United States History I Midterm Review

You should be able to recognize and describe the following key terms:

Chapter 3 p. 70
Mercantilism
Balance of trade
Navigation Acts
The Dominion of New England
Glorious Revolution
William and Mary
English Bill of Rights
Confederation
Salutary neglect
Triangular trade
Middle passage
Cash crops
Yeoman
Olaudah Equiano
Stono Rebellion
Enlightenment
Social contract
John Locke
Great Awakening
French and Indian War
Iroquois League
Albany Plan of Union
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763 / Chapter 4 p. 104
Samuel Adams
Writs of assistance
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Committees of Correspondence
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Townshend Acts
Boston tea Party
Minutemen
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Lexington and Concord
Alarm riders
Patrick Henry
Second Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Army
Battle of Bunker Hill
Loyalist
Patriot
John Adams
George Washington as General
Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Abigail Adams
Virginia Declaration of Rights
A Declaration of the Causes and Necessity ofTaking Up Arms
Declaration of Independence
Olive Branch Petition
Deborah Sampson
Battle of Saratoga
Valley Forge
Continentals
Redcoats
Yorktown
General Cornwallis / Chapter 5 p. 142
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Judicial branch
Articles of Confederation
Republic
Land ordinance 1785
Northwest Ordinance
Constitution
Ratify
Amend
James Madison
Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Three Fifths Compromise
Checks and balances
Shays rebellion
Federal
Federalist
Anti federalist
Bill of Rights
The Federalist
Delegated powers
Reserved powers

You should be able to answer the following questions:

1. Describe the difference between Northern colonial economies and Southern colonial economies.

2. Why were taxes a controversial issue in the eighteenth century in Colonial America?

3. How did various groups of people play a role in the Revolutionary war?

4. How did Washington’s leadership inspire Americans to overcome hardships of war?

5. How were Americans able to win independence from Britain, given that the British were awell-trained, well-equipped fighting force?

6. How did the revolution change America?

7. Did the American Revolution succeed in living up to the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

8. What were the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?

9. What different points of view emerged at the Constitutional Convention?

10. What were the main arguments of the Federalists and Anti-federalists? Compare and contrast the two points of view.

11. Who benefited from the Three Fifths compromise?

12. Identify the 3 branches of government and their functions.