AP USAMERICAN
HISTORY
OCTOBER 2013
George Washington and White horse by R. Peale
Focus on these questions while writing your
outlines, and preparing for your Monday quiz.
Chapter 4 Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society 1720-1765
1. Analyze regional differences in settlement patterns, labor conditions, and
religious identity between freehold society in New England and the diverse
communities of the Mid Atlantic.
2. How did the Enlightenment affect the emerging intellectual life of American
society?
3. What were the consequences of the Great Awakening and how would you
assess those consequences?
4. How and why did the Great War for Empire change the balance of imperial
power in North America?
Chapter 5 Toward Independence: Years of Decision 1763-1775
1.
How did the Seven Years’ War change Britain’s relationship with its
colonies?
2. Analyze and explain the intellectual, political, and economic rationales
colonists offered for their dissatisfaction with British rule between 1763
and 1775.
3. How did tension and disagreement between colonists and British officials
become outright resistance and rebellion by 1775?
4. Why did the colonies and Britain fail to achieve a compromise to avert
hostilities?
Chapter 6 War and Revolution 1775-1783
1. Why did the colonies declare independence from Britain?
2. Why did some colonists choose to support the Patriot cause and others
choose to remain loyal to Britain?
3. How and why did the Americans win the Revolutionary War?
4. Explain and assess how the war changed republican ideals and challenged
notions regarding slavery and the traditional religious order.
Chapter 7
The New Political Order 1776-1800
1.
How and why did Americans devise a representative system of government
between 1775 and 1800?
2. Analyze the debate over the ratification of the Constitution; compare and
contrast the positions of both Federalists and Antifederalists.
3. What were the differences between Hamilton’s and Jefferson’s visions of
the operation and the role of government?
4. What effects did the French Revolution have on American policy and
decision making?
Chapter 8 Western Settlement and Eastern Capitalism 1790-1820
1. How and why did public policy and economic incentives inspire settlers an
speculators to migrate westward?
2. What ere the consequences of this migration on Native Americans?
3. What was Jefferson’s vision for the future of American government and
society?
4. Compare and contrast the policies of the Federalists in the 1790s and the
Democratic-Republicans between 1801 and 1820.
5. How and why was the War of 1812 fought?
6. Explain the origins and operation of the emerging market economy in
America.
7. Describe the growth of National (Federal) law and the evolution of the
Supreme Court.