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US History S1
Study Guide for Semester 1 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a system where a country tries to earn money through trade with other countries? | mercantilism |
| Which goods would likely be exported from the colonies and shipped to Britain? | tobacco, rice, lumber, deer skins |
| Which colonies had a warm climate, long growing season, and fertile soils? | southern colonies |
| Who sought to recreate society in a way they thought God had intended? | the New England Colonies |
| How did the US colonies take advantage of Britain's "Salutary Neglect" policy? | by setting up local governments and secretly trading with other countries |
| The Mayflower Compact was an agreement to live by a _________ (two words) | social contract |
| What was the first representative assembly government in the American Colonies? | The House of Burgesses |
| What happened as a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763? | France lost all of its possessions in North America |
| Why did the proclamation of 1763 anger many colonists? | It made it illegal for colonists to settle on land west of the Appalachian mountains |
| How did the French and Indian War indirectly lead to the American Revolution? | the high cost of the war caused parliament to raise taxes on the colonies |
| Who would support the phrase "Give me liberty, or give me death"? | The Sons of Liberty |
| What did the Committees of Correspondence do? | They coordinated boycotts and monitored British actions |
| What punishments came after the Boston Tea Party? | the Intolerable Acts |
| What British law required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used? | the Stamp Act |
| What was the MAIN reason why colonists opposed British taxes? | They were being taxed without representation in British government |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | The committee of Five, and Thomas Jefferson was the primary author |
| How did Benjamin Franklin help the Continental Army? | He convinced the French to join with the patriots |
| At which battle did patriots cross the Delaware river on Christmas? | the Battle of Trenton |
| Which two foreign noblemen helped train and lead the Continental Army? | Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben |
| Who provided money, troops, weapons, military leadership, and naval support to the Continental Army? | France |
| What did the Continental Army use most effectively at the battles of Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown? | Geography |
| What did the 1783 Treaty of Paris do? | Ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the USA |
| How did the US defeat the British? | by outlasting them, and with aid from allies |
| What was a strength of the Articles of Confederation? | Land Policies |
| What banned slavery north of the Ohio river and created a system for setting up local governments? | Land Ordinances |
| What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | No federal court, no president, no power to tax |
| in 1786, what caused George Washington to send the military to Massachusetts? | Shay's Rebellion |
| What caused Shay's Rebellion? | Weak federal government, farm foreclosures |
| Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution?" | James Madison |
| What was NOT included as a part of the Constitution? | Unicameral legislature |
| Who would have wanted a weak federal or central government? | Anti-federalists |
| What essays played an important role in getting the Constitution ratified? | The Federalist Papers |
| What was the three-fifths compromise? | Enslaved people counted as 3/5 of a vote even though they still could not vote themselves |
| How were voting rights affected in the "Age of Jackson"? | Increasing numbers of people participated in the voting process |
| Who viewed Andrew Jackson as their champion? | Common people |
| How did the cotton gin affect southern workers? | it led to a growth in slavery |
| What did the 2nd Great Awakening lead to? | more protestant churches, temperance and women's rights movements, and the anti-slavery movement |
| What did workers in the temperance movement want? | to stop people from drinking alcohol |
| What event of the 1830s led to a massive forced migration of native Americans from Georgia to Oklahoma? | the Trail of Tears |
| What was Henry Clay's main goal? | to unite regional economies so that the country would be self-sufficient |
| Why did South Carolina pass the Nullification Act? | to protest tariffs |
| John C. Calhoun and President Andrew Jackson had a disagreement over ____________ that led to the Nullification Crisis | whether or not a state can ignore federal laws |
| What is something that Northern manufacturers and Southern planters would have disagreed on? | tariffs on finished goods |
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