SOL Preparation for US/VAHistory Part A

Getting ready for the SOL  There are less than 80 questions on the SOL Exam  They are multiple choice questions  Some include maps & graphs

 You have unlimited time in which to complete the test  Answer all questions, leave no question unanswered  The secret is in preparation, what is important to know

 People and events shape our history  We will identify as many important people and events as possible in order to be prepared to respond successfully on the SOL

Let’s Begin  Be sure to use a highlighter to identify key information  Make notes and page references to you text book to access more details

 Follow the slides and link the person or event with important knowledge  The slides, like the test follow a chronological sequence  We will do a practice test when we have finished

Columbian Exchange

Diseases  Disease kills a large segment of the indigenous population of America

Jamestown Virgina  1 st permanent English settlement  Jamestown Colony 1607  Tobacco

Mayflower Compact  Compact allows for the concept of majority rule  Part of today’s political decision making policy

Triangle Trade

Triangle Trade

13 Colonies

Colonial Settlement  Massachusetts & Puritans  Rhode Island – dissenters  Pennsylvania – Quakers  Maryland – religious toleration for Catholics

Plantation System  Agricultural system in the South. Cash crops like tobacco & cotton fuel slavery

Proclamation of 1763 & the Appalachian Mountains  After French & Indian War, bares western settlement beyond Appalachian Mountains By the English

Very Important Virginians  Virginia Declaration of Rights (George Mason)  Reiterated the notion that basic human rights should not be violated by governments  Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Thomas Jefferson)  Outlawed the established church—that is, the practice of government support for one favored church  Bill of Rights  James Madison, a Virginian, consulted the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom when drafting the amendments that eventually became the United States Bill of Rights

Thomas Paine  Wrote critical works Common Sense and The Crisis  Inspires the cause for the American Revolution

Shots heard around the World Lexington & Concord

Declaration of Independence July 4, Philadelphia

Declaration of Independence  Written by Jefferson  Ideas of John Locke (Natural Rights)  Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

Taking Sides

Benjamin Franklin  Inventor, scientist, and statesman  Helped to gain funds and support for the American cause

Yorktown, Virginia 1781  Last battle of the American Rev  French fleet make the difference