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Study Guide: Alan Brinkley, American History
Chapter 4, “The Empire in Transition”
Key Terms
Albany Plan
Benjamin Franklin
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Charles Townshend
Coercive Acts
Committees of Correspondence
Creoles
Currency Act
Daughters of Liberty
First Continental Congress
George Grenville
Impressment
Iroquois Confederacy
Lexington and Concord
Recall and Reflect (2-3
Lord North
Mutiny Act
Patrick Henry
Proclamation of 1763
Quebec Act
Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Townshend Duties
Virginia Resolves
William Pitt
Sentences Each)
1. How did the Seven Years’ War and its outcome affect Britain’s attitude and policies
toward its North American colonies?
2. What Native Americans fought in the French and Indian War, and how did the war’s
outcome affect them? What about Native Americans who did not participate in the war?
3. How and why did the colonists’ attitude toward Britain change from the time of the
Seven Years’ War to the beginning of the American Revolution?
4. Explain the philosophical and political arguments that the colonists made against British
rule.
5. Analyze the slogan “No taxation without representation,” and whether it reflected a
revolutionary way of thinking.
6. To what extent was British policy in North America after 1763 either incompetent and/or
unjust? Which party brought about the conflict—the mother country or her colonies?
Study Guide: Alan Brinkley, American History
Chapter 5, “The American Revolution”
Key Terms
Articles of Confederation
Arnold, Benedict
Brant, Joseph and Mary
Burgoyne, John
Common Sense
Continental Congress
Cornwallis, Lord
Greene, Nathanael
Hessians
Howe, William
Jefferson, Thomas
Recall & Reflect
Locke, John
Olive Branch Petition
Paine, thomas
Prohibitory Act
Saratoga
Shays’ Rebellion
Tories
Valley Forge
Washington, George
Yorktown
(2-3 Sentences Each)
“The States United”
1. Which came first, the American Revolution or the Declaration of Independence? Explain
the difference between the two. (127-8)
2. Identify the goals most Americans shared in seeking independence. (128)
3. Identify the sources Jefferson used to construct “The Declaration of Independence.”
(129)
4. To what extent were Americans unified in support of independence? (129-30)
5. Compare the authority of Congress and the state governments. Which held the most
power and sovereignty? (129-31)
6. How did the Americans mobilize an army, and raise funds, and gather supplies for the
war? (131-33)
“The War for Independence”
7. Assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of the American military as it entered the
war. (133-4)
8. Explain the military strategy and outcome of the first phase of fighting in New England.
(134-5)
9. Explain the military strategy and outcome of the second phase of fighting in the MidAtlantic Region. (135-138)
10. How did the Iroquois Confederacy respond to the outbreak of war, and how did the war
affect its status? (138)
11. How did foreign governments affect the outcome of the war? (138)
12. Explain the military strategy and the outcome of the Southern phase of the war? Why
does the text call this the “truly revolutionary” phase of the war? (139-143)
“War and Society”
13. Assess the fate of the Loyalists during and after the war. (144)
14. How did the war affect the status of various religious groups? (144)
15. How did the war affect the status of slaves and the institution of slavery? (144-5)
16. How did the war affect the status of Native Americans? (145-6)
17. How did the war affect the status of women? (146-8)
18. Explain the economic consequences of the war. (148)
“The Creation of State Governments”
19. What assumptions about government did the majority of Americans share after the war?
What did “republicanism” and “civic virtue” mean? (149)
20. Identify the essential characteristics of the first state constitutions. How were the state
constitutions written? How stable were the new state governments? (149-50)
21. Assess the work on behalf of “freedom” and “toleration” in the post-revolutionary states.
(150)
“The Search for a National Government”
22. Identify the purpose and provisions, strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation. Assess the relative power of the state governments and Congress. (150-1)
23. Explain the benefits and problems created by Congress’ organization of the western
lands. (151-4)
24. Explain the economic circumstances faced by disadvantaged segments of the population.
What demands did they make? What political outcome resulted from these conflicts?
(155-6)
Study Guide: Alan Brinkley, American History
Chapter 6, “The Constitution and the New Republic”
Key Terms
Adams, John
Alien and Sedition Acts
Anti-Federalists
Bank of the United States
Bill of Rights
Democratic-Republican Party
Elections of 1792, 1796, & 1800
The Federalist Papers
Federalist Party
Hamilton, Alexander
Hamilton’s Reports on Credit and
Manufacturing
Jay’s Treaty
Jefferson, Thomas
Essential Content (2-3
Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia
Judiciary Act of 1789 * 1801
Madison, James
Neutrality Act
New Jersey and Virginia Plans
Pinckney’s Treaty
Quasi-War with France
Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances
Tariffs
Tribal Sovereignty
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Washington, George
Washington’s Farewell Address
Whiskey Rebellion
Sentences Each)
“Framing A New Government”
1. Identify the weaknesses of government under the Articles of Confederation, and the
various groups who advocated a strong national government. (160-1)
2. Explain the position taken by Hamilton and Madison toward the new government. (161)
3. Generally describe the political ideology of the framers of the Constitution. (162)
4. Identify the agreements collectively known as the “Great Compromise” at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787. (162-3)
5. How did the Constitution deal with the issue of slavery? (163)
6. How did the Constitution deal with the question of sovereignty? (163)
7. Assess the advantages and disadvantages experienced by the supporters of the
Constitution in the fight for ratification. What ratification process did the Constitution
require? (166-7)
8. How did the Constitution seek to protect the nation from the “tyranny of the people”?
(166-7)
9. Explain the Anti-Federalist critique of the Constitution. How did the Anti-Federalists
ultimately influence the Constitution’s content so that the people were protected from the
tyranny of government? (167)
“Federalists and Republicans”
10. Identify the crucial beliefs, policy objectives, and socio-economic background of the
Federalists of the 1790s. Note the crucial regions which became Federalist strongholds.
(168-72)
11. Explain the philosophy and particular components of Hamilton’s program. Did Congress
adopt Hamilton’s financial plan? What political compromises or bargains were reached
to effect the new legislation? (168-70)
12. Identify the crucial beliefs, policy objectives, and socio-economic background of
Jefferson’s Republican Party. Note the crucial regions which became Republican
strongholds. (170-72)
13. Explain the reaction to the various political factions to the French Revolution. (172)
“Establishing National Sovereignty”
14. Explain the factors which produced the Whiskey Rebellion. How did President
Washington respond? (172)
15. How did the Constitution address the status of Native Americans? (172-3)
16. How did the United States respond to the outbreak of war between France and Great
Britain in 1793? Identify the purposes and consequences of Jay’s Treaty and Pinckney’s
Treaty. (173-4)
“The Downfall of the Federalists”
17. Generally describe the factors which diminished the political force of the Federalists.
(174)
18. Explain the circumstances and outcome of the election of 1796. (175)
19. Identify the purpose of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (175)
20. Explain the circumstances and outcome of the so-called XYZ Affair. (175-6)
21. Identify the purpose of The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), and explain the response by
the Republicans. (177)
22. Explain the circumstances and outcome of the election of 1800. Who called it a
“revolution”? (178)
23. Explain the circumstances and purpose of The Judiciary Act of 1801. (178)
Reflection Questions
Refer to “The Background of the Constitution,” (164-5)
1. To what extent did the framers of the Constitution enhance or diminish the ideals of the
Revolution?
2. Which government and America do we have today—that of the Federalists or of the
Republicans?
3. Explain the role of compromise in shaping the emergence of the United States
Constitution and government.