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8th grade History Study Guide

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Chapter 5 Study Guide

 Study your notes from Section 1, 2, and Section 3

Study questions in the book and your quizzes

-You should know:

• Key people:
• George Washington: fought during the French and Indian War; did not agree with General Braddock’s strategy of fighting
• Governor Andros: treated the colonists poorly; took away the colonists voice in the decisions made in the colonies
• King James II: wanted complete CONTROL and authority over the colonists; overthrown by the English citizens and replaced by Mary and William of Orange (part of the Glorious Revolution)
• Mary and William of ORANGE: replaced King James; signed the English Bill of Rights
• John Locke: believed in natural rights: life, liberty, PROPERTY
• Ben Franklin: proposed the Albany Plan of Union
• Key groups:
• Council: elected by the colonists; made laws
• Colonial Assembly: appointed by the Royal governor; highest court
• Parliament and the 2 houses: England’s law makers; House of Commons and House of Lords
• Iroquois tribe: allies with the British
• Huron/Algonquin tribes: allies with the French
• Key laws, agreements and proposals:
• Magna Carta: limited power of the king; right to trial by jury
• English Bill of Rights: free elections; taxes needed approval by Parliament
• Albany Plan of Union: Ben Franklin proposed this to unite the colonies to work together
• Events:
• Glorious Revolution: British (not colonists) overthrew King James for his misuse of power—because of this the colonists overthrew Governor Andros; Mary and William of Orange took the throne and signed the English Bill of Rights
• The French and Indian War: fought between the French and the British over land (land=power and wealth); this was a part of the 7 years’ war; Result: Britain gained France’s territory including Canada
• events leading to the French and Indian War (think alliances made and the motives for land and fur): French allied with the Huron/Algonquin tribes and British allied with the Iroquois tribe; the three tribes wanted to trade fur in exchange for goods with the colonists leading to disputes and battles among the tribes; Britain and England wanted more land to have more power
• Life in Colonial America:
• Schooling: multiple grade levels; taught reading to read the Bible; writing and arithmetic were only taught to the wealthy children
• the Great Awakening: focused on the inner emotion as more important than following the motions of religion
• the Enlightenment: focused on reason and science to find knowledge