Chapter 4 Test Postponed (UPDATED)

Due to the Driftwood field trip, the Chapter 4 Test has been postponed to Thursday, 10/30 (B-Day) and Friday, 10/31 (A-Day).

For students that were absent or may have lost their Study Guide, it is posted below.  The Study Guide is not due for a grade.

CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE

• Use all graded assignments and online textbook to prepare.

• Know the geographical and economic features of the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, & Southern Colonies

1.     What kind of rights did American colonists believe they had?

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

3.     Which Enlightenment thinker greatly 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?