Midterm Social Studies Flashcards Review

Question 1

Impact of European Exploration/American Colonialism

Answer 1

• growth of cash crops (tobacco, cotton, etc.)
• ethnic and racial diversity
• class systems
• impact on native americans

Question 2

The Columbian exchange: positive and negative effects

Answer 2

Positive Effects:
- spread of ideas
-globalization
- new goods traded to other parts of the world
- increased food supply
- religious freedom

Negative Effects:
- spread of diseases (led to the death of many native Americans)
- expansion of the slave trade

Question 3

Define ‘Cash Crops’

Answer 3

Crops that are grown to make a profit.

Question 4

Define ‘Jamestown’

Answer 4

First successful colony in the new world

Question 5

Define the ‘Impact of Tobacco’

Answer 5

Colony succeeded and thrived because of the valuable cash crop in tobacco.

Question 6

Define ‘Joint-Stock company’

Answer 6

a company/business that is owned by shareholders

Question 7

Define ‘Proprietary Colony’

Answer 7

a colony funded and overseen by private company/Indvidual’s.

Question 8

Define ‘Mercantilism’

Answer 8

Everything the colony does is to benefit the mother country.

(used by England with colonies in north America)

Question 9

Religion in the colony Pennsylvania

Answer 9

-a haven for quakers
-enforced a principle of religious toleration

Question 10

Define ‘Tolerant’

Answer 10

To accept or permit someone that differs from one’s own beliefs.

Question 11

Define ‘Religious Toleration- Pennsylvania (Quakers) / Maryland Toleration Act/ Rhode Island’

Answer 11

Colonies that allowed freedom of religion and were tolerant of others.

Question 12

Religion in the colony Puritans (way of life)

Answer 12

• highly religious and strict
• not tolerant of other religions

Question 13

Virginia House of Burgesses/Mayflower Compact
(first attempts at what?)

Answer 13

• The first attempts at self-government
• House of Burgesses: Representative form of government
• Mayflower Compact: Expressed importance of democracy/self-government

Question 14

Impact of the Triangle Trade

Answer 14

Trade routes between America, Africa, and Europe that led to the spread of goods and ideas, but also led to the growth and expansion of the Slave Trade

Question 15

The Middle Passage- what was it?

Answer 15

The route across the Atlantic Ocean where African slaves were transported. Horrible conditions and overcrowded ships led to the deaths of many slaves to the journey through the middle passage.

Question 16

The French and Indian war- Causes & Effects

Answer 16

Causes:
- Dispute over the Ohio River Valley
- Expansion
- Seize valuable resources

Effects:
- England enacted many laws and taxes to make up for the debt accumulated during the war

Question 17

Who fought in the French & Indian War?

Answer 17

British and French

Question 18

Where was it fought?

Answer 18

Ohio River Valley

Question 19

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do and the effects?

Answer 19

The colonies could not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains after French & Indian war.

• Increased tension as colonists moved west anyway
  (toba`cco farmers were upset because they wanted more land to grow their crops)

Question 20

What did the ‘Navigation Acts’ do and the effects?

Answer 20

• Regulate colonial economy
• Colonial goods can only be traded and sent to Britian
• Led to smuggling

Question 21

What did the ‘Tea Act’ do and the effects?

Answer 21

-Lowers the cost of British Tea, hurting colonial merchants (British East India Company)

-Boston Tea Party

Question 22

What did the ‘Intolerable Acts’ do and the effects?

Answer 22

• Reaction to the Boston Tea Party.
  -Passed acts like the Coercive Acts and Quartering Act.
• The first continental congress was formed (the colonies united to boycott British Goods)

Question 23

What did the ‘Townshend Acts’ do and the effects?

Answer 23

• tax on goods imported to the colonies (Glass, lead, etc.)

-Boycotts, protests, and petitions

Question 24

What did the ‘Stamp Act’ do and the effects?

Answer 24

• tax on all printed materials and documents
• Boycotts and attacks on tax collectors

Question 25

What did the ‘Quartering Act’ do and effects?

Answer 25

• Required colonists to provide lodging to british troops
• protested the act and led to 3rd Amendment

Question 26

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union (Benjamin Franklin)

Answer 26

To adopt a government that would unite the colonists. if the colonists didn’t unite, they will not survive!

Question 27

Define ‘Militia’

Answer 27

an army consisting of civilians who are trained as soldiers to fight during times of emergency.

Question 28

The Boston Massacre- Impact and Importance?

Answer 28

• colonists were killed by redcoats which sparked more hatred towards Britain

Question 29

Define ‘Propaganda’

Answer 29

Information used to persuade opinion. (sometimes stretching the truth)

Question 30

Thomas Paines “Common Sense”- Impact and Importance?

Answer 30

Pamphlet that stated reasons for the American Colonists to break away from England and become independent!

Question 31

John Peter Zenger Trial & “Freedom of the Press”:

Answer 31

Concept of “freedom of the press” is established. Newspapers and journalists can truthfully critique the government and point out wrongdoings without being punished.

Question 32

Writs of Assistance- what were the British allowed to do?

Answer 32

British troops can search colonial homes and belongings without a search warrant.

“Unreasonable search and seizure”

Question 33

Lasting impact of the Printing Press:

Answer 33

• Literacy rate increases
• Cheaper books
• Spread of ideas and knowledge

Question 34

What was the first continental congress?

Answer 34

colonies unite to boycott British goods.

Question 35

Patriots VS. Loyalists- Define Both.

Answer 35

Patriots:
- colonists who want independence
-Middle/lower class
- Boston Tea Party, propaganda

Loyalists:
- colonists who remain loyal to the king and Britain
- upper class/wealthy

Question 36

Who are the Minutemen?

Answer 36

Soldiers ready to fight at any minutes notice.

-colonial militia that fought at Lexington and Concord

Question 37

Define ‘Guerilla Warfare’

Answer 37

Surprise raids, hit and run tactics, ambushes

Question 38

Declaration of Independance- Who wrote it? Impact & Importance?

Answer 38

• Written by Thomas Jefferson
• States the reasons for American Revolution and independence
• States that governments are established to protect the natural rights of citizens

Question 39

“Consent of the Governed”- where does government get its power from?

Answer 39

Government gets it power from the people!

Consent means Approval.
Governed means People.