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US History - First Semester History Review
1. List the 5 elements of a map.
2. Which lines split the earth into hemispheres?
3. Describe 3 reasons (political, economic, social) Europeans explored the new world.
4. Most Indians died from ___________________ during the 1600s.
5.
Describe mercantilism.
6.
Goods shipped out of your country are called ____________.
7.
Goods brought in to your country are called ________________.
8. Describe the areas that each European nation colonized in the New World.
Spain
France
England
9. In what year was Jamestown founded? Why was it created?
10. Who became the first leader at Jamestown, who told the settlers to "work or starve?"
11. Why did this person have to make the work or starve rule?
12. What is an indentured servant?
13. How did John Rolfe save Jamestown from failure?
14. Describe the living conditions during the first years of the Jamestown colony.
15. The first representative assembly in the English Colonies was the
____________________________________, established in the colony of
_______________________ in the year ____________.
16. The most important crop in Virginia in the 1600s was ________________________.
17. Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans flee from England and settle in Massachusetts?
18. Who was expelled by the Puritans? (3) Describe what they did next.
19. What are the three colonial regions?
20. What geographic feature served as a natural western boundary for the 13 colonies?
21. Which colonies were founded for religious reasons?
22. Describe New Englands physical environment. (climate, physical geography, etc.)
23. What trades made up the New England economy?
24. What geographic feature did New England rely on for their economy?
25. Where (or how) did the people live?
26. Who established the colony of Connecticut?
27. Describe the Middle regions physical environment. (climate, physical geography, etc.)
28. What was the Middle regions main economic activity?
29. Why was this region the most diverse and tolerant?
30. Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania? What religion was the founder?
31. Describe the physical environment of the Southern region. (climate, physical geography, etc.)
32. What was their primary economic activity?
33. Where (or how) did people live?
34. What are the key features of the Plantation System?
35. Why did the Plantation System only exist in the South?
36. What set of laws were passed by the English Parliament to enforce mercantilism?
37. What territory was the French & Indian War fought over? Which document ended the war?
38. List three effects of the French and Indian War. (land claims, economic, territory expansion)
39. Why did British colonists in North America dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
40. The British did not enforce the Navigation Acts until after the French & Indian War. This
practice of not enforcing a law is called __________________ _____________________.
Describe the following terms:
41. Boycott
42. Loyalist
43. Patriot
44. Repeal
45. Quartering Act
46. Stamp Act
47. Boston Massacre
48. Tea Act
49. Boston Tea Party
50. Intolerable Acts
51. How did colonists typically respond to taxes they viewed as unfair?
52. What did colonists mean when they said no taxation without representation?
53. Samuel Adams was the leader of the ____________ of ____________________, a group
opposed to British rule.
54. What was the Olive Branch Petition?
55. Describe the first battle of the American Revolution. (participants, location, date, outcome)
56. Who did the 2nd Continental Congress select to lead the Continental Army?
57. Describe the Declaration of Independence. (who wrote it, using whose ideas, and when)
58. What are unalienable rights? List those mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
59. Why is the Battle of Saratoga significant?
60. Where did the Continental Army spend the winter of 1777-1778? Who trained them?
61. What was the effect of this winter on the Continental Army?
62. Describe the Battle of Yorktown. (Who won and how?)
Briefly describe each persons role or contribution to the American Revolution.
63. Patrick Henry
64. Thomas Paine
65. Ben Franklin
66. John Adams
67. Thomas Jefferson
68. Marquis de Lafayette
69. Haym Solomon
70. Crispus Attucks
71. King George III
72. Wentworth Cheswell
73. Bernardo de Galvez
74. James Armistead
75. List the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
76. What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
Write a brief statement about each self-government document.
77. Magna Carta
78. English Bill of Rights
79. Colonial Charters
80. House of Burgesses
81. Mayflower Compact
82. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (its different than other docs - think voting rights)
83. Describe the Constitutional Convention. (who, when, where, how many states)
84. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
85. What were the two plans for representation in Congress?
86. How did the Great Compromise satisfy both large and small states?
87. How did the Three Fifths Compromise satisfy northern and southern states?
88. What was the Federalist argument for ratification?
89. What was the Anti-Federalist argument against ratification?
90. What do Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Constitution establish?
91. What votes are needed to propose AND ratify an amendment?
92. What is the power of Judicial Review?
93. What are the terms of office for: President, Senators, Representatives, & Judges?
94. When are general elections held? How often?
