Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Class Notes: 1/26

We discussed some watershed events in the evolution of the United States from a loose collection of colonies to a unified republic.
Make sure you can identify the significance of the following events in that evolution:

The French & Indian War (ends 1763)
Publication of Common Sense (January 1776)
Declaration of Independence (July 1776)
Articles of Confederation (ratified 1781)
Shays's Rebellion (1786)
Constitution (approved 1788)

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