American history final

Know what the early Europeans in the Americas brought with them that killed many natives • Know the definition of a plantation • Know who the first European nation to establish colonies in the Americas was • Know the definition of colonization • Know who Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortes were and who they defeated • Know the 1st English attempt at a colony in the Americas • Know what country Christopher Columbus sailed for • Know what Columbus was hoping to find on his first voyage • Know which European country developed using African slaves on plantations • Know what was the one thing that Native Americans would not trade • Make sure you know the original 13 colonies (several questions) • Know why the Spanish turned to African slaves in their American colonies • Know what was the 1st successful/permanent English settlement in the Americas • Know what the goals were of the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas • Know what a colony under the direct control of the king is known as • Know what John Rolfe does to save Jamestown • Know some examples of cash crops from the colonies and the definition of a cash crop • Know the purpose of the Navigation Acts • Know what the theory of mercantilism is • Know why King Charles II made Massachusetts a royal colony • Know how the Puritans got their name • Know who held the lands that would later become known as New York, before the British seized them • Know what the “middle passage” is • Know what was considered the largest city in America during the mid-1700s • Know what the Stono Rebellion was and who was involved • Know what the Proclamation of 1763 was and its purpose • Know what the major industries were of the New England Middle colonies • Know what the Sugar Act was and why it was put in place • Know the nicknames of those who supported the King and the name of those that supported independence were • Know who the founders of the Sons of Liberty were • Know what Benedict Arnold is known for during the Revolutionary War • Know what trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts • Know in what event the first fighting took place between British redcoats and colonial minutemen • Know what the British response was to the Boston Tea Party • Know what the Sons of Liberty was formed in response to • Know who the author of the pamphlet Common Sense was • Know whose ideas Thomas Jefferson used when writing the Declaration of Independence • Know which British general surrendered at the final battle of the Revolutionary War • Know what document confirmed American Independence and set the new boundaries our nation • Know which founding father begins his military career during the French and Indian War • Know what the low point of the Revolutionary War was for the continental army • Know what the Continental army’s first victory was

Know which European country supported and later allied with the Americans during the Revolutionary War • Know what battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War • Know the month, day, and year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Chapters 4-9 • Know under the Articles of Confederation, how representation of each state in Congress was handled • Know who took part in writing The Federalist papers • Know the number of states needed to ratify the Constitution • Know what the Great Compromise was • Know the nickname for those who supported the Constitution and favored a balance of power between states and national government • Know what according to the Constitution, representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate are both based on what? • Know how many terms George Washington serves as President • Know who the president was that obtained the Louisiana Purchase • Know how many amendments the Bill of Rights included • Know what the purpose of the Bill of Rights was • Know who came up with the idea to move the capital from New York to Virginia in order to gain support for his national debt plan • Know why John Adams’ Alien and Sedition Acts made DemocraticRepublicans so outraged • Know why the United States go to war with Britain in 1812 • Know who the U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from • Know what the Sedition Act allowed the government to do • Know what the Monroe Doctrine was and what it was in response to • Know who was the first Secretary of State and who was the first Secretary of the Treasury in the U.S. • Know who were the first 3 presidents in order • Know which group was forcibly removed from their lands in the “Trail of Tears” • Know what political party Andrew Jackson began • Know what invention led to a sharp rise in the number of slaves imported to the U.S. • Know what sectionalism is • Know what the temperance movement was • Know who Nat Turner was and what he is known for doing • Know which president was known as the “accidental president” • Know what the Indian Removal Act was • Know which U.S. president dies from pneumonia a month after entering office • Know what the abolition movement was • Know the difference in the treatment of rural slaves versus urban slaves • Know what slavery looked like on small farms as opposed to large plantations • Know what immigrant group often filled in as strikebreakers for low wages • Know what demographic group often worked in textile factories in the 1820s • Know what emancipation means • Know what civil disobedience means • Know what a strike is • Know what working conditions were like in factories during the early to mid 1800s • Know what preachers termed in the 1800s as “a great national sin” • Know what secession is • Know why the Southern economy was dependent on slavery • Know the first state to secede from the Union • Know the topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was • Know the years of the Civil War • Know the president of the Confederacy • Know what the capital of the Confederacy was • Know what fort being attacked begins the Civil War • Know who was one of the most active and successful Underground Railroad conductors was • Know what nativism is • Know who was made commander of all Union armies by 1864 and later serves as president of the U.S. • Know the Union commander that burns a path of destruction through Georgia • Know what the single bloodiest single-day battle in American history is • Know the battle that is considered the turning point in the Civil War • Know who is responsible for assassinating Lincoln