US History Study Guide: Unit 2 Exam

Directions: Complete this study for your test that is next Thursday/Friday. All the answers can be found in
your notes. If you do not have them then go to my website: www.ushmaynardjackson.weebly.com
Answers can also be found in the book (under your desk). Answers start on pg. 85 and can be found in Chpt. 3-6
Terms to Know- write a short sentence to describe each term
French & Indian War

Treaty of Paris (1763): What did it decide?

Stamp Act

Sons of Liberty

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

Quartering Act

1
st
Continental Congress

2
nd
Continental Congress

George Washington (both as soldier &
president)

Marquis de LaFayette

Lexington & Concord

Trenton

Valley Forge

Yorktown

Committee of Correspondence

Loyalist

Patriots

Common Sense

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Shays Rebellion

Constitutional Convention 1787

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Plan (what else was it known as?)

Three-fifths Compromise

Federalist Papers

Federalists

Anti-Federalists

Bill of Rights

Whiskey Rebellion

Proclamation of Neutrality

Democratic Republicans

Northwest Ordinance

Marbury vs. Madison

Louisiana Purchase
Questions Answer each question
1. Draw a Venn diagram of the Articles of Confederation and Constitution. Put the following terms
in the correct part of the diagrams:
-Federal govt can tax -Legislative Branch -Executive Branch -Judicial Branch
-1 natl currency -Federal borrows $$$ from state -Federal Govt declares war
-States have majority of power -1 vote per state -2 house legislature
2. What was the Proclamation of 1763, and what were its effects on the colonies? What did it
ultimately lead to?

3. Why did the colonists write the Declaration of Independence?

4. Give 3 reasons why the Louisiana Purchase was significant.

5. Describe the conditions at Valley Forge.

6. What does it mean to have inalienable or natural rights? What document guarantees citizens these
rights?

7. Make a T chart comparing the Federalist and Democratic Republic parties.

8. What was the significance of Shays Rebellion?

9. What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?

10. What was the significance of Common Sense?

11. What are the Alien and Sedition Acts? Make sure to explain both.

12. Proclamation of 1763: What did it say? Who was angry?