
7. Why did Americans accept the Constitution with its strong national government and powerful executive after only a decade
earlier violently revolting against similar British institutions? Why did the Anti-Federalists not violently oppose the new
Constitution?
Chapter 7 Terms & Guiding Questions:
Judiciary Act of 1789
VA Declaration of Rights
VA Statute of Religious Freedom
Bill of Rights
Washington’s Cabinet
Report on the Public Credit
Report on Manufactures
Assumption Plan
National Bank
Strict and Loose Interpretation
“Necessary and Proper” clause
Tariffs
French Revolution
Proclamation of Neutrality
Jay’s Treaty
Whiskey Rebellion
Pinckney’s Treaty
Battle of Fallen Timbers
“Mad” Anthony Wayne
Treaty of Greenville
Neutrality Proclamation
Citizen Genet
Washington’s Farewell Address
John Adams
XYZ Affair
Quasi-war with France
Alien and Sedition Acts
VA & KY Resolutions
Election of 1800
Republican motherhood
1. What were George Washington’s biggest challenges as the first President of the United States of America? How did he do?
2. Why did Hamilton move so rapidly to create large financial commitments by the federal government? Why did he think of a
“reasonable” federal debt as something good and necessary for the national welfare?
3. Make sure you understand the emergence of the first two political parties: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. How do
these relate (or do they?) to the federalist/anti-federalist debates during ratification?
4. Whose vision for the nation was better: Hamilton’s British aligned foreign policy that focused on the wealthy and well-educated, as
well as a strong manufacturing and banking underpinning to the economy, or Jefferson’s French-leaning foreign policy, his strong belief
in the common man, and an agricultural-based society and economy. Which one ultimately prevailed?
5. Why were political parties viewed as so dangerous by the Founding Fathers? Why did parties come into being at all?
6. What were President John Adams’ biggest challenges? How did he do with them?
Unit Questions (pay attention to these…)
1. Although the following words from the Declaration of Independence did not apply to women, African Americans (free or slave) and
Native Americans, “…that all men are created free and equal,” how did these groups participate, either for or against the Revolutionary
struggle? Did the revolution result in fundamental changes in their social or political status?
2. What did the American Revolution fundamentally change about American society and government? What was left unchanged?
3. Is the U.S. Constitution still a viable constitution for our present nation? Why or why not? What can we learn from the compromises
that were required for its ratification?
4. Thinking back over the whole unit, when did revolution happen? When did independence happen? When did a unified American
identity begin (if ever)?