Weekend Update

• All students will be given time in class on Friday, 11/1 (A-Day) & Monday, 11/4 (B-Day) to continue working on their timeline to the Declaration of Independence.  The assignment will not be due on Friday or Monday, but students who wish to complete it at home are more than welcome to.  The due date will be on the day of your chapter 4 test so that you can use the timeline as a study tool.  They will be collected for grading before the test on Tuesday, 11/5 (A-Day) & Wednesday, 11/6 (B-Day).

• Students will also be given time to work on their Chapter 4 Study Guide in class on Friday, 11/1 (A-Day) & Monday, 11/4 (B-Day).  This study guide will not be due for a grade, but will help significantly in preparation for the Chapter 4 test.  Below is a copy of the Chapter 4 study guide for A-Day students that were absent on Friday, 11/5.

CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE

·        Study vocabulary from the chapter.

·        Know the geographical features of the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, & Southern Colonies

1.     What kind of rights did American colonists have?

2.     What allowed British officials to search houses and businesses?

3.     Who influenced Thomas Jefferson?

4.     What did the New England economy depend on?

5.     Explain the Tea Act of 1773.

6.     Who was responsible for the Declaration of Independence?

7.     What did most colonial governments have in common?

8.     What was the Great Awakening and describe the impact it had on the colonists?

9.     What was the Enlightenment?

10.                        What did the Magna Carta establish?

11.                        What were the actions taken by the First Continental Congress?  What was King George’s reaction?

12.                        Colonists elected local assemblies. Most governors, however, were appointed by the King. Why did the king want royal governors?

13.                        What was the main economic reason people came to America?

14.                        How did the ideas of John Locke and other great thinkers contribute to the Declaration of Independence?

15.                        How did the outcome of the French and Indian war affect the colonists?

16.                        Why did the Tea Act anger the colonists?

17.                        What was the outcome of the Second Continental Congress?

18.                        What were the Coercive Acts? What did the colonists call them?

19.                        Name two early English documents that influenced the foundation of democracy. What did they have in common?

20.                        Jamestown colonists formed an assembly called the House of Burgesses. They elected leaders to represent them in this assembly. What was the significance of this form of government?