American Revolution and Colonization Notes Assessment Questions
Answer the following questions on your own paper in
COMPLETE SENTENCES!!
1.) What was the first colony established and what was their main crop?
2.) How did tobacco help sustain Jamestown?
3.) Why did colonists claim they needed slaves or indentured servants?
4.) What is the difference between indentured servants and slaves?
5.) Create a chart comparing and contrasting the New England, Middle, and Southern COlolnies
6.) *List the 4 causes of the American Revolution.
7.) How did the French and Indian War cause the American Revolution?
8.) Why were colonist upset about taxation without representation?
9.) How did the Boston Massacre lead to the American Revolution?
10.) What impact did the Boston Tea Party have on the American Revolution?
11.) Why are militias essential to winning the American Revolution?
12.) What do American’s adopt in 1776 and who drafted this document?
13.) What country helps the Americans win the Revolution?
14.) What was the first official self-governing document for America?
15.) What was the problem with the Articles of Confederation?
16.) What did Shay’s rebellion show?
17.) What’s the difference between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan?
18.) Explain the Great Compromise.
19.) *Draw a chart comparing and contrasting Anti- Federalist and Federalist.
20.) How would you identify anti-federalist and federalist with today’s political parties?
21.) What advice did George Washington give us about political parties?
22.) What happened at Bacon’s Rebellion?
23.) What does Alexander Hamilton create and why did he argue the country could not survive without it?
24.) *Define Alien Act & * Sedition Act.
25.) What did Thomas Jefferson purchase that doubled the size of the country?
26.) How does this purchase fulfill Manifest Destiny?
27.) Explain how we discover what exist in the LA Territory and who makes this discovery.
28.) Why is the Battle of New Orleans during the war of 1812 significant?
29.) *Draw a chart comparing and contrasting the North and the South.
30.) What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
31.) Why would President Monroe think he was justified to issue the Monroe Doctrine?
32.) Why did Jackson appeal to southern voters?
33.) What did the Indian Removal Act seek to do?
34.) In 1838, what did federal troops force 15,000 Cherokees to do & What is the nickname for this journey?
35.) *Define a protective tariff.
36.) How did a protective tariffs help the American Economy?
37.) What caused the panic of 1837?
American Revolution and Colonization Notes Assessment Questions
Answer the following questions on your own paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!
1.) Where did the Second Great Awakening begin?
2.) How was the temperance movement influenced by the Second Great Awakening?
3.) Why were temperance ladies campaigning for prohibition?
4.) *Define abolitionists.
5.) Justify the abolitionist’s argument to end slavery.
6.) Justify southerner’s argument for slavery.
7.) * Define Feminism
8.) Why did abolitionist like feminist?
9.) What did the women want at Seneca Falls?
10.)
*Define manifest destiny.
11.)
Who were expansionists?
12.)
How did Thomas Jefferson prove he was an expansionists?
13.)
What advantage does the North already have over the South?
14.)
*List the 3 things you had to do to get cheap land in Texas.
15.)
Why was it difficult for settlers in Texas to follow through with the request of
Mexico?
16.)
What is the battle cry from the War for Texas Independence?
17.)
Why are Northerners and abolitionist concerned with Texas becoming a state?
18.)
Why were many people against the Mexican-American War (it’s not slavery)?
19.)
*List the 4 new territories we acquired from the Mexican-American War.
20.)
Why did Americans migrate to California in 1849 and what was their nickname?
21.)
What were the effects of the Gold Rush?
22.)
Explain why slavery was not the cause of the Civil War
23.)
What was the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
24.)
What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
25.)
How would the Missouri Compromise settle the issue of slavery in new states?
26.)
Explain the two parts of the Missouri Compromise.
27.)
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act follow the Compromise of 1850?
28.)
What happened at John Brown’s Raid?
29.)
Which southern state was the first to secede & did they act appropriately?
Explain.
30.)
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
31.)
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation ineffective?
32.)
What was Lincoln’s goal throughout the Civil War?
33.)
Which side was victorious in the Civil War and why?