American History Study Guide
American History and Government Mid-Year Exam Review Sheet
Test day is Wednesday, January 23, 8:00-10:00 at the Kingswood Gym.
You will not be allowed to use notes or outlines on the exam.
The exam is counted as 20% of your semester grade.
Mr. Karinen
Mid-Year 2012-13
For the mid-year test you should know the following terms, ideas, people and concepts. You should be able to define each and/or explain its significance/importance.
Concept of God, Gold, and Glory
Christopher Columbus’ reason for exploration
The impact of Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies on European ideas regarding treatment of Indians in the New World
Indentured Servants
Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
Joint-stock companies
Headright system
House of Burgesses
Importance of tobacco, rice, and sugar in the New World
Proprietary colony
Understand the reasons these specific English colonies were settled: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Bacon’s Rebellion
Differences between New England colonies and Southern colonies (geography, population, and economy)
Separatists
Puritans
John Winthrop
Reason for founding and characteristics of the Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact
Restoration Colonies
American Exceptionalism
Expansion of slavery in the south
Country Ideology
John Locke
Stamp Act
Townsend Act
Declaratory Act
Coercive Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Mercantilism
Second Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Lexington and Concord
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
Peace of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation: strengths and weaknesses
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Land Ordinance of 1785
Shay’s Rebellion
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
The Great Compromise
The three branches of government under the Constitution
Which branch of government is
Test day is Wednesday, January 23, 8:00-10:00 at the Kingswood Gym.
You will not be allowed to use notes or outlines on the exam.
The exam is counted as 20% of your semester grade.
Mr. Karinen
Mid-Year 2012-13
For the mid-year test you should know the following terms, ideas, people and concepts. You should be able to define each and/or explain its significance/importance.
Concept of God, Gold, and Glory
Christopher Columbus’ reason for exploration
The impact of Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies on European ideas regarding treatment of Indians in the New World
Indentured Servants
Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
Joint-stock companies
Headright system
House of Burgesses
Importance of tobacco, rice, and sugar in the New World
Proprietary colony
Understand the reasons these specific English colonies were settled: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Bacon’s Rebellion
Differences between New England colonies and Southern colonies (geography, population, and economy)
Separatists
Puritans
John Winthrop
Reason for founding and characteristics of the Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact
Restoration Colonies
American Exceptionalism
Expansion of slavery in the south
Country Ideology
John Locke
Stamp Act
Townsend Act
Declaratory Act
Coercive Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Mercantilism
Second Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Lexington and Concord
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
Peace of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation: strengths and weaknesses
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Land Ordinance of 1785
Shay’s Rebellion
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
The Great Compromise
The three branches of government under the Constitution
Which branch of government is