The document lists questions from a textbook about important people, places, events, and concepts in American history. These include the first president, the three branches of government, the Boston Tea Party, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, freedoms in the First Amendment, presidents, and more. It also includes sample pages from the textbook covering topics like the Revolutionary War, civil rights, the Great Depression, Oregon Territory, and states acquired by the US.

1. 1. Who was the first president of the US?
2. What are the three branches of the government?
3. What is the supreme law of the land?
4. What was the event where the colonist dumped tea into the ocean?
5. When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
6. What is the capital of the United States?
7. Name three freedoms under the First Amendment
8. Who was the 16th
President of the US (Civil War)
9. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
10. Who was the leader of Germany during WWII
11. The only US president that was elected 4 times in a row
12. Two Japanese cities were atomic bomb was used during WWII
13. The first man to land on the moon
14. Complete date of twin towers bombing in New York City.
15. How many states are there?
16. Name two political party in the US
17. International peace keeping body today is called
18. The only president to resign while in office
19. How many terms does a president serve? How many years each term?
20. Who is the current President of US? And who is his Vice?

2. Table of Contents
1.In what unit would you read about A New Industrial Age?
2.On what page would you begin to read about Civil Rights?
Index
3.When was the Revolutionary War Peace Treaty signed?
4.Name two (2) subentries under the Great Depression.
5.When (exact date m/y) did the stock market crashed?
Map
6. (pg A27) What two countries are involved in disputed
territories?
7.Name three land areas that belongs to Spain.
8.Pg (A28) Name two countries that occupies Oregon Territory in
1819.
9.Most of the land southwest of US came from what country?
10.What country originally owned Florida? Louisiana?

3. AGENDA
1. Attendance
2. Turn in Syllabus with parent signature
3. Chapter 1
1. Objective:

4. 1. A letter from George Washington to his mother
about the latest development in the
Revolutionary War.
2. Josie used her World Geography textbook to
answer her homework.
3. Your high school diploma
4. A photograph of you and your friend during your
8th
birthday.
5. The information from the museum tour guide who
showed you around the exhibit and shared facts
with you.
6. A mummy from ancient Egypt.

5. Chapter 1-2

6. How did the first people cross from Asia to
America?

7. People crossed
Beringia (frozen land)
from Asia to America
The First Americans

8. • Hunting big
animals
helped the
Natives
support
themselves
NOMAD: Person who moves from
place to place in search of food.

9. Agriculture Develops
• Native learned how to farm
– Corn, pumpkins, peppers, beans, squash
– People could now settle down in one area and not live as nomads.

10. • Advanced culture with a religion, cities,
government, written language, and social
classes
CIVILIZATION

11. 3 Early American Civilizations:
1. Mayan Empire (200 AD – 900’s AD)
2. Inca Empire (1200 AD – 1535 AD)
3. Aztec Empire (1200 AD – 1535 AD)
*These civilizations and other groups of
Native Americans developed different
and unique cultures.
EMPIRE: a group of nations
or peoples ruled over by an
emperor or empress.

12. European Empire
• Was growing
• Fighting over land and resources

13. Meanwhile…..

19. Christopher Columbus

21. • Opened America
(New World) to
Europeans for
colonization

22. Treaty of Tordesillas
• Spain and Portugal agreed to divide newly
found land

23. Diseases
• Major factor that caused most of the death
in the Native tribes

24. Columbian Exchange
• widespread
exchange of
animal, plants,
culture
(including
slaves),
diseases, and
ideas between
the Eastern
and Western
hemispheres

25. TEXTBOOK
• Pg 5 Main Ideas
• Pg 12 Skillbuilder (1-2)
• Pg 22 Main idea
• Pg 24 Main idea
• Pg 27 Main idea
• Pg 28 Main idea (letter C only)
• Pg 29 Skillbuilder
• Pg 31 skillbuilder

26. Seatwork Chapter 2 Section 1
1. What motivated Spain’s
conquest?
2. How were the Spanish able
to succeed?
3. Why did Spain establish
these colonies?
4. How did Spain control
these colonies?
5. Why did the Pueblos rebel
against Spain?
6. What resulted from Pope’s
rebellion?
The Spanish Conquest of Central and North America
Spanish Rule of New Spain and New Mexico
Resistance to Spanish Rule in New Mexico

27. Chapter 1 Section 5
A. What activities preoccupied Columbus as he explored the Americas?
A. Columbus began searching for gold, claimed or bestow lands in the
name of Spain, asserted or spread Christianity
B. Where did Europeans first experiment with the plantation system?
A. They experimented with sugar farm in Lebanon, Portugal established
plantation off the coast of West Africa and Spain in Canary Islands.
C. How did the arrival of European settlers affect native America societies?
A. European settlers brought diseases that devastated Native Americans
societies.
D. Why did Europeans settlers increase their demand for enslaved Africans
A. Europeans diseases reduced the native work force, the price of
African slave rose and more Europeans joined slave trade.
E. Why might Spain and Portugal have been willing to go to war over the
issue of overseas exploration?
A. Both countries want the land and resources that America has to offer
SKILLBUILDER
Page 29 It introduce a variety of plants, animals, ideas and culture in both
hemisphere.
Page 31 Native Americans population declined; Europeans

28. Chapter 1 Section 5
A. What activities preoccupied Columbus as he
explored the Americas?
B. Where did Europeans first experiment with the
plantation system
C. How did the arrival of European settlers affect
native America societies?
D. Why did Europeans settlers increase their
demand for enslaved Africans
E. Why might Spain and Portugal have been
willing to go to war over the issue of overseas
exploration?

