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Whitebird, Alona
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AP United States History
- APUSH Syllabus
- APUSH Chapter Anticipation Guides
- APUSH Class Notes
- APUSH Reading Assignments
- Period 1 (1491-1607)
- Period 2 (1607-1754)
- Period 3 (1754-1800)
- Period 4 (1800-1848)
- Period 5 (1844-1877)
- Period 6 (1865-1898)
- Period 7 (1890-1945)
- Period 8 (1945-1980)
- Period 9 (1980-Present)
- APUSH Additional Resources
- Helpful AP Links
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Period 3 is worth 12% of the AP Exam. This period will be covered in approximately 17 class days.
The College Board uses key concepts to denote the testable material for each period. The full, detailed version of these concepts are located here. Please take the time to know these concepts, as anything mentioned is fair game for the AP Exam.Key Concept 3.1— British attempts to assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the colonial resolve to pursue self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the Revolutionary War.
Key Concept 3.2— The American Revolution’s democratic and republican ideals inspired new experiments with different forms of government.
Key Concept 3.3— Migration within North America and competition over resources, boundaries, and trade intensified conflicts among peoples and nations.
Period 3 Homework and Test Calendar
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Period 3 Key Terms/IDs
Key terms will be due at the conclusion of each period on the test date, unless otherwise specified. These terms will be worth 100 points per period, and will be an invaluable study tool as we get closer to the AP exam in May. Each term should include the information provided on Quizlet. You have two options to receive the credit for key terms: 1. Create a notecard for each term using the definition on Quizlet and any additional relevant information from the book or 2. Create a Quizlet account, join my class by clicking here, and complete LEARN, FLASHCARD, and one other method of your choice by 8:20am on the due date. If not completed before 8:20am, no credit will be given.
Chapter 4
- Sugar Act (1764)
- Stamp Act
- Declaratory Act
- Nonimportation movement
- First Continental Congress
- Intolerable Acts
- Patriots/Loyalists
- Common Sense – Thomas Paine
- Olive Branch Petition
- Declaration of Independence
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Battle of Yorktown
Chapter 5
- Articles of Confederation
- Old Northwest
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Shays’ Rebellion
- Virginia Plan
- New Jersey Plan
- Great Compromise
- Federalists/Anti-Federalists
- Republican motherhood
- Constitutional Convention
- Bill of Rights
Chapter 6
- Electoral college
- Republicans
- Hamilton’s financial plan/Bank of the United States
- Jay’s Treaty
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Washington’s Farewell Address
- XYZ Affair
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- States rights
- Gabriel’s Rebellion
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
PDF for students using physical notecards. IMPORTANT: Instructions for physical notecards: Define the above terms using the definition provided. Then, find one additional piece of information from the textbook.
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Period 3 Reading Guides and Assignments
The following reading guides go along with Visions of America (green textbook). The links will lead you to some of the nightly homework readings, the Opposing Viewpoints articles. If you need hard copies of the Opposing Viewpoints, please see me in class before the reading is due. Along with the nightly readings attached below you will need to complete an article review sheet, attached here. Without this article review sheet, you will not be permitted to complete the in class assignment associated with the reading. Anticipation Guides will always be handed out in class, but if you are absent the day it is given out you must print your own AG, or see me before the absence.
Reading Guides
Articles
Parliament and American Rights | Article Review Sheet
Republic or Democracy | Article Review Sheet
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Period 3 Lectures/Powerpoints
The following links will navigate you to PDF files of the in-class lectures. The inclusion of these notes below should not be considered as a substitute for taking notes and paying attention in class. These notes are provided so that you have access to visual images used in class as well as for absent students to get caught up.
Sense of Unity to Revolution (PDF)