Social Studies Test Information

Vocabulary:

Great Awakening

Plantations

Charter

Indentured Servants

Middle passage

Triangular trade route

Proclamation

Protest

Boycott

Militia

Revolution

Declaration

Patriots

Loyalists

Mercenaries

Ratify

Constitution

Delegates

Compromise

Know:

Notes on Colonies (Some students have misplaces these notes so here they are.)
Know details about each region and who started major colonies. 

New England Colonies	Middle Colonies	Southern Colonies
__________________________ was the center of life in the colonies. The main religious group was known as the _____________________________. Life: All decisions were made at ______________________, and only ___________________________ can vote. New England’s soil was rocky so they __________________________________ __________________________________ New England was the leaders in __________________________________ which was the start of industries. The _____________________ trade routes connected colonies to Europe, Caribbean and Africa. Africans were captured for slavery, their voyage was known as the _____________ __________________________.	The _______________________ took over the Dutch colony in 1664. New Amsterdam was now called ________________________. Charter- William Penn started the colonies of ________________ and ______________. Many people worked in the Middle colonies. For exchange for the passage, or trip, to the colonies people worked without pay. This is known as ________________ _________________ A new religious movement called the __________________________ began. Farmers in the Middle colonies grew wheat to make bread. They were known as the _________________________________. Most colonists worked in ___________ ______________.	King Charles II gave land for a new colony south of Virginia. This colony was called ______________________. The southern colonies depended on __________________. Cash crops were grown on large farms called a ______________________. The main cash crops were ______________ and ________________. Industries in the Southern Colonies were _________________________________ _________________________________

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Why did the British raise taxes on the colonists?

What was the Boston Massacre?

What was the Tea Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Act?

Who was Paul Revere? 

What did the First Continental Congress do?

What did the Second Continental Congress do?

On what date did we accept the Declaration of Independence?

Why was the Declaration if Independence formed?

Important battles of the Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill,  Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown. 

Extra Credit: : Research Benjamin Franklin. What was his role in the nation’s independence? Must be 1 page in length and cite sources for full credit.