Sunday, December 13, 2009

7th Grade Test Wednesday

Chapter 6 – The American Revolution, 1776 – 1783 – p. 160-189 (Study Guide, p. 188)

Chapter 7 – A More Perfect Union, 1777 – 1790 – p. 190-215 (Study Guide, p. 214)

Test Format


Matching – 10

Multiple Choice – 10

Short Answer – 10

Essay – 1


Key Terms, People, and Themes


Revolutionary War

French and Spanish Help

Privateers

Nathan Hale

Marquis de Lafayette

Francis Marion

John Paul Jones

Valley Forge

Yorktown

Lord Cornwallis

British Focus on the South

Continental Army

Enlistment Term

Reasons for Victory

Treaty of Paris

Conditions

Early struggles for the country

Economic Depression

Shays Rebellion

Articles of Confederation

Details and reasons

weaknesses

Constitutional Convention

Who was in charge?

republic

federal system

checks and balances

separation of powers

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Great Compromise

3/5 Compromise

Slave Trade

Bill of Rights

Government

Legislative Branch

House of Representatives

Senate

Duties

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court

Duties

Executive Branch

President


Essay

How did the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances address the fears many of the framers of the Constitution had about a strong federal government, as well as their memories of British rule?

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