1st Quarter Test Review

1. Which English document limited the king’s (monarch’s) power in 1215? P.19 ______Magna Carta______From this document and the English Bill of Rights we also get the right to _____trial by jury______. The English Bill of Rights also protects the individual liberties of citizens.

2. ______Economic______(commercial) and escaping ______religious______persecution were two reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America. P. 9

3. When was Jamestown established? P. 10______1607______John Smith_____ was the man who founded Jamestown and helped it succeed.

4. What was the 1st representative government in the colonies? P.16 ______House of Burgesses______

5. A constitution is a written set of laws. Which colonial document from the Pilgrims(a religious group) in 1620 could be considered America’s first constitution? P. 17, R4-5 ______Mayflower Compact______It, and other colonial legislative assemblies, established ___self____-government.

6. What type of worker wanted to come to the colonies and traded their labor for the cost of passage? P. 9 ____ indentured servant_____

7. “Chosen” assemblies, legislatures, governors, etc. are put in office by ____election______. P. 18 The use of __elections__ contributed to the expansion of representative democracy.

8. Creating term limits for elected officials like governors and presidents is an example of ______limited__- _____ government. P. 18

9. Colonial documents and early examples of representative government influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution.

10. Distance from Britain, the Protestant belief in the individual, the need for law, and the traditional rights of Englishmen led to the creation of colonial assemblies (representative government.) This policy of ignoring the colonies is known as ___salutary neglect___. P. 27

11. Which colonial regions were good for farming because of their fertile land? P.14-15 _Middle and Southern Regions______New England colonies like Massachusetts and Rhode Island depended on the ocean for much of their food and economy.

12. The geographical differences between the colonial regions led to the development of different ways to make money. This aspect of life is also known as the ______economy______. P. 14-15

13. Plantation agriculture (farming), located in the ______Southern colonies______, depended on ______slave______labor to work the large areas of land all year. P. 15.

14. The colonies were bordered by the ______Atlantic______Ocean to the east and the ______Appalachian______Mountains to the west. P. 12, 20

15. The Southern Colonies grew a variety of plantation crops, including tobacco, ______rice______, and indigo. P. 15 16. Major colonial cities were located along the coast in order to have access to markets provided by natural harbors.

17. What economic system did the British use to increase their wealth by using the colonies as a source of raw materials and a market for British goods? R4 ______mercantilism______

18. The British felt it was fair to tax the colonists to help pay the expenses they had run up from which war? P. 23 _French & Indian War_

19. The passage of which law following the French & Indian War made the colonists feel like they were being controlled by the British? P. 21 ______Proclamation of 1763______

20. Charles de Montesquieu developed which principle of the constitution to prevent the abuse of power? P.19______separation of powers______

21. Colonial grievances against the king will be addressed in the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

22. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at ______Lexington and Concord______. P. 31

23. Thomas Paine wrote ______Common Sense______to encourage American independence. P. 28

24. Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army? P. 30 ______George Washington______

25. Thomas Jefferson said people have unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unalienable rights belong to all human beings and cannot _____be taken away without due process______. R7 He got the idea for unalienable rights from the English philosopher, __John Locke___ p. 30 The Declaration of Independence claims that it is the job of government to ______protect people’s rights and liberties_____. P. 29 Jefferson gives a list of ______grievances______against the king as evidence to support the cause of American independence. P. 29 The Declaration of Independence was accepted on ______July 4, 1776______.

26. The Battle of Saratoga gave the Americans confidence that they could defeat Britain and convinced the ______French______to send military aid to the United States. P. 31

27. Revolutionary heroes included men like Patrick Henry, Ethan Allen, Samuel Adams, and George Washington.

28. ______John Paul Jones______was a U.S. naval hero who received the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his “valor and brilliant services” during the Revolution. R 8

29. The Continental (American) Army received assistance from foreign fighters like Baron Von Steuben, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Bernardo de Galvez, and the ______Marquis de Lafayette______. P. 30

30. Put these events in the correct order: I. Battle of Saratoga II. Battles of Lexington and Concord III. Treaty of Paris IV. Declaration of Independence V. Battle of Yorktown. ______II., IV., I., V., III.______R9

31. The Treaty of Paris, 1783, officially recognized American ______independence______from Britain. P.31