Review: American History 1: 1000 – 1823 British and American Culture 1 Review by Ruth Anderson

American History Review: Early Colonial Era ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 2

Review 1) What was Columbus looking for when he ‘discovered’ America? –A western sea route to Asia 3

Review 2) Who funded Columbus’ first voyage? –Spain 4

Review 3) What was the result of the English defeat of the Spanish Armada? – England replaced Spain as dominant world power 5

Review 4) What did the Mayflower Compact do? – Established of a local form of government 6

Review 5) Why was it important? – It set the precedent for other colonies 7

Review 6) What was one of Roger Williams ‘dangerous ideas’? –The separation of church and state 8

Review 7) How did England’s wars in Europe affect the colonies in America? – They spilled over to the colonies 9

American History Review: English Colonial Era ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 10

Review 1) What was the significance of the Zenger trial? – Established that truth is a defense against libel 11

American History Review: Prelude to Revolution ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 12

Review 1) How did England tick off the colonists between 1750 and 1765? –By passing a series of Acts that limited the colonies or that cost them money 13

Review 2) How did the colonists resist the British government? – Resolutions, refusals, boycotts, violence 14

Review 3) What was the Boston Tea Party? – An act of resistance against the tea import tax 15

Review 4) What was the First Continental Congress? – A meeting of 12 of the colonies co-ordinate responses to the British government 16

American History Review: Conflict, Revolution & an Unlikely Victory ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 17

Review 1) What was the significance of the ‘Shot heard around the world'? – It started the American Revolution. 18

Review 2) Who did Congress choose to lead the American (Continental) Armies? – George Washington 19

Review 3) The American Revolution was _______ for the Americans – not easy 20

Review 4) How well did the American forces do for most of the revolution? – Not well. The British had the upper hand’ for much of the time. 21

Review 5) What was as important as weapons to the success of the American Revolution? – The written word 22

Review 6) The Americans could not have won the revolution without what? – Foreign aid 23

Review 7) When did the United States declare its independence? – July 4,

American History Review: A New Nation ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 25

Review 1) What did Shay’s Rebellion lead to? –Led to calls for a stronger central government –Congress calling for a constitutional convention. 26

Review 2) How did the Constitutional Convention revise the Articles of Confederation? – They didn’t revise them. Instead they created an entirely new form of national government. 27

Review 3) Who was the first president of the United States? – George Washington 28

Review 4) What is the Bill of Rights? – The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. 29

American History Review: The Early Republic ( ) Review by Ruth Anderson 30

Review 1) What was an unintentional consequence of the invention of the Cotton Gin? – The continuance of slavery in America More cotton was grown and needed to be picked 31

Review 2) What effect did the Sedition Act of 1798 have? – Virtually got ride of the First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press 32

Review 3) What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise? – To try to keep a balance between free and slave states 33