U.S.

I Mid Term Review Sheet

Terms and Events to Know:

Chapter 3 Chapter 6
Salem Witchcraft Trials Judiciary Act of 1789
Glorious Revolution XYZ Affair
Salutary Neglect Marbury V. Madison
Enlightenment, Great Awakening War of 1812
Navigation Acts Alien and Sedition Acts
Middle Passage, Triangular Trade
Cash Crop
Parliament
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763

Chapter 4
Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Intolerable Acts People to Know
Boston Massacre Chapter 3
Sons of Liberty George Washington
Committees of Correspondence Ben Franklin
Loyalists King James II
Minutemen
Olive Branch Petition Chapter 4
Common Sense Samuel Adams
Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
Valley Forge, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown John Locke
Treaty of Paris Friedrich Von Steuben
Inflation, egalitarianism Marquis de Lafayette
Thomas Paine
Chapter 5
Republic Chapter 5
Articles of Confederation James Madison
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Chapter 6
Shays Rebellion Alexander Hamilton
Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise Edmond Genet
Legislative, Executive, Judicial branches Thomas Pinckney
Checks and Balances Little Turtle
Electoral College Tecumseh
Ratification Andrew Jackson
Bill of Rights John Adams
Put in Chronological Order
Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Lexington and Concord, Boston Tea Party, Boston
Massacre

Also Know
New Jersey Plan, Representation in the House
Representation in the Senate, Sectionalism, elastic clause, 3 branches of the federal
government

Map: Louisiana Purchase, Spanish Territory, Oregon Territory, and states as of 1815.

Extended Response: You will have to know two of these.

1. Explain the causes and the results of the French and Indian War.
Think About:
• why England and France were rivals in North America
• the territories that were lost and gained by each side
• how the outcome of the war affected Native Americans

2. The Continental Army suffered serious setbacks at the beginning of the Revolutionary
War. How were the Americans able to turn things around and defeat the British?
Think About:
• military leadership
• foreign assistance
• strategic mistakes made by the British

3. Why did the Articles of Confederation prove inadequate for governing the new
nation?
Think About:
• national unity under the Confederation
• the lack of an executive branch
• economic issues such as taxation and national debt
• how the Confederation dealt with other nations

4. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were brilliant advocates of very different
visions of what America should be. Compare and contrast their visions.
Think About:
• the role of a strong central government versus state and local governments
• who should play a leading role in government
• how best to protect individuals’ rights