SS+Vocab+&+Review+Q's

Vocab:
Quarter 1
 * 1) adapt:
 * 2) alliance / ally:
 * 3) ceded:
 * 4) duty:
 * 5) debt:
 * 6) boycotted:
 * 7) petition:
 * 8) monopoly:
 * 9) repeal:
 * 10) minutemen:

Quarter 2
 * 1) diplomat:
 * 2) blockade:
 * 3) mercenaries:
 * 4) Thomas Paine:
 * 5) resolution:
 * 6) Richard Henry Lee:
 * 7) Declaration of Independence:
 * 8) compromise

Review Q's:
//Quarter 1:// //O9: Identify on a map, modern European places related to historic events being studied// //O10: Identify physical and cultural regions of Europe: Country and capitals// //O11: Review the causes and effects of the French and Indian War// //O12: Review the causes and effects of the American Revolution//
 * 1) How long ago did the earliest Americans arrive?
 * 2) What continent did they come from?
 * 3) Why did they come?
 * 4) How did they get here?
 * 5) Throughout the 1400's the Aztecs conquered most of what country?
 * 6) Throughout the 1400's the Incas had created an empire on what continent?
 * 7) By the 1500's Native Americans had adapted to their environments in North America; what does it mean to __adapt__?
 * 8) What do we call soldier-adventurers from Spain who set out to explore and conquer the Native Americans?
 * 9) Why were soldier-adventurers from Spain trying to conquer the Native Americans? What did they want?
 * 10) In 1520, which Spanish, soldier-adventurer conquered the Aztecs?
 * 11) In 1533, which Spanish, soldier-adventurer conquered the Incas?
 * 12) What are three reasons that the Spanish were victorious over the Native Americans?
 * 13) What were the French and the British competing for in the 17th century?
 * 14) What year was the French colony of Quebec established?
 * 15) What year was the British colony of Jamestown established?
 * 16) In 1753, what caused the French and British to clash after 150 years of peace?
 * 17) It's called the French and Indian War because...
 * 18) Which tribe of Indians allied themselves with the French?
 * 19) Who did the British send to force the French out of the Ohio River Valley?
 * 20) What was happening to the British in 1755?
 * 21) In 1757, the British turned the tide. What does "turned the tide" mean?
 * 22) What tactic allowed the British to turn the tide?
 * 23) In 1759, the British conquered which New France city?
 * 24) In 1763, when France ceded to the British what did they lose?
 * 25) What does the word debt mean? Why do you think that the British had a large debt after the war?
 * 26) Why do you think the Colonists were able to develop a sense of unity?
 * 27) Why did the Native Americans get mad when the Colonists started moving into the Ohio River Valley?
 * 28) What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
 * 29) Why did the British Parliament pass this provision?
 * 30) What is a duty?
 * 31) What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that put a duty on several products, including molasses?
 * 32) What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that required British Colonists to provide homes and food for British soldiers?
 * 33) What was the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that put a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents?
 * 34) Name two non-violent forms of protest used by the British Colonists.
 * 35) Parliament repealed all of the Townshend duties except which one?
 * 36) What is the name of the incident in which five unarmed British Colonists were killed by British soldiers in Boston?
 * 37) What is the name of the provision passed by the British Parliament that gave the East India Tea Company a monopoly on Tea?
 * 38) What happened in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773 in response to the above provision?
 * 39) What is the name of the provisions passed by the British Parliament in response to the events that occurred on December 16, 1773?
 * 40) Who was at the First Continental Congress?
 * 41) What did the First Continental Congress do?
 * 42) Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
 * 43) Why did the First Continental Congress meet?
 * 44) The first shot of the American Revolution occurred in what city?

//Quarter 2:// //O12: Review the causes and effects of the American Revolution// //O26: Recognize the country's development into a republic// //O27: Explain the major significance of the Constitution, Bill of Rights//
 * 1) The Patriots were made up of which two kinds of Colonists?
 * 2) The Loyalists were made up of which two kinds of Colonists?
 * 3) What were three additional groups that fought as allies with the British during the American Revolution?
 * 4) The Second Continental Congress sent two petitions to the King; What were they called?
 * 5) How many British troops were sent to the Colonies in response to the petitions sent by the Second Continental Congress?
 * 6) What was the name of the British fort that was attacked by the Green Mountain Boys on May 10, 1775?
 * 7) What kind of weapons did the Green Mountain Boys take when they took over the fort?
 * 8) Why were the British able to win the Battle of Bunker Hill?
 * 9) Who wrote the book Common Sense?
 * 10) How did Common Sense change people's thinking about a war for independence?
 * 11) What is a resolution?
 * 12) Who presented a resolution to Congress that stated that the colonies should be free?
 * 13) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
 * 14) How many sections did the Declaration of Independence have?
 * 15) What was the Preamble?
 * 16) What are the four main points of the Second Section of the Declaration of Independence?
 * 17) What is a grievance?
 * 18) What was the date of the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
 * 19) What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?