FOR STARTERS
When you are given an essay
assignment, what process do you use
before you actually start writing?
FOR STARTERS
Turn to page 24 and answer the questions
under the “Chart Skills.”
FOR STARTERS
Turn to page 71 and answer the two
questions under “Chart Skills” on the
Columbian Exchange.
FOR STARTERS
Turn to page 129 and answer the bold
question under “Viewing History” after
reading the section on School Days.
FOR STARTERS
Turn to page 144 and look at the map
entitled, “North America in 1763.” Answer
questions 2-3 under Geography Skills.
FOR STARTERS
Turn to page 257 and read the American
Profile on Sandra Day O’Connor. Answer
the bold question.
HISTORY MIDTERM EXAM
REVIEW
Essay Topic #1
• Choose any one of the following:
Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act,
Townshend Act, or Sugar Act. First
explain why the Act you chose was
established by the British. Then
describe how the colonists reacted to
it.
Essay Topic #1
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Read and take notes:
Stamp Act (page 149-150)
Intolerable Acts (157-158)
Tea Act (155-157)
Townshend Act (page 150-151)
Sugar Act (page 148)
Essay Topic #2
• The goal of this essay is to
argue/debate what qualities are most
important in producing a good
American citizen. Conversely, I would
like you to argue qualities that make
people “bad” citizens. Think in terms
of the United States citizen as opposed
to any other country, because a good
citizen in one country may differ from
that in another.
Essay Topic #2
• Read pages 265-268
Essay Topic #3
• Explain the importance of the Louisiana
Purchase and the role that Lewis and
Clark played in discovering what things
existed between St. Louis, Missouri,
and the Pacific Ocean.
Essay Topic #3
• Read pages 306-310
VOCABULARY
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TRAITOR
MILITIA
NATURAL RIGHTS
RATIFY
BOYCOTT
LOYALIST
PATRIOT
VOCABULARY
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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION
PREAMBLE
CAVALRY
GUERILLA
VOCABULARY
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DEPRESSION
COMPROMISE
REPUBLIC
AMEND
EXECUTE
VOCABULARY
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CEDE
CURRENCY
DICTATORSHIP
HABEAS CORPUS
TARIFF
VOCABULARY
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CIVILIAN
LIBERTY
APPEAL
VETO
VOCABULARY
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IMPEACH
INFRASTRUCTURE
CIVIL
BILL
VOCABULARY
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NULLIFY
FACTION
NEUTRAL
FREE MARKET
EXPLORATION AND
COLONIZATION
• WHO WAS LEIF ERICSON?
• WHAT DID COLUMBUS DO? WHEN?
• WHO FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE
GLOBE?
• WHAT WAS THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT?
• HOW DID THE PILGRIMS SURVIVE…WHO
HELPED?
• WHAT WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT
ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH
AMERICA?
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
• WHAT WERE THE NEW ENGLAND
COLONIES?
• WHAT WERE THE MIDDLE COLONIES?
• WHAT WERE THE SOUTHERN
COLONIES?
• WHY DID THE PURITANS COME TO
THE NEW WORLD?
• WHY WERE PURITAN TOWN
MEETINGS IMPORTANT?
CRISIS IN THE COLONIES
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WHAT WAS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?
WHAT WAS THE BOSTON MASSACRE?
WHAT HAPPENED AT VALLEY FORGE?
WHAT ROLE DID TAXES PLAY IN
STARTING THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR?
• WHERE WAS THE “SHOT HEARD
ROUND THE WORLD”? (FIRST BATTLE
OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR)
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
• WHAT WAS THOMAS PAINE’S
COMMON SENSE?
• WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF
SARATOGA?
• WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF
YORKTOWN?
CREATING A REPUBLIC
• WHAT WAS OUR NATION’S FIRST
CONSTITUTION?
• WHAT IS PATRIOTISM?
• WHO LED THE FEDERALISTS?
• WHO LED THE ANTIFEDERALISTS?
• WHAT DOES NATURALIZE MEAN?
• READ THE PREAMBLE TO THE
CONSTITUTION (PAGE 223)
CREATING A REPUBLIC
(CONT…)
• WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND
CONSTITUTIONS?
• WHAT DO THE FIRST THREE
ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
COVER?
• WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
• WHAT RIGHTS ARE IN THE BILL OF
RIGHTS?
THE EARLY REPUBLIC
• HOW MANY TERMS DID GEORGE
WASHINGTON SERVE?
• WHAT WAS “MANIFEST DESTINY”?
• WHAT WAS THE ALIEN ACT?
• WHAT WAS THE SEDITION ACT?
• WHAT WAS MARBURY V. MADISON?
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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WHAT WAS A WAGON TRAIN?
WHO WAS SANTA ANNA?
WHERE WAS THE ALAMO?
WHAT WAS THE “BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC”?
WHAT WAS THE “LONE STAR REPUBLIC”?
WHO WERE THE MORMONS? WHO LED
THEM TO UTAH?
• WHAT NATURAL RESOURCE CAUSED
THOUSANDS TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA IN
1848?
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
STUDY!!!!!!!!!