Lesson: 1st Nine Week Review

1st Nine Week Review

Exploration || Colonization || American Revolution

Multiple Choice

Which era of U.S. history is characterized by England establishing Jamestown as the first settlement in North America?

• Colonial Era
• Exploration Era

• Industrial Era
• Revolutionary Era

Multiple Choice

Which era of U.S. history is characterized by England establishing Jamestown as the first settlement in North America?

• Colonial Era
• Exploration Era

• Industrial Era
• Revolutionary Era

• France: fur trade

• England: economic reasons

• Spain: Missions, spread Christianity

• Wealth

• Expand Empires

• Spread Religion

• (Gold, God, Glory)

Reasons for Exploration

Exploration & Colonization

Colonization

Jamestown & Plymouth

• Jamestown: first permanent English settlement, established 1607, looking for Gold, $$$ tobacco

• Plymouth: established in 1620, Pilgrims, escape religious persecution, Mayflower Compact

Colonization

Colonial Regions

• New England Colonies: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, lumber, natural harbors

• Middle Colonies: wheat

• Southern Colonies: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Cash Crops, Fertile Soil

Colonization

British Colonial Rule

• The King was so far away that colonists had to create self government. Britain also practiced salutary neglect, so self government in the colonies grew.

• Mercantilism: Britain will start to control trade in the colonies to make money from them. Colonist will grow increasingly upset about these policies.

• first representative legislature

• group of people that make laws

• social contract written by the pilgrims (rules and laws)

Mayflower Compact

Colonization: Self Government

Virginia House of Burgesses

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• first written Constitution

Multiple Select

What were the three main reasons for European Exploration?

• Find wealth

• Expand Empires

• Spread Democracy

• Share religion

Categorize

Options (7)

Rocky Soil

Natural Harbors

Fishing

Cash Crops

Fertile Soil

Plantation

Slavery

What are the geographic and economic characteristics of the colonial regions?

New England Colonies

Southern Colonies

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Catholics were to Maryland as

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are to Pennsylvania.

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Founding of Virginia:

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:: Founding of Pennsylvania:​ ​

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Multiple Choice

What was the goal of British mercantilism policies?

• To control colonial trade

• limit tobacco production

• To protect individual freedoms

• To censor colonial publications

Multiple Choice

How did Great Britain help representative governments in the thirteen colonies grow?

• by supporting royal governors

• by neglecting colonial affairs

• by intervening in local disputes

• by appointing leaders

Match

Match the following

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Established self government in Plymouth

First representative law making body

First written constitution

• Established self government in Plymouth

• First representative law making body

• First written constitution

American Revolution

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The ​

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is characterized by the following 1. Taxes: Stamp Act, Sugar Act

2.Reaction to Taxes: Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence

3. Battles: Concord, Saratoga

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Revolutionary Era

Colonization Era

Exploration Era 

Jackson Era 

Causes of The American Revolution

• French and Indian War

  • Britain and France get into war about a territorial dispute regarding the Ohio River Valley.

  • Britain borrows a bunch of money to win, and after the war is over, they are in debt.

  • Treaty of Paris 1763 ends the war.

Causes of The American Revolution

• French and Indian War

  • Treaty of Paris 1763 gave the British the Ohio River Valley. However, the Native Americans still lived there.

  • King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763 stating that colonists could NOT move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Colonists were NOT happy about this.

Causes of The American Revolution

• British Taxes

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Townshend Act

• Colonists were NOT happy about the taxes and boycotted British goods as a result.

• They wanted more representation in the government.

Causes of The American Revolution

• Boston Massacre

  • Committee of Correspondence formed to spread news of events throughout the colonies.

• Boston Tea Party

  • Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

  • King George III passes the Intolerable Acts

    • Close down Boston Harbor

    • Force colonists to quarter troops in their homes.

Causes of The American Revolution

• Continental Congress

  • Choose George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Army

• Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence is Written

  • July 4, 1776

Timeline of American Revolution

​July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence

Battle of Saratoga
September 19, 1777

Winter at Valley Forge
December 1777
* Harsh winter, Colonial army trained

Battle of Yorktown
October 19, 1781
* Last battle, Patriot Victory

Treaty of Paris 1783
* End of the war, America is a country

Lexington & Concord
April 19, 1775
"Shot Heard Around the World"

America After Treaty of Paris 1783

Multiple Choice

The table contains the description of British Parliament's response to actions taken by colonists in Massachusetts.
What act is being described in the picture?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Navigation Acts

• Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

After the French and Indian War, British Parliament insisted that colonists assist in paying back the war debt by paying taxes. How did these actions lead to the American Revolution?

• Tories began migrating to Canada to escape British persecution.

• Colonists refused to pay the taxes demanded by the British Parliament.

• Tories began migrating to Canada to escape British persecution.

• Mercantilism policies were abandoned by the British Parliament.

Multiple Choice

What was the MAIN purpose of boycotts in colonial America?

• 
  to protest taxation without representation

• to disrupt trade with foreign nations

• to prove the effectiveness of home rule

• to decrease the power of English merchants

Multiple Choice

Why were English colonists opposed to the Stamp Act?

• It taxed only certain goods.

• It applied only to the farm regions.

• It was imposed without their consent.

• It was enacted by their representatives

Multiple Choice

How did American colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They saw it as an effective way to reduce tensions with American Indians.

• They believed it was a British attempt to reinforce control over them.

• They thought that it would transform the French into military allies.

• They assumed that it was done to help save money for the British.

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wrote the pamphlet Common Sense to convince Colonists that they should separate from Great Britain.

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Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson 

Benjamin Franklin

John Adams

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War?

• American colonists organized state militias.

• George Washington was named as the Commander of the Continental Army.

• Delegates to a Constitutional Convention wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• The conflict ended with the surrender of Cornwallis' troops.

Multiple Choice

The Treaty of Paris (1783) gave the newly formed U.S. which of the following?

• recognition of independence from Britain

• fishing rights in the Gulf of Mexico

• territory past the Mississippi River

• closure of all British forts in the west

Multiple Select

The following would be considered an unalienable right according to the Declaration of Independence​:

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Pursuit of Happiness

Match

Match the following

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

Tax Sugar

Tax All Paper Goods

Tax Glass, Tea, Paper, Lead

Made Colonists Quarter Soldiers

• Tax Sugar

• Tax All Paper Goods

• Tax Glass, Tea, Paper, Lead

• Made Colonists Quarter Soldiers

Match

Match the following

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

• Winter at Valley Forge

last battle: British surrender

turning point battle

first battle "shot heard around world"

harsh winter, army trained

• last battle: British surrender

• turning point battle

• first battle "shot heard around world"

• harsh winter, army trained