Miss Butcher

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Miss Butcher

• Aim (Day 2) How do we review the colonial
  period for the regents exam?
• Do Now Get into your groups.
• H.W Complete review sheets 4-5
• Complete the writetolearn essay.
• Complete the vocabulary (US
  History Regents Vocabulary 1-3)
• View the Powerpoint Slides
  labeled Review 1 (11 powerpoint
  presentations)

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Colonial Period Review Activity

• We will be reviewing all the units from the
  colonial period until present day
• You will be required to choose a partner for the
  rest of the semester.
• You and your partner will answer review questions
  (multiple choice) in the class.
• Your grade will be based on the number of correct
  questions.
• Each partner will be required to write a few
  sentences showing why the answer was correct.

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Review Question 1

• In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New
  England town meetings and the establishment of
  the Virginia House of Burgesses represented
• colonial attempts to build a strong national
  government
• efforts by the British to strengthen their
  control over the colonies
• steps in the growth of representative democracy
• early social reform movements

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Review Question 2

• 2. In which area did good harbors, abundant
  forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season
  most influence the colonial economy?
• 1. Southern colonies
• 2. Middle Atlantic region
• 3. Northwest Territory
• 4. New England colonies

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Review Question 3

• 3. The British system of mercantilism was opposed
  by many American colonists because it
• 1. placed quotas on immigration
• 2. discouraged the export of raw materials to
  England
• 3. placed restrictions on trading
• 4. encouraged colonial manufacturing

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Review Question 4

• 4. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an
  important step in the development of democracy in
  America because it
• 1. expressed the importance of self-government
• 2. established freedom of religion
• 3. created the first colonial judiciary
• 4. granted all males the right to vote

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Review Question 5

• 5. It is not the cause of one poor printer, nor
  of New York alone, which you are now trying. No!
  It may in its consequence affect every free man
  that lives under a British government on the main
  continent of America. It is the best cause. It
  is the cause of liberty. . . . Nature and the
  laws of our country have given us a right to
  liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary
  power (in these parts of the world at least) by
  speaking and writing the truth. Andrew
  Hamilton, 1735 This courtroom summation helped
  establish which democratic principle in colonial
  America?
• 1. trial by jury
• 2. equal voting rights
• 3. protection of private property
• 4. freedom of the press

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Review Question 6

• 6. The main reason Great Britain established the
  Proclamation Line of 1763 was to
• 1. avoid conflicts between American colonists and
  Native American Indians
• 2. make a profit by selling the land west of the
  Appalachian Mountains
• 3. prevent American industrial development in the
  Ohio River valley
• 4. allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region
  

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Review Question 7

• The only representatives of the people of these
  colonies are persons chosen therein by
  themselves and that no taxes ever have been, or
  can be constitutionally imposed on them but by
  their respective legislatures.
• -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765
• What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from
  this quotation?
• 1. The colonial legislatures should be appointed
  by the English King with the consent of
  Parliament.
• 2. Only the colonists elected representatives
  should have the power to levy taxes.
• 3. The English King should have the right to tax
  the colonists.
• 4. The colonists should be opposed to all
  taxation.

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Review Question 8

• 8. The pamphlet Common Sense, by Thomas Paine,
  aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War
  because it
• 1. convinced France to join in the fight against
  England
• 2. led to the repeal of the Stamp Act
• 3. created a new system of government for the
  United States
• 4. persuaded individuals who were undecided to
  support independence

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Review Question 9

• 9. Which statement is most accurate about the
  movement for independence in the thirteen
  colonies?
• 1. The independence movement began soon after the
  founding of the Plymouth Colony.
• 2. Protests against British colonial policies
  gradually led to demands for independence.
• 3. The King of England required the colonists to
  become economically self-sufficient.
• 4. The movement for independence was equally
  strong in all of the colonies.

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Review Question 10

• 10. According to the Declaration of Independence,
  the fundamental purpose of government is to
• 1. protect peoples natural rights
• 2. equalize opportunities for all citizens
• 3. provide for the defense of the nation
• 4. establish a system of free public education

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Review Question 11

• 11. Which fundamental political idea is
  expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
• 1. The government should guarantee every citizen
  economic security.
• 2. The central government and state governments
  should have equal power.
• 3. If the government denies its people certain
  basic rights, that government can be overthrown.
• 4. Rulers derive their right to govern from God
  and are therefore bound to govern in the nations
  best interest.

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Review Question 12

• 12. In writing the Declaration of Independence,
• Thomas Jefferson was influenced most by John
• Lockes idea of
•  
• (1) due process of law
• (2) natural rights
• (3) the rights of the accused
• (4) the right to privacy

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Review Question 13

• 13. "We hold these truths to be self-evident
  That all men are created equal that they are
  endowed by their creator with certain unalienable
  rights that among these are life, liberty, and
  the pursuit of happiness . . ."This quotation
  is evidence that some of the basic ideas in the
  Declaration of Independence were
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• 1. limitations of the principles underlying most
  European governments of the 1700s.
• 2. adaptations of the laws of Spanish colonial
  governments in North America.
• 3. adoptions of rules used by the Holy Roman
  Empire.
• 4. reflections of the philosophies of the
  European Enlightenment.

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Colonial Period Review

• H.W
• 1. Complete review sheets 1-5
• 2. Complete the writetolearn
  essay.
• 3. Complete the vocabulary (US
  History Regents Vocabulary 1-3)
• 4. View the Powerpoint Slides
  labeled
• Review 1 (11 powerpoint
  presentations)