Unit One Test: A New Nation
Study Guide #1
Name:________________________________________________________________________________________________
COLONIZATION
1. Where was the first permanent English Colony and when was it established?
Religion
Society
Politics
Economy
New
England
MidAtlantic
Not on the Test
Southern
Religion in the Colonies
The Colonial Economy
New England
John Winthrop (MA) City on a ______________
The Triangular Trade
Tell how these regions contributed to the
Triangle Trade
The “Religious Freedom” Myth
Colonies: ___________________
Although the Puritans fled England to escape
religious persecution, but once they were in
America, they rejected people who didn’t believe
what they did in their own communities.
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Europe:
___________________
Africa:
___________________
Worst Passage of the Triangle
Trade:
___________________________________
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Anglican Church
PORTS: Boston, New York,
Supported by the
Philadelphia,
____________, which means
__________________
Charleston
____________ were paid to
the church.
2. Why was the middle passage the worst passage of the Triangular Trade?
3. Define Columbian Exchange and tell why it is significant.
REVOLUTION
4. Define Salutary Neglect.
5. What caused the French & Indian War?
1754-1763 _______________________________________ War
After the French and Indian War, Parliament decided to quarter troops in the American colonies and that
the colonists should pay to maintain the troops. The new restrictions and taxes Parliament placed on the
colonies included:
1763 The _____________ of ____________________________ of 1763, which restricted colonists from settling
west of the Appalachian Mountains
______________ Act (1764)
______________ Act (1765)
affected :
_______________________________________
affected :
__________________________________
“NO ________________________ WITHOUT ________________________”
1767 The Townshend Duties (Acts) Taxes on….
P___________
P___________
L___________
G___________
T___________
6. Who were the Sons of Liberty & what would they do?
7. How did England punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party and what were these actions called?
8. Why is Lexington & Concord called the “shot heard around the world?”
9. How was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
10. What Battle ended the Revolutionary War & what treaty ended it?
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTS
The early American colonists brought traditions of constitutional government with them to the New World. Two English
documents embody these traditions:
The _________________ ____________________, or “Great Charter,” was
signed by King John in 1215. The Magna Carta limited the power of the English
monarch and recognized the rights of individuals in the following ways:
Taxation ____ _________________
The king cannot tax unless he gets approval
from the people’s representatives
Trial by __________________
The ___________ of ____________
Everyone obeys the law – even the king.
English monarchs had to get the approval of ______________________ for all taxes.
Parliament was a representative body made up of nobles, bishops, and landowners.
William and Mary signed the English ___________________ of ___________________,
which established the following principle:
Parliament > King
The English Bill of Rights guaranteed many of the same liberties that Americans are guaranteed by our Bill of
Rights, including freedom of speech, freedom to petition the government, the right to bear arms, and protection
from cruel and unusual punishments.
Natural Rights (John _________________)
1. ________________________
2. ________________________
3. ________________________
John Locke wrote that the
purpose of government is to
protect people’s natural rights
of life, liberty, and property.
“Consent of the Governed”
April 1775
July 1776
Battles of
Declaration of
Independence
______________
&
_______________
(FINALLY)
“Right of Revolution”
It took fifteen months for the colonies to make a FULL
COMMITMENT to Revolution.
Why did it take so long?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
11. Who was the Declaration of Independence targeted towards?
12. What was America’s first government?
PROBLEMS:
Articles of Confederation
“A Firm League of Friendship”
Strengths
Weaknesses
_________________ Rebellion
shows America that a
__________________________________
was needed.
13. What was the original
purpose of the Constitutional
Convention?
Conflict and Compromise at the Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan
New Jersey
Plan
Great
(Connecticut)
Compromise
3/5
Compromise
For the South:
For the North:
14. What was the purpose of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
15. Describe Popular Sovereignty.
16. Define Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances.
17. Describe Federalism in your own words.
TWO PARTY SYSTEM
18. Describe Alexander Hamilton’s Economic Plan.
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19. How did Hamilton justify his Economic Plan?
(Jeffersonian)
REPUBLICANS
FEDERALISTS
Leaders
Federalism
Constitution
Economy
National Bank
Protective
Tariff
Federal Assumption
of State War Debts
Supporters
20. Summarize the Citizen Genet Incident.
21. What was the purpose of The Jay Treaty?
22. What was the purpose of the Pinckney Treaty and what did it do?
23. Summarize the XYZ Affair.
24. What did the Alien & Sedition Acts do?
25. How did the states of Kentucky and Virginia react to the Alien & Sedition Acts?
26. After the Election of 1800, how did Adams try to keep his party in power?
27. What came out of Marbury suing Madison to make him deliver the commissions?