Transcript Welcome to TH 8 grade DMS U.S. History Unit 3 Review 8.1a What major era in U.S.

Welcome to
TH
8 grade
DMS U.S. History
Unit 3
Review
8.1a
What major era in U.S. History
could be identified by these
events: stamp act, Boston Tea
Party, Battles of Lexington &
Concord, Saratoga, and
Yorktown
Revolutionary Era
8.4a
What was the Proclamation of 1763
designed to do?
Protect colonist and stop fighting
with Native Americans.
8.4b
Who published Poor Richard’s Almanac, served as
a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention & died in
Philadelphia?
Ben Franklin
8.16b
What had no chief executive, no
national courts, laws need approval
of states, congress has the power to
declare war & make treaties?
Articles of
confederation
8.1c
What did the thirteen colonies do in 1776?
Declared their independence from Great
Britain.
8.1a
What era in U. S. History had people like Paul
Revere, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry working for
Independence?
Revolutionary
8.16b
What were the weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation?
1.
2.
3.
4.
States held control of interstate commerce.
Congress did not have the power to collect
taxes.
No executive branch of government.
All 13 states had to agree to any amendments to
the Articles.
8.4A
What economic theory controlled the major
European powers from the sixteenth
through the eighteenth centuries?
mercantilism
8.4a
The Declaration of Independence was
written in response to what British action?
The Stamp Act
8.4b
Thomas Jefferson is to the Declaration of
Independence what Thomas Paine is to
_______________________
Common Sense
8.4c
The first shots of the American Revolution
was fired at.
Lexington
8.4c
The Second Continental Congress’
accomplishments were?
1. Set up the Continental army.
2. Chose George Washington to lead the
army.
3. Most important was the creation of the
Declaration of Independence.
8.4c
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 gave
the U.S.
1. Territory to the Mississippi River.
2. Fishing rights off the Newfoundland
Coast.
3. Recognition of Independence from
Great Britain.
8.4a
The British taxed the colonies to pay for what
war?
French and Indian
War
8.16a
The Declaration of Independence
includes
1.
2.
3.
A statement that the colonies
are no longer part of
Britain.
A list of grievances against
the king
A statement of natural
rights of man.
8.4c
The turning point of the Revolutionary War
Was.
Battle of Saratoga
8.16a
The English Bill of Rights expresses some of
the same ideas as what other document?
Declaration of
Independence
8.30f
These might have a biased
account
of a battle in the Revolutionary
War?
1. A patriot’s letter
2. An editorial in a newspaper
3. A loyalist painting of the battle
8.31
a
What also means a complaint or resentment?
grievance
.31a
What is the theory that a nation must protect and
increase its home economy by keeping strict
control over trade and having a favorable balance
of trade?
mercantilism
8.31A
Define a confederation type of government.
a government made up of
many parts in which the
individual parts retain most
of the power and the central
government has very little
power.