Study+Guide+Part+I

This is the first part of the study guide. Part II will be posted tomorrow. We will review everything next week. Remember, the better you prepare, the better your chances of doing well on the final exam.



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 * Final Exam Study Guide** - Part I

1. Know the causes and results of the French and Indian War 2. Laws and taxes that caused conflict – know why they were created, what each law on the chart on the wiki was meant to do, and what the colonists did in response to it 3. Know the differences between Patriots, Loyalists/Tory, and neutralists 4. Important terms – Committees of Correspondence, Sons of Liberty, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, 1st Continental Congress, 2nd Continental Congress, Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence 5. What were the proposals from the two Congresses intended to do? Why? (Mention something about reconciling with Great Britain or breaking away) 6. Who wrote Common Sense? What was he doing when he wrote it? What effect did it have on the colonists? How copies were printed? Why is that significant (Remember, only about 2.5million people or so lived in the colonies at this time? 7. Why were the rights of women, African Americans, and Native Americans left out of the Declaration of Independence? Was it a good decision and why? (Make sure to mention how different people and regions in the colonies might have reacted.) 8. What did Thomas Jefferson mean with the statement, “All men are created equal…” in the Declaration? Explain. 9. What did signing the Declaration mean for the people that signed it? That is, if the colonists were unsuccessful, what could happen to them? Why? 10. What were some differences between the colonial militias and the Continental Army? 11. What advantages and disadvantages did both the colonists and British Army have in the war? 12. The first two battles of the revolution took place at Lexington and Concord. Why were British soldiers going to Concord in the first place? What did the colonists do? 13. Why is in unlikely that Revere, Dawes, and Prescott did not say, “The British are coming?”