Remember–think in terms of facts and significance. Try to answer the basic questions (who, what, when, where), and then ‘so what?’ Think about where the author uses each example, and how.

On the midterm I will choose five of the terms from the following list; you will write about three of those five terms.

Stamp Act

virtual representation

republican motherhood

Shays’s Rebellion

Articles of Confederation

Anti-Federalists

Whiskey Rebellion

Alien and Sedition Acts

Gabriel’s Rebellion

Embargo Act

Erie Canal

cult of domesticity

Lowell factories

American System

Missouri Compromise

nullification crisis

Indian Removal Act

spoils system