Review: American History 1:

1000 – 1823

British and American Culture

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Review by Ruth Anderson

American History

Review: Early Colonial Era (1000 -1700)

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1) What was Columbus looking for when he ‘discovered’ America?

–A western sea route to Asia

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2) Who funded Columbus’ first voyage?

–Spain

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3) What was the result of the English defeat of the Spanish Armada?

– England replaced Spain as dominant world power

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4) What did the Mayflower Compact do?

– Established of a local form of government

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5) Why was it important?

– It set the precedent for other colonies

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6) What was one of Roger Williams ‘dangerous ideas’?

–The separation of church and state

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7) How did England’s wars in Europe affect the colonies in America?

– They spilled over to the colonies

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American History

Review: English Colonial Era (1700 - 1763)

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1) What was the significance of the Zenger trial?

– Established that truth is a defense against libel

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American History

Review: Prelude to Revolution (1763 - 1775)

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1) How did England tick off the colonists between 1750 and 1765?

–By passing a series of Acts that limited the colonies or that cost them money

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2) How did the colonists resist the British government?

– Resolutions, refusals, boycotts, violence

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3) What was the Boston Tea Party?

– An act of resistance against the tea import tax

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4) What was the First Continental Congress?

– A meeting of 12 of the colonies co-ordinate responses to the British government

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American History

Review: Conflict, Revolution & an Unlikely Victory

(1775 - 1783)

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1) What was the significance of the ‘Shot heard around the world'?

– It started the American Revolution.

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2) Who did Congress choose to lead the American (Continental) Armies?

– George Washington

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3) The American Revolution was _______ for the Americans

– not easy

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4) How well did the American forces do for most of the revolution?

– Not well. The British had the upper hand’ for much of the time.

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5) What was as important as weapons to the success of the American Revolution?

– The written word

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6) The Americans could not have won the revolution without what?

– Foreign aid

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7) When did the United States declare its independence?

– July 4, 1776

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American History

Review: A New Nation (1784 - 1790)

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1) What did Shay’s Rebellion lead to?

– Led to calls for a stronger central government

– Congress calling for a constitutional convention.

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2) How did the Constitutional Convention revise the Articles of Confederation?

– They didn’t revise them. Instead they created an entirely new form of national government.

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3) Who was the first president of the United States?

– George Washington

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4) What is the Bill of Rights?

– The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.

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American History

Review: The Early Republic (1789 - 1823)

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1) What was an unintentional consequence of the invention of the Cotton Gin?

– The continuance of slavery in America• More cotton was grown and needed to be

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2) What effect did the Sedition Act of 1798 have?

– Virtually got ride of the First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press

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3) What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?

– To try to keep a balance between free and slave states

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