Miss Butcher Aim (Day 2): How do we review the colonial period for the regents exam? Do Now: Get into your groups. H.W: Complete review sheets 4-5 Complete the writetolearn essay. Complete the vocabulary (US History Regents Vocabulary 1-3) View the Powerpoint Slides labeled Review 1 (11 powerpoint presentations)

Colonial Period Review Activity We will be reviewing all the units from the colonial period until present day You will be required to choose a partner for the rest of the semester. You and your partner will answer review questions (multiple choice) in the class. Your grade will be based on the number of correct questions. Each partner will be required to write a few sentences showing why the answer was correct.

Review Question 1 In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented 1.colonial attempts to build a strong national government 2.efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies 3.steps in the growth of representative democracy 4.early social reform movements

Review Question 2 2. In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy? 1. Southern colonies 2. Middle Atlantic region 3. Northwest Territory 4. New England colonies

Review Question 3 3. The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it 1. placed quotas on immigration 2. discouraged the export of raw materials to England 3. placed restrictions on trading 4. encouraged colonial manufacturing

Review Question 4 4. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it 1. expressed the importance of self-government 2. established freedom of religion 3. created the first colonial judiciary 4. granted all males the right to vote

Review Question 5 5. “It is not the cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main [continent] of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty.... Nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by speaking and writing the truth.” — Andrew Hamilton, 1735 This courtroom summation helped establish which democratic principle in colonial America? 1. trial by jury 2. equal voting rights 3. protection of private property 4. freedom of the press

Review Question 6 6. The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to 1. avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians 2. make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains 3. prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley 4. allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

Review Question 7 “The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.” -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from this quotation? 1. The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. 2. Only the colonists’ elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes. 3. The English King should have the right to tax the colonists. 4. The colonists should be opposed to all taxation.

Review Question 8 8. The pamphlet Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War because it 1. convinced France to join in the fight against England 2. led to the repeal of the Stamp Act 3. created a new system of government for the United States 4. persuaded individuals who were undecided to support independence

Review Question 9 9. Which statement is most accurate about the movement for independence in the thirteen colonies? 1. The independence movement began soon after the founding of the Plymouth Colony. 2. Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to demands for independence. 3. The King of England required the colonists to become economically self-sufficient. 4. The movement for independence was equally strong in all of the colonies.

Review Question According to the Declaration of Independence, the fundamental purpose of government is to 1. protect people’s natural rights 2. equalize opportunities for all citizens 3. provide for the defense of the nation 4. establish a system of free public education

Review Question Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence? 1. The government should guarantee every citizen economic security. 2. The central government and state governments should have equal power. 3. If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown. 4. Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation’s best interest.

Review Question In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was influenced most by John Locke’s idea of (1) due process of law (2) natural rights (3) the rights of the accused (4) the right to privacy

Review Question "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;..." This quotation is evidence that some of the basic ideas in the Declaration of Independence were 1. limitations of the principles underlying most European governments of the 1700’s. 2. adaptations of the laws of Spanish colonial governments in North America. 3. adoptions of rules used by the Holy Roman Empire. 4. reflections of the philosophies of the European Enlightenment.

Colonial Period Review H.W: 1. Complete review sheets Complete the writetolearn essay. 3. Complete the vocabulary (US History Regents Vocabulary 1-3) 4. View the Powerpoint Slides labeled Review 1 (11 powerpoint presentations)