History Mid-Term Exam
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- What was the House of Burguesses?
- (1619) 1st representative legistlature in English Colonies
- Explain everything you know about Jamestown.
- (1607) John Smith; founded for economic reasons
- Who was Ben Franklin?
- Leader of Enlightenment; Inventor; Diplomat, Writer
- What movement was Franklin part of?
- Enlightenment
- What was the Mayflower Compact?
- (1620) 1st form of self-gov in colonies
- Identify representative government.
- A gov where people are elected to make decisions for all
- What landform was directly to the West of the English colonies?
- Appalachian Mountains
- Identify the results of the French and Indian War.
- France left North America, English get Ohio River Valley
- What was the English Bill of Rights?
- Laws to give people representation in parliament
- Define merchantalism.
- Raw materials leave colonies go to mother country-turned into manufactured goods so that King George III gets rich
- Define nationalism.
- Being loyal to ones country
- Define plantation.
- Large farm in south w/ slaves taht sold cash crops
- Define Mayflower Compact.
- Established Majority Rules 1620- Plymouth Massachusetts
- Define cash crop and give examples.
- crops sold for money tabacco; cotton
- William Penn was a? And he helped establish?
- Quaker and Pennsylvania
- What do the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burguesses have in common?
- 1st early forms of self-gov in english colonies
- Identify economic activities in New England.
- Shipping, Whaling, Commerce
- Identify economic activities in the Middle Colonies.
- wheat, "Bread basket, Iron, coal
- Identify economic activities in the Southern Colonies.
- Tobacco; Rice; Indigo= Agriculture
- What was the Magna Carta?
- 1215-Trial by Jury
- Why did the Pilgrims travel to the Colonies?
- to escape religious persecution
- What was the Enlightenment?
- Time where people used science and reason to figure things out
- Name three important men involved in the Enlightenment.
- John Locke, Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton
- What was the Great Awakening?
- A time for religious revival; feeling and emotion (Independence)
- Who was Johnathan Edwards?
- Leader of Great Awakening
- Why did the British Government adopt the policy of merchantalism?
- to support the mother country
- Under the system of merchantalism, what did England want the colonists to do with their raw materials?
- Send to England
- The ideas of individual rights trace their roots back to which Denglilsh Document?
- (1215) Magna Carta English Bill of Rights
- Why did the colonist resent laws such as the Stamp Act and Sugar Act?
- Taxation without representation
- What was the result of Common Sense? Who wrote it?
- Paine, Loyalists became patriots -independence
- What geological feature did the Proclamation of 1783 establish as the boundary for western settlement?
- Appalachian Mountains
- Why were colonists angry sbout the Boston Massacre?
- Innocent colonists were shot - Crispus Attucks
- How did Patrick Henry feel about freedom?
- "Give me liberty, or give me death"
- Why did the colonist consider the taxes passed by Parliament unfair?
- They had no elected representation there
- Who was Samuel Adams?
- Leader of Sons of Liberty
- What was the 1st battle of the American Revolution?
- lexington and Concord
- When did Paul Revere make his famous ride to warn of the British in advance?
- 1775 before L and C
- What colony was the Battles of Lexington and Concord in?
- Massachusetts
- Define Patiot:
- One who lived in the colonies who wanted independence
- Define Loyalist:
- One who liveid in the colonies who stayed loyal to the king
- What was George Washington's role in the AMerican Revolution?
- Commanding General of the continental
- What is the significance of 1776?
- Dec of Ind Signed by Thomas Jefferson
- What document did the Americans express their ideas of individual rights in?
- Dec of Ind unalienable (life, liberty, :))
- What does the Dec of Ind call the rights that all people have? What are these rights?
- Life Liberty, Persuit of Happiness
- Who wrote the Dec of Ind?
- Thomas Jefferson
- What are the grievances listed in the Declaraion of Independence? (4)
- Proc. Line, Quartering, Taxes, Writs of Assistance
- How did Abigail Adams feel about the role of women in the new government?
- They had
- which event took place as the result of the tea act?
- Tea Party
- Who was the King of England during the Revolution?
- George III
- Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point of the Revolution?
- French jumped in
- Which country did Ben Franklin convince to help Americans in the Rev. War?
- France
- List the advantages the American colonist had over Great Britain in the Rev.? (4)
- Allies, Tactics, Knew Land, Distance, and
- What was the last major battle of the Rev.?
- Yorktown
- List the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 (2)
- Border: Mississippi and recognized independence