Unit Two: The American Revolution and the New Republic (September 3-13) Text: The American Pageant: A History of the Republic 11th ed. Using Chapters 6-10, The Duel for North America Colonial involvement in British wars, consequences of the French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, roots of the American Revolution, role of mercantilism, benign neglect, failure of diplomacy, first conflicts, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution, the Enlightenment, slavery, religion and the political process, the Federalist Papers, the new republic, early national politics and economics, diplomacy and the French Revolution, the making of the new office of the United States President and Washington’s Farwell Address.
