Study Items for Unit 1 Test

Know the following terms:
Colony
Boycott
Charter
Repeal

The Great Awakening
What was it?
How did it influence peoples politics?

Politics in Colonial America
Who could vote?
What English traditions did the colonists have?

Events leading up to Revolution
What was the result of the French and Indian War?
Why did the king keep making taxes?
Why did the colonists not want to pay taxes?
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
What happened when the king taxed tea?
What did the king do after the Boston Tea Party?
What was “Common Sense”?
What did it say?

Declaration of Independence
Who wrote it?
Why was it written?
Who was included in it?
Who was excluded?
What are the three parts of the Declaration?
What is meant by “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”?

The Revolutionary War
Who were the Patriots?
Who were the Loyalists?