Fall Semester Supplemental Readings

Advanced Placement and CHS American History

Class #32

The Brief Period 200 Years Ago, When American Politics was Full of Good Feelings

Class #31

Nascent Nationalism and the American System 

Omit: The Forgotten Conflict the Defined the US

Class #29

Judiciary Waterloo for Minimalist Government

Class #27

Omit: The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change

Class #24

Omit: A Review of David McCulloch's book John Adams

Omit: The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

Class #23

Alexander Hamilton, The Man Who Made America Prosperous; Alexander Hamilton.pdf

Class #22

The Antifederalists: The Other Founders of the American Constitutional Tradition? ; The Antifederalists.pdf

Class #21

Omit: The Union Wasn’t Worth the Three-Fifths Compromise on Slavery

Omit: The three-fifths compromise: Rationalizing the irrational

Class #20

The Constitution that Failed   ;  The Constitution That Failed 

Omit: A Patriot's History of the United States - Shays Rebellion; Shays Rebellion.pdf

Class #18 

Consequences of the American Revolution

Class #16

No Taxation Without Representation 

Class #15

Evolving British Tax Policy

Class #11

Origins and Legacy of Pennsylvania Quakers

Class #9

Reading on The Puritans and Dissent

Class #8

The Origins of Slavery