Midterm MEGA Review pt. 1/2

Midterm MEGA Review pt. 1/2

Colonies

Who, where, Why

Jamestown

who: The Virginia Co.

where: Virginia

Why: looking for gold

Plymouth

Who: Puritans

Where: Plymouth, Massachusetts

Why: Religious freedom

Catholics

Who: Sir Baltimore

Where: Maryland

Why: Religious freedom

Multiple Select

Which colonies were founded for religious freedom? (more than one answer)

• Plymouth

• Virginia

• Jamestown

Multiple Select

Which colonies was NOT founded by Puritans? (more than one)

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Virginia

William Penn

Who: Quakers/William Penn

Where: Pennsylvania

Why: Religious freedom

Debtors (people who owe money)

Who: Debtors

Where: Georgia

Why: Didn't want to go to debtor's prison and it was a buffer between Spanish Florida and the colonies

Colonies

Region, Climate, Economy

New England

Climate: cold; bad for agriculture

Economy: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, lumber, little farming, trading

Middle Colonies

Climate: short winters, long growing season

Economy: farming (grain and bread), big cities

Southern Colonies

Climate: year-round growing season

Economy: Plantation farming of cash crops

Multiple Choice

The Northern colonies' economy was based in...

• agriculture

• shipbuilding

• grain production

Multiple Choice

Which region is known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies?

• Middle

• southern

• Northern

Vocabulary

Need to know words

Salutary Neglect

The period of time when Britain neglected the colonies. The colonies took care of themselves

Mercantilism

The economic system whereby the colonies give raw resources to the mother country and the mother country gives colonies finished goods

Triangular Trade

The trade routes by sea between Europe, The Americas, and Africa

Free Enterprise

An economic system where businesses are allowed to compete with each other with little government regulation

Plantation Farming

Farming cash crops on a large scale. Plantations relied on slave labor and were found in the Southern colonies

Great Awakening

A time in 1720 of increased religious revival in the Americas

Roots of American Government

Influences on American Government

Magna Carta

1215

Granted rights to noblemen and freemen

-they couldn't be taxed

-jury of their peers

-could not have their property seized

English Bill of Rights

1689

Granted:

-Trial by jury

-Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

Mayflower Compact

1620

-1st written example of self-government in the Americas

Multiple Choice

These three documents are all examples of...

• self government

• limiting the government

• both

Virginia House of Burgesses

1619

"an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America"

Multiple Choice

True/False: The Virginia House of Burgesses' members were elected by the people.

• True

• False

Causes of the American Revolution

Events leading up to it

French and Indian War

-French troops and colonial militia want the Ohio River Valley

-They end up clashing and fighting

-Started the French and Indian War

Payback

The English spent lots of money fighting (and winning) the French and Indian War

--> Americans taxed to pay the bill

Multiple Choice

Which event started British taxation of Americans?

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

Multiple Choice

Which event started British taxation of Americans?

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

Taxation without (real) Representation

Colonists had not been consulted if they were willing to be taxed.

-"No taxation without representation!"

-Sons of Liberty--> organize protests

The Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty dump $1million worth of tea into Boston Harbor

-England has had enough

-England passed the Intolerable Acts:

-shut down Boston Harbor until $ is paid back

-England took over Boston

Multiple Choice

What organization had a hand to play in the protests against the British?

• Sons of Liberty

• House of Burgesses

• Quakers

The Boston Massacre

Sons of Liberty have a hand to play in this

-British troops fire on American colonists

-less than 10 colonists killed

-used as propaganda against British occupation

-British troops not found guilty (defended in court by John Adams)