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Unit 1

Unit 1. Test Review. List at least three reasons people colonized North America. Gold Glory God. Which states were part of the Southern Colonies? Middle? New England?. See our notes. What is the name for farms slaves were likely to work on? Which colonies were those farms located in?.

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Unit 1

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  1. Unit 1 Test Review

  2. List at least three reasons people colonized North America. • Gold • Glory • God

  3. Which states were part of the Southern Colonies? Middle? New England? • See our notes

  4. What is the name for farms slaves were likely to work on? Which colonies were those farms located in? • Plantations • Southern

  5. Which colony that was founded on principles of social equality and religious tolerance? • Middle Colonies

  6. List 3 reasons America wanted to become independent from Great Britain. • Sugar act – tax on sugar, molasses, and other imports • Stamp act –taxed almost all printed material • No representation in the British Parliament

  7. Define “propaganda.” Give one example from our unit • www.quizlet.com

  8. What is a militia? How is it different from the regular army? • www.quizlet.com

  9. What did they call it when Americans refused to buy British goods in protests of taxes? • www.quizlet.com

  10. What happened in the Boston Massacre? The Boston Tea Party? • Demonstration in 1773 by citizens of Boston who disguised themselves as Indians and raided three British ships in Boston harbor. They dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.

  11. In what year did the United States declared its independence from England? • 1776

  12. Who was the leader of the American Army? • George Washington

  13. What nation was our opponent in the Revolutionary war? Who was their king? • England • King George III

  14. Where did the first fighting between redcoats and minutemen occur? Why was it known as “The Shot Heard Round the World?” • Lexington and Concord

  15. What act taxed sugar, molasses and other imports? What act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies? • Sugar Act

  16. What were the Intolerable Acts? How did the colonists react to them? • See notes • Important to realize how the colonists reacted to them: the First Continental Congress drew up a declaration of colonial rights (Declaration of Independence)

  17. What does “No Taxation without Representation” mean? • Colonists were being taxed without having any say in the British Parliament.

  18. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? What is its introduction called? What 3 rights does it guarantee all citizens? • Thomas Jefferson • Life • Liberty • Pursuit of happiness

  19. Who led the Sons of Liberty? • Samuel Adams

  20. Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War? • France

  21. What treaty ended the Revolutionary War and set the boundaries of the new nation? • Treaty of Paris

  22. How did America win the revolutionary war? • They had the determination to outlast the British.

  23. Bonus! • The Revolutionary War was a violent battle for rights and freedoms. In winning the war, a new nation was created, America. • - What are two reasons American Colonists separated from England? • - Explain the thinking behind the protest “no taxation without representation!”

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