29. Quiz Ch 1
1. Major reason for Native Americans death
2. A group of nation ruled by an emperor is called
3. Who opened America to the rest of Europeans
4. A person who moves from place to place is called
5. What animal did the European brought to America that became
the Native’s transportation
6. This frozen land was used by Asian to cross from Asia to America
7. An advance culture with written language, religion and government
is called
8. Name one ancient empires in America
9. An exchange of animal and plants between Europe and America
10. The division of American land between Spain and Portugal was
called

30. Chapter 2
Thirteen Colonies

31. Europe’s Empire
• Spain was growing and becoming more
powerful

32. England
• England wants to expand its empire

33. Exploring America
1. Three goals:
a. to find gold
b. To claim land
c. To spread
Christianity

34. Roanoke Island – “The Lost Colony”
• first attempt to colonize.

35. • everyone had vanished.
•Lesson learned:
•Be more prepared with supplies
•Need more protection

36. John Smith
• Sent to Jamestown,
Virginia
• Bargained food with
Powhatan
• “no work, no food”
rule
• Forced colonists to
learn how to farm
• Befriended a native
princess
“Pocahontas”

37. John RolfeJohn Rolfe
• Introduced
tobacco (cash
crop)
• became
Jamestown’s
major export

38. • First successful colony in US
– Jamestown, Virginia (1607)

39. Which of the following freedoms would you give up if you
had to choose one? Why?
* Speech * Press * Religion * Trial by Jury

40. CHRISTIANITY
Protestants
Baptists
Presbyterians
Episcopalians
Lutherans
Church of
England
Puritans
Separatists
(Pilgrims)
Roman Catholic
Church

41. England persecuted everyone that refused to agree with the
Church of England.

42. • In 1620, the Pilgrims set sail for America on the
Mayflower, to escape religious persecution
• The Pilgrims named
their new settlement
Plymouth,
Massachusetts

43. • Samoset and
Squanto were
Native Americans
who taught the
Pilgrims how to
farm and trap
animals.

44. • The Pilgrims and their Native American friends celebrated
America’s first Thanksgiving together.

45. Roger Williams
• believed land
should not be taken
forcibly from
Natives
• bought land from
Natives and
established
Providence,
Rhode Island
• offered freedom of
religion

46. English Migration: 1610-
1660

47. - Group of Quakers with the help of William Penn
Pennsylvania

49. Georgia
• Founded
specifically as a
haven for convicts
• To give them a
second chance

50. Thirteen Colonies
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Delaware
• Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia

51. Colonies Economy Slavery Founder/
Leader/
Religion
New England
(North)
Massachusetts
Middle Colonies
Southern
Colonies

52. Colonies Economy Slavery Founder/ Leader/
Religion
New
England
(North)
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Shipbuilding
Rum
Fishing
lumber
Treated as
household
servants
John Winthrop (Puritans
Roger Williams
Middle
Colonies
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Foodstuff
Trade
Shipping
(Breadbasket)
Duke of York
William Penn (Quakers)
Southern
Colonies
Virginia
Maryland
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Georgia
Tobacco
Rice
wheat
Works in
plantation
(harsh
treatment)
John Smith/ John Rolfe
Lord Baltimore (Catholics)
James Oglethorpe (haven
for convicts)

53. 1. Who were the settlers?
Who were the leaders?
Who were the neighbors?
The settlers were the English.
The leaders were John Smith and
John Rolfe.
The neighbors were the Powhatan.
2. What type of colony was Jamestown
at first?
What did it later become?
Pg 42; bottom paragraph
Pg 47; top paragraph; bold letters (2
words)
3. When was Jamestown settled?
When was the starving time?
Page 43
4. Why did the settlers go to
Jamestown
Why did others support them?
Why didn’t the settlers get along with
their neighbors?

54. 1. Who?
Settlers: British
Leaders: John Smith, John
Rolfe
Neighbors: Powhatan
2. What?
Type of colony: joint stock
company
Later became: royal colony
3. When?
Established: 1607
Starving time: 1609
4. Why?
Starting a new life, gold,
adventure,
colonization, freedom
Support: profit, gold and
silver
Get along: settlers
growing in numbers,
taking more land,
Natives killing
livestock, destroying
farms
Fail: starving time,
diseases

56. Quiz #2 Ch 2
1. Who introduced a profitable cash crop or major export to
Virginia?
2. What is the name of the first successful colony in US,
(town, state)
3. Where was the first attempt to colonize America but failed
4. He was the first to purchased land in America, who was
he?
5. What city and state was first purchased by a settlers in US
6. What colony did the Pilgrim founded?
7. What is the major export of Virginia?
8. Native American female who aided colonists by supplying
food.
9. Name one major reason for moving to America
10. Colony founded as a haven for convicts

57. CHAPTER 3

58. Southern Plantation
• Due to the large plantation, owners need a
large labor force

59. Cheerio, mates, how about
working for the Virginia
Company in the beautiful
settlement of Jamestown! After
all, only 66% of the people have
died, so you have a 1 in 3
chance of surviving!
Also, everyone that can pay
for their own journey to
Virginia will receive 50
acres of land, free!

