Throughout this course you will encounter many historical figures, important events, ideas and concepts. You should be able to identify and give the historical significane of the key people, events, and concepts listed below.
These key terms are drawn from lectures and from the textbook. These terms will be covered on the Unit 1 exam.
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 People
Organizations
Events
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Concepts
Laws & Court Cases
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PEOPLE
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Olaudah Equiano
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Robert Twelve Hewes
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
James Madison
Thomas Paine
Phyllis Wheatley
John Zenger
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ORGANIZATIONS
Anti-Federalists
Committees of Safety
Federalists
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Loyalists
Patriots
Sons of Liberty
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EVENTS
Boston Tea Party
Boston massacre
Enlightenment
French and Indian War
Great Awakening
Louisiana Purchase
Shays's Rebellion
Stamp Act Crisis
War of 1812
Whiskey Rebellion
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CONCEPTS
checks and balances
civic virtue
Deism
extraterritoriality
federalism
liberalism
mercantilist system/mercantilism
middle passage
rights of Englishmen
republicanism
separation of powers
triangular trades
virtual representation
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LAWS AND COURT CASES
Alien and Sedition Acts
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Intolerable Acts
Marbury v Madison
Naturalization Act of 1790
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
U.S. Constitution
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BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Federalist Papers
The Selling of Joseph by Samuel Sewall
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