Colonial Economics (goods and services, mercantilism, raw materials)
Colonial Geography (climate, land, topography, raw materials)
Colonial Legislatures (e.g. House of Burgesses, town hall meetings)
Colonial Religions (e.g. Anglican, Huguenot, Quakers, Puritans)
Colonial Relations with Native American Tribes and Nations
Voluntary vs Involuntary Migration
“No taxation without Representation”
Albany Plan/ “Join or Die”
Articles of Confederation (1781)
Constitutional Compromises
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Enlightenment Ideals: Locke and Montesquieu
First Continental Congress (1774)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Parliamentary Acts (1763-1774)
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
Constitutional Principles: Impeachment, Judicial Review, Separation of Powers, Veto
Declaration of Independence
Enlightenment Ideals: natural rights, separation of powers, and capitalism i.e. Wealth of Nations (1776)
First Great Awakening (1739)
“Necessary and Proper Clause”
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Principles
Hamilton vs Jefferson (Industry vs Agriculture)
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798-99)
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Ratification of Constitution
Two Party System: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (1792)
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)/Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-99)
Bank of the United States
Marbury vs Madison (1803)
Two Party System: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (1792)
Causes of the War of 1812: British impressment, Native American resistance, etc.