8th Grade Unit 1

What was the main cause of European Colonization?

• A large earthquake forced people to move.

• They were on a mission from the Pope.

• God, Gold and Glory - and jobs for the expanding population of Europe

What are the 3 regions of the 13 Colonies? 

• French, British and Italian

• New England, Middle, Southern

• Northern, Eastern and Western

• Canadian, English and French

Which place is not one of the original 13 Colonies? 

• South Carolina

• Maine

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

Describe Natural Rights

• rights that you have when you're outside in nature

• rights that only the aristocracy has

• rights that belong to every human being from birth

Explain Separation of Powers 

• The division of the power of government into separate branches

• The distance between people in the colonies and people in Great Britain

• The difference between Parliament and colonial governments

How did the Great Awakening help reinforce democratic ideas? 

• Colonists could wake up early to vote before gathering their crops.

• Only the religious leaders got to vote in the colonies.

• If the colonists could decide how to worship they could also decide how to govern themselves

• Democracy became available in church governments.

The Stamp Act

• required extra stamps to be put on every letter sent back to England.

• required Parliament to rubber stamp every tax levied on the colonists.

• required the colonists to pay a tax on most printed materials, such as newspapers, pamphlets, marriage licenses, and playing cards.

True or false? Most colonists believed that the British soldiers were completely at fault for the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

What did Thomas Paine mean when he wrote that Great Britain's motive was "self-interest"?

• Great Britain wanted the colonists to rule themselves.

• The banks were going to charge more interest on loans.

• He meant that Britain did not care about the colonists. and were only interested in Britain.

Why did Thomas Paine write that the colonists should create their own government? 

• Thomas Paine wanted the colonists to elect him President.

• Thomas Paine was a spy for France secretly working against the British.

• Thomas Paine believed the British government was not serving the needs of the colonists