MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Midterm: Wednesday April 27
I. KEY TERMS: (40%) Identify and give the significance of 4 terms from a list of 5.

THE FIVE ON THE TEST WILL COME FROM THIS IDENTIFICATION POOL:

Hernan de Cortes
Giovanni da Verazzano
John Winthrop
"Modelle of Christian Charity"
Town Meeting
Tituba
William Berkeley
House of Burgesses
Middle Passage
Indentured Servitude
Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
George Whitefield
The Junto
South Carolina Regulators
North Carolina Regulators
Susquehannah Company
Paxton Boys
Boston Fire of 1760
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Boston Massacre
“Common Sense”
Battle of Yorktown
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Burning the Gaspee
Articles of Confederation


II. ESSAY: (60%) One of the following questions will appear on the test:

1. What impact did the mid-century challenges have on the relationship between England and the American colonies? Consider at least four of the following in your answer: the American Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, the French and Indian War, the Susquehanna Company, the Paxton Boys, and/or the Regulator Movements.

2. You are British to the core. Many of your family members live in London. As a longtime resident of Philadelphia and a writer for Benjamin Franklin's newspaper, The Gazette, you often discuss political subjects. For instance, several months ago you wrote an opinion piece on “Common Sense.” The "Declaration of Independence" was just delivered to the King, yet many of your readers are unsure of their allegiance: to the Crown or to the colonies? Franklin wants you to write an editorial giving what you feel is the correct opinion on this matter. Should you go against England and support the Revolution? Should you be loyal to your British roots? What will your newspaper column say?
(this is a creative piece but it requires the same level of detail as all the others)

3. The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia were founded differently, each with unique goals, people, economies, and social circumstances. By 1730, around the time the Great Awakening began, were the two colonies more similar or different? Use any relevant information from that period in your answer.

4. What were the key events and ideas that caused the American Revolution?