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1. Motivations

1.1

Economic Causes

1.2

Religious Freedom

2. Colonial Powers

2.1

Spanish Colonies

2.2

French Colonies

3. Regional Development

3.1

New England

3.2

Middle Colonies

3.3

Southern Colonies

4. Colonial Life

4.1

Colonial Social Structures and Hierarchies

5. Trade

5.1

Triangular Trade

5.2

Colonial Trade Regulations The Navigation Acts

6. Labor Systems

6.1

Indentured Servitude

6.2

Slavery Development

7. Imperial Policy

7.1

Proclamation of 1763

7.2

Navigation Acts British Colonial Trade Regulations

8. Colonial Response

8.1

Colonial Unity

8.2

Boycotts

9. British Actions

9.1

Stamp Act

9.2

Townshend Acts

10. Colonial Resistance

10.1

Boston Massacre

10.2

Boston Tea Party

11. Continental Congress

11.1

First Continental Congress

11.2

Second Continental Congress

12. Early War

12.1

Lexington and Concord

12.2

Bunker Hill

13. Key Battles

13.1

Saratoga

13.2

Yorktown

14. American Forces

14.1

Continental Army

14.2

Guerrilla Warfare

15. British Forces

15.1

Military Advantages

15.2

Strategic Errors

16. Society

16.1

Loyalists

16.2

Patriots

17. Government

17.1

Articles of Confederation Early US Government

17.2

Northwest Ordinance

18. Creation

18.1

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

18.2

Great Compromise

19. Washington Era

19.1

Judiciary Act

19.2

Hamiltons Programs

20. Political Parties

20.1

Federalists

20.2

DemocraticRepublicans

21. European Relations

21.1

French Revolution

21.2

Neutrality Proclamation

22. Territory

22.1

Louisiana Purchase Early Territorial Expansion

22.2

War of 1812 Territorial Expansion Consequences

23. Transportation

23.1

Canal System

23.2

Railroad Development

24. Industry

24.1

Factory System

24.2

Labor Changes

25. Religious Revival

25.1

Second Great Awakening

25.2

Reform Movements

26. Rights

26.1

Womens Movement

26.2

The Abolition Movement During National Expansion

27. Expansion

27.1

Oregon Territory

27.2

Mexican War

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