Ch 3 Study Guide

American History

 

  1. Who was on each side in the French and Indian War?

 

 

  1. What ended the Fr/Indian War? What was the major result?

 

 

 Describe what each was and how it angered the colonists.

 

  1. Navigation Acts

 

  1. Stamp Act

 

  1. Proclamation Act of 1763

 

  1. Townshend Acts

 

  1. Tea Act

 

  1. Quartering Act

 

  1. In what region of the country became the center of the anti-England movement? Why?

 

 

 

  1. Describe the events surrounding the Boston Massacre? Was it a massacre? What was a major result of it?

 

 

 

 

  1. Why did the Boston Tea Party take place? Who was responsible?

 

 

  1. What did the English do as a result of the Tea Party? Why could this be said was exactly what those responsible for the act wanted?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Who were Loyalists and Patriots? Where did the other 1/3 of the population fall in regards to sides?
  2. Why did the events at Lexington/Concord take place? What was the major result of this event?

 

 

 

  1. What was the role of the 2nd Continental Congress?

 

 

  1. What happened on 7/4/1776? Who did this?

 

 

  1. During what years did the American Revolution take place?

 

 

  1. Name 3 advantages each side had going into the Revolutionary War.

 

 

 

  1. Which side would benefit most from a long war? Why?

 

 

  1. Who headed the Continental Army?

 

  1. How was the war funded in the colonies?

 

 

Tell how each battle was significant.

 

  1. Bunker Hill
  2. Trenton
  3. Saratoga
  4. Yorktown

 

  1. What did George Rogers Clark do?

 

 

  1. What ended the American Revolution? What was its main result?

 

  1. Who were Lafayette and Pulaski?

 

 

  1. What was America’s first gov’t after the American Rev called? Who had the power under it? Why did they make it this way?

 

 

 

  1. What is a republic?

 

 

 

  1. What kind of things could the 1st Am. gov’t not do?

 

 

 

  1. What did the Northwest Ordinance do? What could not exist there?

 

 

 

  1. What was Shay’s Rebellion about? What was the main result of it?

 

 

 

  1. When and where did the Constitutional Convention meet? What was their initial goal?

 

 

  1. What were the differences between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans for gov’t? What type of state supported each?

 

 

  1. What settled the issue in #34? Describe the settlement.

 

 

  1. Why was the 3/5 Compromise necessary?

 

 

  1. Why did the Anti-Federalists not like the new Constitution? What did they propose to be added to it?

 

 

 

  1. How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists differ in regards to how much power the national gov’t should have?