US History A

1. US History A Final Exam Review

2. Know the Following: Location of territories added to the US and when/why they were added. See your map on Manifest Destiny. Be able to name the 13 original colonies.

3. Be familiar with these dates: • 1492 – Columbus discovers America • 1607 – Jamestown established • 1763 – End of French and Indian War • 1775 – American Revolution begins • 1776 – Declaration of Independence • 1783 – American Revolution ends • 1788 – Constitution ratified

4. Be familiar with these dates: • 1803 – Louisiana Purchase • 1812-1815 – War of 1812 • 1830 1850 – Age of Reform • 1846-1848 – War with Mexico • 1861-1865 – Civil War • 1865-1876 – Reconstruction • 1876-1900 – New Industrial Age • 1876-1915 – Age of Immigration

5. Colonist who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for paid passage to America

6. Indentured Servant Colonist who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for paid passage to America

7. Site of the first permanent English settlement

8. Jamestown Site of the first permanent English settlement

9. Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies

10. How American Indians were named Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies

11. What motivated Europeans to explore the world in the 15th and 16th centuries?

12. God, gold and glory What motivated Europeans to explore the world in the 15th and 16th centuries?

13. These people migrated to New England in order to escape religious persecution.

14. Puritans These people migrated to New England in order to escape religious persecution.

15. City where the British killed 5 colonists and where the colonists poured the taxed tea into the Harbor.

16. Boston, Massachusetts City where the British killed 5 colonists and where the colonists poured the taxed tea into the Harbor.

17. Site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

18. Lexington Site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

19. Asians reached North America by crossing a land bridge located here

20. Bering Strait Asians reached North America by crossing a land bridge located here

21. Agreement made by Puritans on board their ship in which they agreed to obey their own laws.

22. Mayflower Compact Agreement made by Puritans on board their ship in which they agreed to obey their own laws.

23. He brought settlers to the colony of Georgia

24. James Oglethorpe He brought settlers to the colony of Georgia

25. Laws enacted in the 1600s which enabled England to tightly control the trading of its colonies.

26. Navigation Act Laws enacted in the 1600s which enabled England to tightly control the trading of its colonies.

27. British policy in the 1700s of not interfering in the American colonies’ politics and economy as long as they were beneficial to the interests of the British.

28. Salutary Neglect British policy in the 1700s of not interfering in the American colonies’ politics and economy as long as they were beneficial to the interests of the British.

29. Religious movement that emphasized equality of people so that religion became more democratic and indirectly led to the American Revolution

30. Great Awakening Religious movement that emphasized equality of people so that religion became more democratic and indirectly led to the American Revolution

31. This is the term used to describe the horrible slave voyage to the Americas.

32. Middle Passage This is the term used to describe the horrible slave voyage to the Americas.

33. The difference in value between a country’s imports and its exports.

34. Balance of Trade The difference in value between a country’s imports and its exports.

35. An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth exporting more goods than it imports.

36. Mercantilism An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth exporting more goods than it imports.

37. This ended the French and Indian War which was won by Britain and stripped France of all her claims in the New World

38. Treaty of Paris 1763 This ended the French and Indian War which was won by Britain and stripped France of all her claims in the New World

39. The purpose of this was to stop westward expansion by the colonists and calm the Indian uprisings.

40. Proclamation of 1763 The purpose of this was to stop westward expansion by the colonists and calm the Indian uprisings.

41. This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to help convince the American colonists that a complete break with Britain was required.

42. Common Sense This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to help convince the American colonists that a complete break with Britain was required.

43. This was a statement of the reasons for the separation from Britain. It also stated that the purpose of government was to secure the people their God given rights.

44. Declaration of Independence This was a statement of the reasons for the separation from Britain. It also stated that the purpose of government was to secure the people their God given rights.

45. This American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

46. Saratoga This American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

47. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

48. Unalienable Rights Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

49. Site of an American victory in 1781 as well as the place where Cornwallis surrendered

50. Yorktown Site of an American victory in 1781 as well as the place where Cornwallis surrendered