Midterm Study Guide PDF

**Famous People: Be able to identify these people based on a short description** - - Walter Raleigh - William Penn - Roger Williams - John Smith - Pocahontas - Nathaniel Bacon - John Winthrop - Edmund Andros - George Whitfield - Jonathan Edwards - John Locke - D...

**Famous People: Be able to identify these people based on a short description** - - Walter Raleigh - William Penn - Roger Williams - John Smith - Pocahontas - Nathaniel Bacon - John Winthrop - Edmund Andros - George Whitfield - Jonathan Edwards - John Locke - Daniel Boone - Henry Knox - John Adams - Samuel Adams - William Pitt - George Washington - Thomas Jefferson - Benjamin Franklin - Thomas Paine - James Madison - Alexander Hamilton **Timeline: Be able to match these events with their year.** - Founding of Jamestown. - Founding of Plymouth - Founding of Carolina - Outbreak of King Phillip's War. - Glorious Revolution - Battle of Lexington and Concord - Battle of King's Mountain - Battle of New York City - Battle of Saratoga - Battle of Yorktown **Maps: Be able to match these places with their location on a map.** - - Quebec - Carolina - New Mexico - Virginia - New England - France - Germany - Spain - England - The Netherlands - Battle of New York - Battle of Lexington and Concord - Battle of Quebec - Battle of Saratoga - Battle of Philadelphia - Battle of Yorktown - Battle of King's Mountain - Battle of Charleston - Battle of Camden - Battle of Guilford Courthouse **Short answer prompts. I will give you five of these on the exam. You will have to write on three of them. Study all these prompts so that you are well prepared.** 1. Why did England want to create colonies? 2. What explains the differences between Virginia and New England? 3. How did political turmoil in 17th century Britain influence life in the colonies? 4. What was the relationship between religion and government in the colonies? 5. How and why did Virginia shift from indentured servitude to slavery? 6. How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade work? 7. What caused the Consumer Revolution, and how did it change American life? 8. How did the antislavery movement begin in North America? 9. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Awakening? 10. What role did American colonists play in the Seven Years War? 11. How did England try to raise money from the colonists? 12. Why did the United States declare independence? 13. What compromises were made at the Constitutional Convention? 14. How did the French and Haitian Revolutions affect the United States?