Thursday, January 21, 2010

Web Quest Unit 1 Words

missionary: a person sent by a church for a specific purpose
viceroy: a person made to rule a country as a deputy
Northwest Passage: an imaginary passage between the atlantic and pacific
Samuel De Champlain:
charter: a grant from a sovereign power creating a corporation
joint stock company:
Powhatan: Indian chief and father of pocahontas
House of Burgess
Royal Colony
Proprietary Colony
Puritan: group of settlers looking for religious freedom.
Separatist
Pilgrim
Mayflower Compact
John Winthrop
Pequot War
King Phillip’s War
Bacon’s Rebellion
Pocahontas: daughter of chief powhatan
Walter Raleigh
Indentured servant: a person who works in exchange for food and shelter
Triangular trade: trade between the colonies, Europe, and africa
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Habeas corpus
Salutary neglect
Mercantilism
Navigation Act: document sayin that the colonies can only trade with england
Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
French Indian War
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Albany Plan of Union
Stamp Act: a tax by the British on all printed goods
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Sons of Liberty
non-importation agreement
Boston Massacre
committee of correspondence
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
militia
Loyalist
Second Continental Congress
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Natural Rights:rights people are born with.
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Saratoga

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Am Rev Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the beginning of the Am Rev:
The shot heard around the world

Describe the battle of Lexington:
British were ambushed by militia

Describe the actions of the Second Continental Congress:
Army was formed under General Washington

Describe the book Common Sense and the affect it had on the colonies:
it argued for independence from Britain and it inspired the colonies to do so.

Describe the signing of the Dec of Independence: document declaring the colony’s independence from Britain.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas: the enlightenment ideas of john locke

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it:
They boycott british goods and then they pass more taxes

Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: a massacre in boston where soldiers fired into crowd killing 5.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre:

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: people dressed like Indians and threw tea into the harbor. The british shut down the port.

Describe the First Continental Congress and what policiews came out of it:
They decided to boycott british goods

bellringer:

Friday, January 15, 2010

Web Quest Unit 1 Words

missionary: a person sent by a church for a specific purpose
viceroy: a person made to rule a country as a deputy
Northwest Passage: an imaginary passage between the atlantic and pacific
Samuel De Champlain:
charter: a grant from a sovereign power creating a corporation
joint stock company:
Powhatan:
House of Burgess
Royal Colony
Proprietary Colony
Puritan: group of settlers looking for religious freedom.
Separatist
Pilgrim
Mayflower Compact
John Winthrop
Pequot War
King Phillip’s War
Bacon’s Rebellion
Pocahontas: daughter of chief powhatan
Walter Raleigh
Indentured servant
Triangular trade: trade between the colonies, Europe, and africa

The Causes of Am Rev Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the similarities and differences between the British and colonial govs:
They both had executives and 2 houses but executive is usually appointed by the king.

Describe why the British gov imposes new taxes on the colonies:
To pay for the war

Describe some of the new taxes imposed by the British gov in the 1760’s:
The sugar and stamp act.

Describe the Stamp Act and the colonist response to it:
A tax on all printed goods and they refused to pay it.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Wars of Empire Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why did the British and French fight over the colonies? territory

When go to war over the colonies, what group do the French and the British try to get on their side and Why? The Indians to shift the balance of power

Describe the events in the Ohio River Valley that led to the outbreak of war? The French built a fort to keep british out but they became enraged and sent Washington to evict.

How do British turn the tide of war? they set up blockades to cut off French supplies

Describe Pontiacs Rebellion:

Describe the aftermath of the French Indian War: british increased taxes to pay for war.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Colonial Life Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How were colonial govs set up and how did the Glorious Rev in England affect them?
Most were similar but differed in the way the way they were appointed. During the great revolution they were given self rule.

Describe the slave trade and how it affected the colonies:

Describe colonial trade and taxes:

Describe the commercial rev in the colonies:

Describe how the enlightenment affected the colonies:

Describe the Great awakening in the colonies: people became more religious.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Other Settlements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe initial Spanish exploration of the New World: they were in search of gold.

Describe Spanish exploration of what would become US including their treatment of Indians: they were looking for the fountain of youth and massacred many Indians

Describe French Exploration of the New World: the French were interested in finding the northwest passage.

Describe French founding of New Orleans:

Describe Dutch Exploration in North America:

Describe the discovery of Pennsylvania:

Thursday, January 7, 2010

New England Settlement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Puritans and why they came to the New World: they came to the new world in search of religious freedom.

Describe Puritan Society: very religious.

Describe Puritan interaction with the Indians: WARRR!!!!

Describe King Phillip’s War: Indians rebelling against colonists

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

VA Settlement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the first attempts at settling in what is the modern day US? It failed twice.

Why did the colonist settle in Jamestown? They saw it as good farmland.

What Indians did the colonist deal with in Jamestown?
Algonquian

What hardships did the people of Jamestown face?
Swamps, mosquitoes, and illness.

What crop becomes the one that allows Jamestown to turn a profit? Tobacco.

What are the effects of the Jamestown colonies expansion?
Indians were enraged because settlers took more land for plantations.

Describe Bacon’s Rebellion: war between Indians and settlers led by bacon.

bellringer:Why might Pocahontas’s marriage to john rolfe been seen as a way to end the war?
It created peace between the Indians and the settlers.