MOAT Study Guide

1st Quarter Test

North and South America Exploration and the thirteen colonies

Use pages 3-10 in your Road to Revolution Notebook

1.  Why did European countries colonize in America?

2.  Which country is credited with the discovery of America?

3.  Identify the general areas the following countries explored and colonized in the Americas:

*Spain:

*France:

*Britain:

4.  What was the first colony and its purpose?

5.  Explain Mercantilism in your own words

6.  Explain Salutary Neglect in your own words

7.  Identify the economies off each region of colonies:

* New England Colonies:

* Middle Colonies:

* Southern Colonies:

French and Indian War

Use pages 17-26 in your Road to Revolution Notebook

8.  What land was being fought over in the French and Indian War?

9.  Provide three results of the French and Indian War

1.

2.

3.

Road to Revolution

Use pages 29-42B in your Road to Revolution Notebook

10.  What was the first act to raise money for Britain and not to regulate trade in the colonies?

11.  What event or law caused the Boston Tea Party?

12.  What event or law caused the British to enact the Intolerable Acts?

13.  What event or law was the result of Lexington and Concord?

14.  What primary source did Paul Revere create?

15.  What decisions were made at the First Continental Congress?

16.  Why were the colonists powerless to stop the taxes from being enacted?

17.  Due to the Townshend Acts, which amendment do we now have in our Constitution?

18.  Due to the Intolerable Acts, which amendment do we now have in our Constitution?

19.  Define the following terms:

a.  Declaratory Act:

b.  Stamp Act:

c.  Townshend Acts:

d.  Writs of Assistance:

e.  Intolerable/Coercive Acts:

f.  Primary Source:

Provide the British and American Perspective for the following laws, events, or groups:

British Perspective / American Perspective
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Sons of Liberty

Declaration of Independence

Use pages 45-66 in “Give me liberty, or give me death” Notebook

20.  Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

21.  Why is the Declaration of Independence still important today?

22.  What is the main reason to have a government according to the Declaration of Independence?

23.  What passage did the South demand to be edited out in order for them to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Other areas to study

Make sure to study the following skills sets:

·  Read and analyze maps

·  Interpret political cartoons

·  Read and analyze primary sources

·  Cause and effect relationships

·  Perspective of the Colonists and British