60. It sounds tempting, but
we have a good life in
England. Why should we
give up the good life?
And if we go, I
will have to
work! Yuck!
Sounds great! Sign me up! After I receive my
headright, I’ll finally have land of my own!
Umm…I only have one problem. I’m broke and
can’t pay for my own journey. Too bad, you say?
Darn!!

62. indentured servants – a
person who worked without
wages for a number of
years (4 -7) in exchange for
lodging, food and
passage to the colonies.
• Africans were first brought
as indentured servants
• will eventually leave
the plantation

63. Labor Force
Natives:
• easily escape,
language
barrier
African:
• better
investment in
the long run
• Unable to
escape easily
(new land area)
– saw dark skin
as inferior

64. Triangular Trade
• Trade of
goods and
slave
between 3
continents (N.
America,
Africa,
Europe
• (England, colonies,
West Indies, Africa)

65. Middle Passage
• Horrific
journey of
slaves
between
continents

66. The slave ship Brookes with 482 people packed onto the decks. The
drawing of the slave ship Brookes was distributed by the Abolitionist
Society in England as part of their campaign against the slave trade,
and dates from 1789.

67. • Africans were crowded and chained cruelly aboard
slave ships.

77. Mercantilism
•economic system
• need for balance of trade
•More export than import
Mother Country- owns all
13 colonies
Children (13 colonies)
Raw materials
Manufactured goods
Thirteen
Colonies England

78. cotton
iron
lumber
furniture
tools
textiles
I’m
bloody
filthy rich!
Navigation Acts (1660's)
Ex.) sugar, tobacco, indigo
1) Most products could be sold only to England.

79. 2) All products must first go to England to be taxed.
spices
tea
spices
tea
• Colonists became angry when
England began to enforce the
Navigation Acts.

80. • There was an increase in
smuggling in the colonies.
Effects of the
Navigation Acts

81. TEXTBOOK
• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
• Page 68 Main Idea
• Page 73 Main Idea
• Page 75 Main idea (C and D)
• Page 76
• Page 77
• Page 80
• Page 81 (skillbuilder)

83. Salem, Massachusetts
Witch Trials
1692

84. • Contributing
factors:
– Strict limitation
of women’s role
– Social tension
– Strained relation
with Natives
– Religious
fanaticism

85. • Betty Paris, Abigail Williams,
Ann Putnam, and Elizabeth
Hubbard throw fits believed
to be demonically inspired
• Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne
and a slave named Tituba
were accused of witchcraft
• Dozens more arrested based
on forced acquisitions

86. • Girls started
accusing well-
to do,
independent
women
• Many accusers
were poor

89. Most of the men and
women who were
accused were wealthy
and over the age of
sixty

92. • A total of 141 people were accused
• 19 were hung at Gallows hill
• One died due to being crushed to death
• 7 others died in prison

93. Chapter 2 Section 3
Cause of the Conflict Results of the Conflict
1. Puritans vs. The
Church of England
Differences in belief.
Puritans want to purify the
Church
Puritans moved to
America
2.Puritan leaders vs.
Roger Williams (pg 52)
Differences in belief.
Roger believed land
should be purchased from
the Natives
He moved southward to
establish new colony
called Rhode Island
3. Puritans leaders vs.
Anne Hutchinson
Differences in belief. She
believed neither minister
or church are needed to
interpret the bible
She was banished
4. The Peqout War Native viewed land as a
shared commodity
Near destruction of
villages, colonial death,
colonist won
5. King Philip’s War Native resentment toward
Puritans laws and policies
Destruction, death,
colonist won

94. Learning Cube
• Declaration of Independence
• Divide the poster paper into 6 equal squares that, when
cut and glued, will form a cube. The division of the poster
paper should resemble the following drawing:
• Draw or write in each square one fact about the
Declaration of Independence. Include dates, time frame,
location, key individuals, key events, key contributions,
and other information.
• Cut along the dotted lines indicate din the drawing and
fold along lines to create a cube. Tape the cube
together.

95. • 2. an English settlement or colony, the Virginia
Company, a joint-stock company, a business
venture;
– later, a royal colony, Virginia
• 3. Settled in 1607;
– starving time in the winter of 1609
• 4. to get gold, start a new life, adventure
– adventure; farm; force to go,
– financial gain, profit, more silver and gold for them
– Colonists were taking more land, growing settlers,
natives killing livestock, destroying farms
– Nearly failed due to disease, starving time during
winter, famine

96. • 5. in North America, in Virginia, on a small
peninsula on the James River
• 6. John Smith took over and forced the
colonists to work;
– John Rolfe introduced tobacco that provided
the colonists with the money they need to
build the colony
– Highly profitable tobacco crops