Monday, October 5, 2009

7th Grade Study Sheet

Test Format: 10 True/False 10 Multiple Choice

10 Matching 1 Essay

Book: Chapter 3, “Colonial America,” p. 68-93

Key Terms and People: These will be the basis of most of the questions. Not all of the following will be on the test, but you should know a little about each.

privateers

Sir Francis Drake

Roanoke Island

Jamestown

charter

joint-stock company

John Smith

John Rolfe

Headright System

Burgesses

William Tucker

King Henry VIII

English Civil War

Puritans

Separatists

Pilgrims / The Mayflower

Mayflower Compact

King Charles I

Massachusetts Bay Company

Thomas Hooker

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Roger Williams

Rhode Island

King Philip’s War

patroons

Peter Stuyvesant

proprietary colony

dissent

William Penn

Quakers

pacifism

Lord Baltimore

Mason-Dixon Line

Act of Toleration

Bacon’s Rebellion

Carolina

John Locke

“blue gold”

Barbados

royal colony

New Spain

New France

Joliet and Marquette

Wampanoag

tobacco


Themes: I will take your essay question from one of these themes. Be able to discuss in detail the ones in bold.

Reasons for the first colonies

Early struggles of Jamestown

How to encourage settlement

Settlers and Native Americans

Slavery vs. Indentured Servitude

Religion in the colonies and Europe

Criticism toward Puritan government

Representative Government

South Carolina’s Early History

James Oglethorpe’s plan for Georgia

Effects of Bacon’s Rebellion


Come to class prepared to ask questions on Tuesday, October 6th. We will spend the day reviewing for your test. You should take advantage of this opportunity.

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