Unit 3
October 6
The Birth of the Nation, 1754-1800
Escalation of the Imperial Conflict
Brinkley, pgs. 102-109 (The New Imperialism)
Chris Bray, “What a ‘Militia’ Meant in Revolutionary America,” WSJ
(2013)
October 8
Britain’s Imperial Crisis
Brinkley, pgs. 109-121
Gordon S. Wood, “A History of Rights in Early America” (1991)
October 10
Declaring Independence
Brinkley, pgs. 132-137
Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) & Charles Inglis, The True
Interest of America (1776)
October 12
Opposing Viewpoints #1
October 14
The War for Independence
Brinkley, pgs. 124-129 & 132-151 (The Creation of State Gov’t)
Carol Berkin, “George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy”
October 15
Primary Source Document Analysis #1
October 19
History in the Making
October 20
Articles of Confederation
Brinkley, pgs. 151-157
Gordon S. Wood, "The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution"
(2010)
October 22
Creating the Constitution
Brinkley, pgs. 162-167 (The Limits of the Constitution)
Charles Beard, “An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the
United States” (1913)
October 24
Ratification and the Bill of Rights
Brinkley, pgs. 167-170 (Federalists and Republicans)
E.B. White, Freedom (1940)
Vocabulary Quiz
October 26
Six Degrees of Separation #3
October 28
Washingtonian Federalism
Brinkley, pgs. 170-178 (The Revolution of 1800)
Primary Source Document Analysis #2
October 30
Unit 3 Test
Vocabulary
Treaty of Paris (1763)
William Pitt
Pontiac
Proclamation of 1763
Writ of Assistance
Adam Smith
Edmund Burke
Stamp Act of 1765
Sons of Liberty
Impressments
Thomas Hutchinson
Edmund Burke
Declaratory Act of 1766
Charles Townshend
John Dickinson
Committees of Correspondence
Suffolk Resolves
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Second Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
Annapolis Convention
Shay’s Rebellion
Proportional representation
Checks and balances
3/5th’s Compromise
Federalism
Enumerated powers
Ratification
Sovereignty
Tariffs
Federal subsidies
Pinckney’s Treaty (1795)
Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
Strict Constructionist
Loose Constructionist
XYZ Affair
Alien Act (1798)
Sedition Act (1798)
Personal liberties
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions