Mid-Term Study Guide

Please look over all of your tests (Chapters 3 through 7). Please make sure you review your test essay questions as well.

 

Chp. 3

-          Reasons for settlement in America (review the Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers, and colonists in

 Virginia)

-          Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses (self-government)

-          Plantations

-          Native Americans (died because of European disease)

-          Tidewater region vs. Backcountry

-          People to remember: John Smith, Squanto, William Penn

Chp. 4

-          Government in the colonies: Review the Magna Carta/English Bill of Rights, who could vote, & freedom of the press

-          Review what life was like in colonial society (farm life, social classes)

-          Slavery: Know the details of the slave trade/the reason for slavery in the colonies

-          Review the Great Awakening (Jonathan Edwards, its relation to the idea of democracy)

-          Closely review the ideas of the Enlightenment (Locke and Montesquieu)

Chp. 5

-          French and Indian War

-          Treaty of Paris 1763 – who got what?

-          *Focus on how tensions were building with Britain: Proclamation Line of 1763, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, etc.

-          *Boston Massacre – remember the details. Also review the Committees of Correspondence

-          TEA! – Tea Act, Boston Tea Party

-          Intolerable Acts and the 1^st Continental Congress

-          Remember what’s going on with the military (British troops occupying cities, colonies forming militias (minutemen)

-          *Lexington & Concord

-          2^nd Continental Congress

-          *Patriots vs. Loyalists – what did each side want? Think about the debate we had in class.

 

 

 

Chp. 6

-          Review Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and how it affected the colonies

-          *Declaration of Independence

-          How did the American army/navy compare to the British?

-          Remember George Washington leading the troops/Valley Forge

-          How did the American troops receive help from Europe (Spain, France)?

-          Conditions @ home (civilians short on food, subject to military attack, short on $, Congress can’t tax)

-          Change from traditional battle tactics to guerilla warfare

-          *Treaty of Paris, 1783 – America is recognized as an independent nation

Chp. 7

-          What is a constitution? (document stating the rules under which a government will operate)

-          Review the Articles of Confederation and their weaknesses (remember, the main problem was that the powers of the central (or federal) government were too limited – be sure to review the reasons for this)

-          Review what’s going on with land in the West at this time (government owns it, selling it to companies)

-          *Constitutional Convention, 1787 – representatives meet to revise the A.O.C.

-          *Know the details of the Great Compromise very well

-          Slave population – three-fifths rule

-          Review the reasons anti-federalists were afraid to ratify the Constitution

-          Know the basic purpose of each of the three branches of government

-          *Bill of Rights – 1^st 10 Amendments – protects the individual rights of U.S. citizens