Unit I Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Monday, September 30th

Resources: (what to study from)

Textbook: Chapters 4 and 5 (see your Cornell notes!) A Young Peoples History, Chapter 3 (Bacons Rebellion) George Washingtons journal excerpt Boston Massacre & Boston Tea Party videos (see website & notes) Additional class notes/materials

Key Terms:
Cash Crop The Enlightenment Militia Bacons Rebellion Plantations Quartering Act Loyalist Democracy Townshend Acts Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Boston Tea Party Patriot Boycott Battle of Lexington & Concord Propaganda Intolerable Acts Continental Congress Boston Massacre

Essential Questions:
- What were the three regions of the colonies? How was each region different from one another (consider their major industries, who founded them, and beliefs/ideas that set them apart) - What ideas developed in the 13 colonies that influenced the coming of the American Revolution? - How did competition for land in North America lead to the French and Indian War? - How did American colonists react to new British policies after the French and Indian War?

- What types of people joined Bacons Rebellion? Why did they join? - Why did the British government establish new policies and taxes in the 1770s? - Why did American colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763? - How did American colonists react to the Boston Massacre? - Were the colonists justified in carrying out the Boston Tea Party? Explain why? *** - Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord important? - What were the beliefs of the Loyalists and Patriots?