Name:______________________________________________
Study Guide: Road to Revolution
Main Idea: Citizen action can create significant change.
Unit Test: Monday, November 17
Unit Essential Vocabulary:
Revolution
Negotiation
Conflict
Boycott
Resolve
Treaty
Protest
Amend/Amendment
Debate
Propaganda.
Compromise
How did Britain’s distance and their economic situation following the French and Indian War influence how it governed the colonies?
Potential Factual Content:
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Governing from a distance
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Mercantilism
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Proclamation of 1763,
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War Debt
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Attempts to prevent further conflicts with Native Americans
Why were the American colonists unhappy with the British Parliament and the King?
Potential Factual Content:
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Restrictions on westward settlement
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Taxation without representation
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Quartering Act
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Townshend Acts
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Intolerable Acts
How did citizen action promote change in the American colonies?
Name:______________________________________________
Potential Factual Content:
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Albany Plan
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Sons of Liberty
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Boston Massacre
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Boycott
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Boston and Edenton Tea parties
How did the colonists debate, compromise and negotiate among themselves and with Britain prior to the Revolutionary War?
Potential Factual Content:
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Loyalists (Tory)
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Patriots
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East vs. West in NC
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Committee of Correspondence
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First Continental Congress
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Common Sense
Fight for Independence
Main Idea: When citizens feel that their rights and freedoms have been violated, they are likely to revolt.
How did the American Revolution begin?
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Mecklenburg Resolves
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Lexington & Concord
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“Shot Heard Around the World”
What democratic ideas were used in the creation of the Declaration of Independence?
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Second Continental Congress
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National Identity
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Unalienable Rights
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Representative government
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Responsibilities of government
What were the significant events of the American Revolution?
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Saratoga
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Battle of Guilford Courthouse
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Valley Forge
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Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
Name:______________________________________________
How did leadership influence the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
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George Washington
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Ben Franklin and John Adams
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Marquis de Lafayette
How did the Revolution affect the development of North Carolina and the United States?
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Desire for democracy and representative government
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Demand for protection of individual rights (response to violations made by British government)
New Nation
Main Idea: Debate, compromise and negotiation are necessary for creating a structure for government.
How did America meet the challenges of being an independent nation following the Revolution?
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Articles of Confederation and failures of it
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Newly acquired land
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How do we get out of debt and improve economy?
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Shay’s Rebellion
How was debate, compromise and negotiation part of the development of the US Constitution?
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Constitutional Convention
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Federalists/Anti-Federalists
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James Madison
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Great Compromise
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3/5 Compromise
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Constitution of US
What are the three branches of government established by the US Constitution and how is power balanced among them?
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Legislative
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Executive
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Judicial
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Separation of powers
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Checks and balances
What issues cased NC to refuse to ratify the US Constitution in 1777?
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Lack of protection for individual rights
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Bill of Rights
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Rhode Island
How did inability to reach consensus prompt the creation of political parties?
Name:______________________________________________
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Federalists
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Democratic-Republicans
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John Adams
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Alexander Hamilton
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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strength of federal government
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foreign allegiances.
Who has access to democratic rights and freedoms under the new government of the United States?
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Slaves
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Women
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land owners
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Native Americans
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poor farmers
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business owners
How did George Washington establish the role and function of the presidency of the United States?
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Cabinet
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2 term presidents
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farewell address
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warning against political parties and involvement in foreign affairs
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whiskey rebellion