US History
Unit 1 review
30a - locate and identify the original British colonies
30b - explain Virginia's development including the Virginia Company, tobacco cultivation, relationships with Native Americans such as Powhatan,
development of the House of Burgesses, Bacon's Rebellion, and slavery origins and slave trade
30c - compare and contrast the Puritans and Pilgrims in New England, including religion; relations with Native Americans including King Phillip's War;
political development, including town meetings; Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut; religious tensions that led to
colonies such as Rhode Island, the half-way covenant, Salem Witch Trials, and the loss of Massachusetts' Charter; religious tensions that led to the
founding of Rhode Island, and the transition to a royal colony
30d - explain the development of the mid-Atlantic colonies including the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and its subsequent English takeover,
the role of Peter Stuyvesant, and the settlement of Pennsylvania, and William Penn and the Quakers
30e - explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec (fur trade)
30f - explain the Spanish colonial presence in Florida and its impact on the creation of Georgia as a buffer colony
30g - analyze the impact of location & place on colonial settlement, transportation, & economic development; include Jamestown & New York City
31a - explain the American colonial role in the development of mercantilism and the trans-Atlantic trade
31b - describe the Middle Passage, growth of the African population, African-American culture, and the Navigation Acts (mercantilism)
31c - identify Benjamin Franklin as he pertains to the development of the U.S. government from poverty to founding father
31d - explain the significance of the Great Awakening as the emergence of the American identity
32d - explain the roles of limited government in colonial government and the impact of the British policy of salutary neglect
The first Americans
o How did the first people come to the Americas?
o What cultural traits did Native Americans generally have in common?
o How did native tribes in North America differ in their cultures?
European Exploration
o What major historical event caused the Europeans to begin the Renaissance and to
start working on exploration?
o What were the three reasons for European exploration?
o What European groups explored the New World, and where did each go?
o Where was Christopher Columbus from?
o What theory was Columbus really trying to prove when he sailed to America?
o How did early colonies in Americas impact the natives?
o How did early colonies in Americas impact the Europeans?
o What was the Columbian Exchange?
o Why did Spain end up controlling so much of the Americas?
Jamestown
o How was the Virginia Company set up, and how did it make a profit?
o What problem did the Jamestown settlers have the first year?
o Who helped them?
o What was the invention that saved Jamestown, and who was the inventor?
o Explain the Headright System, and the system of indentured servitude?
o Why were the early Virginians less likely to own slaves than hire indentured servants?
o What is significant about the House of Burgesses?
o Why did the king take control of Jamestown?
o Explain the story of Bacon’s Rebellion. How did it involve 3 different groups: western
farmers, eastern planters, and natives?
Massachusetts
o What is the theological difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
o What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
o What was the Halfway Covenant, and why did it become necessary?
o What was the significance of town meetings in Massachusetts?
o Who was Roger Williams? What arguments did he have with the Puritans?
o What two things is Roger Williams famous for starting?
o Who was Anne Hutchinson?
o What is the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
o What was the original misunderstanding between the natives and the colonists?
o What happened in the Pequot War?
o What happened in King Philip’s War?
The Middle Colonies
o What is the origin of New Netherland?
o Why did the British feel that it was in their best interests to conquer New Netherland?
o What happened when the British invaded New Netherland?
o Who were the Quakers?
o How did William Penn get a whole colony as his personal property?
o How was Pennsylvania’s land ownership drastically different from Virginia’s? How did
that shape their society?
o What country was Delaware originally a colony of?
o What group was Maryland founded for?
o Why did the colony of Carolina split to North and South Carolina?
o What was the purpose of the Georgia colony?
o Which colonies were primarily founded for which purposes? (religious freedom,
business profits, or military)
Mercantilism
o In the economic system of Mercantilism, what were the two goals of every country?
o Why did the British government become frustrated with American businessmen?
o What were the provisions of the Navigation Acts?
o What happened as a direct result of the Navigation Acts?
o What was salutary neglect?
The Southern Colonies
o Why were there few cities in the South?
o What cash crops did plantations in each of the four southern colonies typically grow?
o Why did the indentured servant program fall apart?
o How did the Triangular Trade work?
o What was the Middle Passage?
o What was the life of a slave like in the south?
o What happened in the Stono Rebellion?
The Northern Colonies
o Why were northern farms much smaller than southern plantations?
o Why did cities become much more important in the northern colonies?
o Who were the most socially influential people in the north? Why?
o Why did immigrant groups tend to go to northern colonies instead of southern
colonies?
o What happened in the Salem Witch Trials?
o What was the Enlightenment?
o What caused the Great Awakening?
o What did Jonathan Edwards do?
o How was the Great Awakening related to the establishment of many important
universities?
Benjamin Franklin
o When did he live?
o What were the circumstances of his childhood?
o How did he become rich and famous?
o What are some innovations and inventions that he developed?
o What role did Benjamin Franklin have in the revolution?
o How did Benjamin Franklin strategically contribute to the US winning the Revolutionary
War?