READING GUIDE

New York City Hall, 1808

LIST #1

A. First Amendment

B. Saratoga

C. Thayendanega (a.k.a. Joseph Brant)

D. James Cannon

E. Yorktown

F. Adam Smith

G. John Adams

H. Pennsylvania State Constitution, 1776

I.  NY State constitution

J. Louisiana

K. Articles of Confederation

L. Shays Rebellion

M. Lord Dunsmore

N.  Matthew Lyon

O. Quok Walker

P. Federalist papers

Q. Three Fifths Compromise

R. Northwest Ordinance

S. Second Amendment

T. Whiskey Rebellion

U. St. Domingue, 1791

V. Battle of Tippecanoe

LIST #2

 1.  William Henry Harrison defeats Shawnees, 1811

2.  Right to bear arms

3.  “Great overgrown rich men will be improper to be trusted”

4.  Created single chamber state legislature

5.  Sued for and won freedom under Massachusetts Constitution

6.  Formula for counting slaves to determine political representation

7.  Created a state senate to represent property, not people

8.  Site of the British surrender ending Revolutionary War

9.  Western Massachusetts farmers & debtors shut down courts

10. Slave revolt in Haiti

11. Thoughts on Government  (advocating a republican government based on hierarchy and order)

12. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

13. Sold to U.S. by Napoleon for $15 million

14. Site of key battle and turning point in American Revolution

15. Put down by an army led by Hamilton and Washington

16. Free markets

17. Sided with the British

18. Established a weak federal government with no executive

19. Promised freedom to slaves who sided with British

20. Banned slavery in territory north of the Ohio River

21. Freedoms of speech, press, religion and assembly

22.  Imprisoned under Alien & Sedition Act; then re-elected to office.