1. SOL Preparation for US/VAHistory Part A

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

3.  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

4.  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

5. 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

6.  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

7. Columbian Exchange

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

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

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

12. Triangle Trade

13. Triangle Trade

14. 13 Colonies

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

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

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

18. 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

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

20. Shots heard around the World Lexington & Concord

21. Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 - Philadelphia

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

23. Taking Sides

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

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