Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800

AP United States History
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze (1851)
Caption: Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze (1851). This iconic painting depicts the surprise attack on Hessian forces at Trenton, December 1776. Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Timeline of Period 3

Seven Years' War and its aftermath

Road to revolution

The revolution

Building a government

The early republic

Key figures

Key events summary

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Vocabulary

Unit 3 topics

Unit 3 overview3.1Contextualizing Period 33.10Shaping a New Republic3.11Developing an American Identity3.12Movement in the Early Republic3.2The Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)3.3Taxation Without Representation3.4Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution3.5The American Revolution3.6The Influence of Revolutionary Ideals3.7The Articles of Confederation3.8The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification3.9The Constitution
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