AP U.S. History
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Unit 3: The Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Era 1788-1800
Essential Questions for Unit 3
1. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures of the government established by the
Articles of Confederation.
2. Was the American Constitution an aristocratic or democratic document?
3. Were the Americans convinced this new experiment in government would be successful? Was there
opportunity for the opposition to the government to be heard?
4. Be familiar with the arguments of the Federalists and anti-Federalists in support and in opposition
(respectively) to the Constitution.
5. Note the tension between liberty and security that frames the chapter. Was 1787 a confirmation or
repudiation of 1776?
Study Materials for Unit 3
Chapter 6 (165-175)
Sans Souci Club
Society of Cincinnati
primogeniture and entail
disestablishment
John Woolman
Phillis Wheatley
Benjamin Banneker
Manumission Society
Richard Allen - AME Church
Abigail Adams
“republican women” - role in a republic
State level “Declarations of Rights
George Mason
Chapter 6 study guide
pages 175-180
John Dickinson
the Articles of Confederation - specific elements of government established by the Articles
Northwest
Territory
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
pages 180-191
“nationalists” and “localists”
Baron de Montesquieu
the Annapolis Convention
the Philadelphia Convention
Roger Sherman
compromise
know the chart on page 189
the Newburgh Conspiracy
James Madison
Shay’s Rebellion
the Virginia Plan
the great or grand compromise
original intent (pp.186-87))
pages 191-196
ratification
Federalists
The Federalist the Bill of Rights
the Jay-Gardoqui negotiations
Federalist No. 10
the New Jersey Plan
three-fifths compromise
electoral college
slave trade
Antifederalists
Chapter 3 Study Themes
 How revolutionary was the revolution?
 Note the structure of the state governments.
 What were the notable accomplishments of the government under the Articles of Confederation?
 Note the structural weaknesses of the government constituted by the Articles of Confederation? Be
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familiar with the chart on page 189 of the text!
What issues led to the meeting of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
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In order to appease sectional and state differences, what compromises were made at the Convention?
Note the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-federalists during their debate over ratification.
Chapter 4 Essential Questions
1. How successfully did Washington’s Administration handle the problems facing the nation? What was
the nature of Washington’s leadership?
2. Were the conflicts between Jefferson and Hamilton based on fundamental ideological differences or
were the disagreements over the means to achieve the same ends?
3. What evidence is there of partisan behavior on the part of the new government under Washington and
Adams?
4. At what point in time does the issue of states’ rights become important?
5. Consider the issue of neutrality in foreign relations. Does America effectively prove its credibility in
foreign affairs?
6. Was it realistic to assume that the nation could develop without the formation of political parties?
Chapter 4 Study Materials
Chapter 7: 203-228
the cabinet and the first five departments
Judiciary Act of 1789
Tariff of 1789
Report on the Public Credit
funding and assumption
Bank of the United States
Article I, section 8 - elastic clause
loose and strict construction
Report on Manufactures
Edmond Genet
Jay’s Treaty
Proclamation of Neutrality
Federalists
Jeffersonian or Democratic Republicans
General Anthony Wayne
Fallen Timbers
Treaty of Greenville
Thomas Pinckney
Treaty of San Lorenzo
John Fenno / Philip Freneau
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington’s Farewell Address
XYZ Affair
Quasi War
High Federalists
Alien and Sedition Acts
Matthew Lyon
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions nullification
Convention of Mortefontaine Election of 1800 - Hamilton’s role
the Twelfth Amendment
Films: 10 Days That Changed America (Shay’s Rebellion)
Hamilton: Duel
John Adams Series
Syllabus
Date
Thursday, 9-22
Topic
Go over exam, Intro Units 3,
Reading Time
Homework
Reading: Finish excerpt from Gordon Wood
Text: 173-183 Focus on the following:
Structure / Powers under the AOC, features of
land policy (1785, 1787), and weaknesses of the
AOC
Friday, 9-23
The Radicalism of the AR
None!
Monday, 9-26
The Articles of Confederation
DBQ
DBQ: Discuss Docs
Intro Shay’s Rebellion
TBA
James Madison’s Federalist #10: Read and
answer study questions
Text 191-196 Read and Take Notes
Friday, 9-30
Shay’s Rebellion
AOC vs USC
Political Philosophy and
Federalist #10
Interpreting the Constitution
Monday, 10-3
The Greatness of Washington
TBA
Tuesday, 10-4
Debating Hamilton’s Policies
Text 211-216 Read and Take Notes
Excerpt: Letters of Hamilton / Jefferson
Wednesday, 10-5
Hamilton cont’d, The Rise of the Text 216-222 Read and Take Notes
Two-Party System
Excerpt: Washington’s Farewell Address
Thursday, 10-6
Friday, 10-7
Evaluating America’s Early
Foreign Policy
The Adam’s Presidency
Monday, 10-10
Unit 3
Tuesday, 9-27
Wednesday, 9-28
Thursday, 9-29
Text: 183-191 Focus on how the USC addressed
the weaknesses of the AOC
Text 203-211 Complete Handout
Excerpt: Jefferson on Bank of U.S.
Text 222-228 Read and Take Notes
Study!