MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

--BRING A BLUE BOOK TO THE EXAM—

I. KEY TERMS: (50%) Identify and give the significance of 5 terms from a list of 6.
A good answer to this section would be a full paragraph, would have sufficient detail identifying the term(who is it, when was it, what was it, etc), and would clearly explore the significance of the term. In your answer you should state, “This is significant because…” To find the significance of an term, link it to the larger theme of that time.

THE SIX ON THE TEST WILL COME FROM THIS IDENTIFICATION POOL:

Hernan de Cortes
John Winthrop
"Modelle of Christian Charity"
Town Meeting
Tituba
William Berkeley
House of Burgesses
Middle Passage
Indentured Servitude
Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
George Whitefield
The Junto
South Carolina Regulators
North Carolina Regulators
Susquehannah Company
Paxton Boys
Boston Fire of 1760
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Boston Massacre
Battle of Yorktown
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Burning the Gaspee
Articles of Confederation


II. ESSAY: There will be two choices; you will write on one of them. (50%)
The two choices may come from the same theme, so you could easily have two questions on one of the topics, meaning, study all themes.

The essays will be drawn from the following themes:
1. Causes and course of the American Revolution: To study for this question, consider the key ideas, people, and events that caused the revolution.

2. Founding of Virginia and Massachusetts up to and including the Great Awakening.
To study for this question, make a simple outline that has sections covering the following:
Founding of Virginia and Massachusetts
Political Life of Virginia and Massachusetts
Economic Life of Virginia and Massachusetts
Religious Life of Virginia and Massachusetts

3. Mid-Century Challenges and their Impact on the Nation:
(don’t forget our good citizen BF in there)
Remember with this question, the whole point of these “challenges” is that they challenge British rule. Link them, eventually, to the revolution.


Here are some actual essay questions from previous exams:
1. What were the most important challenges to British authority leading the British colonists to break from England?
2. You are British to the core. Many of your family members live in London. As a longtime resident of Philadelphia and a writer for Benjamin Franklin's newspaper, The Gazette, you often discuss political subjects. The "Declaration of Independence" was just delivered to the King (1776), yet many of your readers are unsure of their allegiance: to the Crown or the colonies? Franklin wants you to write an editorial giving what you feel is the correct opinion on this matter. Should you go against England and support the Revolution? Should you be loyal to your British roots? What will your newspaper column say?

HOW TO STUDY:
1. Separate your thinking on the studying into two realms, the essay and the terms, but be willing to link up the two later. Too many students learn tons of info for the terms and then fail to include that same detail in the essay.

2. For the terms, write out each with bullets. Even though you cannot use bullets on the exam, it’s easier to see the information in that form during your studying. There’s much more success when people write out each term and its details rather than simply highlighting your notes.

3. Make outlines for the essays. Make sure that your outlines have way too much detail, way more than any normal human could ever remember.

4. Try to memorize the outlines. Try to write them word for word without looking at the original. Fill in the gaps where you did not recall something. Do it again. Walk around your study area speaking the outline, looking down only when you need to for a quick reminder of the detail. Speak it again. Write it again…and most of all, have fun.

5. Follow Napoleon’s advice: “In planning a campaign I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible.”