September 26, Tuesday
Nash, Chapter 6

September 27, Wednesday
 Pass back and go over examination
Revolutionary Cartoons (handout)
For each cartoon: Identify the event or issue to which it refers. Identify the editorial stance of the cartoonist. Assess the cartoon in terms of whether or not it provided a valid commentary and how much it might have swayed people's opinions.

September 28, Thursday
Class to concentrate on the Declaration of Independence
Bailey 8B1,2,3,4

 September 29, Friday
The Military War
 Bailey 8A1,2,3
 Recollections of Ethan Allen (handout)
 Letters from British Officers (handout)

October 2, Monday
 Assessing the American Revolution
"The Conservative American Revolution" by Samuel Eliot Morison (handout)
"The Most Successful Revolution" by Irving Kristol (in Garraty, p. 182)
Essay due: "Who benefited most from the American Revolution?"
 

October 3, Tuesday
Nash, Chapter 7 Concentrate on theme of Federalists versus Anti-Federalists (later Jeffersonians.) What are its different manifestations and how do these play out?

October 4, Wednesday
Bailey 9A1,2,3
"Shay's Rebellion" by Alden T. Vaughan (in Garraty, p. 196)

October 5, Thursday
 "The Constitution: Was It an Economic Document?" by Henry Steele Commager (in Garraty, p. 212)
 Bailey 9B1,2     9C1,2,3,4     9D1,2,3

 October 6, Friday
 Nash, Chapters 8 and 9 Continue to concentrate on tension between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

 October 9, Monday
 Unit Examination