Name_________________________________
Period_____
Study Guide Final – 1st Semester
Directions: Write definitions of vocabulary or main idea of each event located
under “Vocab/Events” category. Answer questions that follow. You may use
another sheet of paper or create flash cards for practice!
Chapters 1 & 2 – _________________________
Important Vocab/Events - 3 G’s, Columbian Exchange
Questions:
Why did explorers want to come to America?
How did exploration affect Native Americans?
Chapter 3 - ______________________________
Important Vocab/Events – Charter, Indentured Servant, Pacifist, Roanoke, Jamestown, reform, tobacco,
persecution
Questions:
How did each region of the 13 colonies form? (Da Boot, Da Bread, Da O/Crown)
Chapter 4 - ________________________________
Important Vocab/Events: Middle Passage, Triangular Trade, Enlightenment, French and Indian War, Treaty
of Paris 1783, Proclamation of 1763
Questions:
How did each region of the 13 colonies (NE, Middle and Southern) make money? Think about
the geography of each region. Which countries were fighting in the F&I War? Who won?
Importance of war? How did slave trade impact the southern colonies?
Chapter 5 - ________________________________
Important Vocab/Events - Boycott, Propaganda, Stamp Act, Navigation Acts, Coercive (Intolerable) Acts,
Militia, Loyalist, Patriot, Common Sense, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, 1st Continental Congress, 2nd
Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill
Questions:
What did “No Taxation without Representation” mean?
How did Thomas Paine and Paul Revere use propaganda to persuade colonists to become Patriots?
KEEP GOING! TURN TO OTHER SIDE.
Chapter 6 - _________________________________
Important Vocab/Events – Blockade, Guerrilla warfare, Battle of Trenton, Valley Forge, Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris 1783
Questions:
How did America gain allies during the Revolutionary War? Which nations helped them?
What were the conditions of the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Chapter 7 - ________________________________
Important Vocab/Events - Articles of Confederation, Republic, Constitution, Ratify, Great Compromise,
Antifederalists, Federalists
Questions:
How did the Great Compromise include both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
Why was the Articles of Confederation ineffective (2 reasons)?
Constitution Unit
Important Vocab/Events – Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Federalism, Checks and
Balances, Amendment, Bill of Rights, Rights/Responsibilities/Duties of a citizen
Questions:
What are the main purposes of the 3 Branches of Government?
Which groups/people are located in the 3 Branches of Government?
How can the 3 Branches of government “check” each other (Give 3 examples)?
How does a bill get created into a law?
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
DO YOUR BEST…FORGET THE REST!