1. Domain 1 - Colonial Era to
Constitution
Work Session
● Domain 1 Test
● Domain 1 Assignment (35 min)
● Domain 1 Discussion
Closing
● Finish Domain 1 Assignment for HW
Domain 1
Day 1

2. Domain 1 - Colonial Era to
Constitution
Work Session
● Finish Domain 1 Assignment
● Domain Discussion
Closing
● Domain 2 A/B Test for HW
Domain 1
Day 2

3. Domain 1
Unit 1: Colonialism
Unit 2:Revolution & Constitution

5. How did mercantilism impact the
Colonist?

6. Colonist provided raw materials to
Britain in exchange for finished
goods

7. How did mercantilism impact the
British?

8. The British made finished goods and
sold them to the colonist in
exchange for profit

9. What was the significance of the trans-
Atlantic trade on the Colonies?

10. Led to cultural and economic
diversity

11. What three
continents were
included in
Trans-Atlantic
trade?

12. Europe, North America, Africa

13. • Explain the development of the
Southern Colonies
•Reason established:
•Impact of location and place:
•Relations with American
Indians:
•Economic development:

14. •Reason established: Gold
•Impact of location and place: Climate for
Agriculture
•Relations with American Indians: Bad
•Economic development: Agriculture led to
increase in slavery

15. •Explain the development of the
New England Colonies
•Reason established:
•Impact of location and place:
•Relations with American
Indians:
•Economic development:

16. •Reason established: God,
Puritans
•Impact of location and place:
Fishing and trading due to
short growing season
•Relations with American
Indians: Bad
•Economic development:
Fishing and trading

17. • Explain the development of
the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
•Reason established:
•Impact of location and
place:
•Relations with American
Indians: Economic
development:

18. •Explain the development of the
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
•Reason established: Gold,
God and Glory
•Impact of location and place:
Agriculture and trade
•Relations with American
Indians: Good
•Economic development:
Agriculture and trade

19. How did the
European
immigrants
impact colonial
society?

20. Increased cultural diversity,
including different ethnic and
religious groups

21. Define Middle
Passage

22. African Americans forced into
slavery and traded to North
America, part of the trans-Atlantic
trade

23. What was
the
significance
of the Middle
Passage?

24. Increased African American (Slave)
population in the Americas

25. What are 3 contributions of African
Americans during the Colonial Era?

26. Architecture, agriculture, and
foodways

27. Define: Salutary
Neglect

28. British practice of allowing the
Colonist to govern themselves

29. List 3 example of salutary neglect.

30. House of Burgesses, Mayflower
Compact, and town meetings

31. How did Salutary
Neglect impact
colonist?

32. Led to different methods of colonial
self-governance

33. Define the
Great
Awakening

34. Reform movement for colonial
churches

35. What was the
significance of the
Great Awakening?

36. Encouraged colonist to question the
role of the church and traditional
authority

37. What countries participated in the
French and Indian War?

38. France (American Indian) and Britain
(Colonist)

39. What was the significance of the 1763
Treaty of Paris?

40. France was removed from most of
North America and Britain gains
land all the way to the Mississippi
River

41. How did the 1763
Treaty of Paris lay
the groundwork
for the American
Revolution?

42. The British claimed they were
protecting the Colonist during the
War and therefor the Colonist need
to repay the British for protection

43. What was the significance of the
Proclamation of 1763?

44. The British restricted Colonist from
moving west of the Appalachian
Mountains, so that Colonist would
not start another war with the
American Indians.

45. What was the
significance of
the Stamp Act?

46. The act required a tax on all paper
goods in the colonies

47. What was the
significance of the
Intolerable Acts?

48. Closed the Port of Boston and made
quartering of troops legal

49. List two colonial groups that were
created as a response to the
Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act
and the Intolerable Acts?

