Review Sheet for
Colonial America 1607-1776 Exam
Multiple Choice
- Colonial
government structure in Virginia
- Why
the colonists moved toward independence rather than reconciliation
- Problems
facing the colonies during their early years (1607-1650)
- Similarities
and differences between Sugar Act and Stamp Act
- Treaty
of Paris 1763 and 1783
- The
Coercive Acts – what the purpose was and how Americans responsed
- Differences
and similarities between Pilgrims and Puritans
- Religious
tolerance and intolerance in the colonies (where it occurred and why)
- Why
Parliament repealed Stamp and Townshend Acts
- Albany
Plan – what it was and what it came to
- Mayflower
Compact
- Restoration
Kings – who they were and what they did
- What
led so many to be willing to be indentured servants
- Navigation
Acts – what they were and what the colonial reaction was until 1763
- Great
Awakening and its preachers – what it was, what its effects were, what
they taught
- Mercantilism
- Differences
in settlement patterns between Virginia and New England
- The
evolution of colonial thought towards Parliamentary powers – 1765-1775
- Stamp
Act Congress, circular letters, and committees of correspondence –
similarities and differences
- State
constitutions – what was conservative and what was revolutionary
- Political
traditions as America gained independence
- How
the revolution affected the following groups: common people, black Americans, elite (Loyalists and others)
- Second
Continental Congress – why they voted for independence
- Articles
of Confederation – what they said, and problems
- Declaration
of Independence
DBQ
1. Time period –
1780-1789
Free Response
- One
from the colonial period 1650-1763
2. One from the
Revolutionary / Critical Period – 1763-1787