U.S. History Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
Vocabulary – Export, import, resolution, conquistadors, federalists, anti-federalists, charter, separatists, Puritans, pacifists, pilgrims, mercantilism, Middle Passage, Renaissance, nomads, immigrants, naturalization, parliament, republic, monarchy, democracy, federalism, ratified, treaty, amend, boycott, repeal, Presidios, Missions, Presidios, effigies, revenue, militia
Identify – John Locke, John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, William Penn, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Washington, Patrick Henry, propaganda, patriots, loyalist, federalists, anti-federalist, The Marquis de Lafayette, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, King George III, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher, Deborah Sampson, Redcoats, Minutemen
Understand
Mercantilism and how imports and exports relate to the theory.
The differences between the British army and the colonist’s army during the American Revolution
The Boston Tea Party
The French and Indian War and the cause and effect relationship to the American Revolution
Labor requirements of the large southern plantations
Early settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth and how they survived
The parts of the Declaration of Independence and the purposes of each
The Boston Massacre and how it was used by the colonists
Difference between Separatists and Puritans
The basic cultural, economic and political differences between the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
The principles of the U.S. Constitution
What inalienable rights are and those mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
Why the Georgia colony was established
What the great migration was and who the people were
The Great Awakening in the colonies
How England viewed the colonies as an economic resource
Understand the Mayflower Compact as it relates to the development of representative democracy/popular sovereignty
The Proclamation of 1763 and how its settlement restrictions angered the colonists
Triangular trade and the middle passage
How the colonist viewed the Coercive Acts (include the name the colonists had for them)
Understand the causes related to the Age of Exploration and the discovery of America including the Renaissance
How man originally migrated to the American Continent from Asia
The principles of the Constitution and how they are designed to limit the power of government (Checks & Balances for example)
The major compromises reached at the Constitutional Convention. Know what each side wanted and what they agreed to that was written into the Constitution.
The importance of Valley Forge during the American Revolution
Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan related to the Great Compromise.
How the various Acts/Taxes contributed to the colonists call for independence.
The meaning of “the shot heard 'round the world”
The full meaning of the slogan “no taxation without representation”
The Treaty of Paris
Each branch of government and whether they make, enforce, or interpret the law.
Know
Where the first public education laws were passed
Where the first Jewish settlers in North America came from
Which country Columbus was sailing for when he discovered the New World
Parts of a map
3 types of maps studied
5 themes of geography
Where the Constitutional Convention was held
The people who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony
The most diverse colonial region
The colonial region settled mostly for religious purposes.
5 principles of the constitution
The author of Pennsylvania’s first constitution
What the Act of Toleration did
Who the first commander of the Continental Army was
The type of farming practiced in New England
What changed the way of life for Native Americans forever?
The battle that ended the American Revolution
Which explorer was the first to sail around the world?
The modern day area where early man first crossed into the North American Continent
The different types of colonies (Royal, Charter, etc.)
What the first 10 amendments to the constitution are called
Who Maryland was settled as a safe haven for
First battle of the American Revolution
How the Boston Massacre was used by the colonists to promote the idea of independence.
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Boston Tea Party
When the Declaration of Independence was approved
When the U.S. Constitution was ratified
The House of Burgesses
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Charter of Liberties
Extended Understanding (essay)
Explain the cause and effect relationship between the end of the French & Indian War and the eventual call for independence by the American Colonists.
Explain how the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to the development of our current constitution; state two examples of the weaknesses in your explanation.
Explain the Great Compromise. Be sure to define what a compromise is, the plans that were involved, and how it related to the concept of power for the states?
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