50. Sons of Liberty and the Committees of
Correspondence

51. Define: Committees of Correspondence

52. 13 colonies coming together to rebel
against the British

53. Define: Sons and Daughters of Liberty

54. The Sons led violent rebellions,
Daughters made goods to support
boycotts

55. Who wrote the
pamphlet Common
Sense?

56. Thomas Paine

57. What was the significance of
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common
Sense?

58. It questioned the authority of Britain
and explained why the Colonist
should rebel against the British

59. Who wrote the
Declaration of
Independence?

60. Thomas Jefferson

61. What group helped
write the
Declaration of
Independence?

62. Committee of Five

63. List the members of the Committee
of Five?

64. Thomas Jefferson, John Livingston,
Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger
Sherman

65. What individual
influenced Thomas
Jefferson and the
Committee of Five,
when writing the
Declaration of
Independence?

66. John Locke

67. What was the significance of John
Locke’s Natural Rights?

68. The people have the right to life,
liberty and property

69. What was the
significance of John
Locke’s Social
Contract?

70. The people have the right to rebel, if
the government doesn’t protect
your natural rights

71. How did Benjamin
Franklin and John
Adams impact the
American
Revolution?

72. Convinced France to help the
Colonist in the American Revolution

73. What was the
role of George
Washington
during the
American
Revolution?

74. Military leader, was able to secure
resources and train soldiers to be
better than local militias.

75. What was the significance of Baron von
Steuben?

76. Prussian military officer and helped
create a professional army for the
Colonies

77. What was the
significance of
Marquis de
LaFayette?

78. French military officer and helped
the Colonist in the American
Revolution

79. What was the
significance of
Valley Forge?

80. Continental Army fights through the
winter and becomes a professional
military

81. What was the
geographic
significance of
the Battle of
Trenton?

82. Continental Army crosses the
Delaware River to beat the British
and turning point in American
Revolution?

83. What was the
geographic
significance of
the Battle of
Saratoga

84. British forces struggle to fight
through forest of New York and
divide the Colonies, loose high
ground in battle

85. What was the
geographic
significance
of the Battle
of Yorktown?

86. British General Cornwallis is trapped
on a peninsula by Colonial and
French troops, British forced to
surrender, last major battle in the
American Revolution

87. What was the
role of women
during the
American
Revolution?

88. Participated in the Daughters of
Liberty and helped supply colonist
with goods during the boycott of
British goods.

89. What was the role
of American
Indians during the
American
Revolution?

90. Scouts and spies for the Colonist

91. What was the
role of
enslaved and
free blacks
during the
American
Revolution?

92. African-Americans uniformly
supported the patriot cause of
freedom from Britain.

93. What was the significance of the
Treaty of Paris?

94. Confirmed American independence
and set the boundaries of the new
nation

95. What were the Articles of
Confederation?

96. First national government, gave
power to the States

97. Which of the following were benefits of
the Articles of Confederation?

98. Created the Northwest Ordinance,
created the Post Office, and
establishes States’ Rights

99. List four benefits of the Northwest
Ordinance?

100. Led to sectionalism, influenced
westward migration, no slavery and
create rules for adding new states

101. List three
negatives of
the Articles of
Confederation?

102. Could not tax, Could not create a
military and it developed a weak
national government

103. How did Daniel
Shay’s Rebellion
impact the
Articles of
Confederation?

104. Exposed the fundamental
weaknesses in government under
the Articles of Confederation.

105. What was the purpose of the
Constitution?

106. To develop a strong national
government with limits on the
overall power of the government

107. How did the
Great
Compromise
solve the issue of
state
representation in
the new federal
government?

108. It used the Virginia Plan to base
representation on population and
the New Jersey Plan to base
representation on equality (2
representative per state).

109. How did the
Three-Fifths
Compromise solve
the issue of state
representation in
the new federal
government?

110. It reduced the fear of loss of
representation by Southern States
with large slave populations.

111. List three limits to the power of the
federal government in the Constitution.

112. Separation of powers, checks and
balances and federalism

113. What were the political believes of the
Anti-Federalist?
Weak Federal
Government Strong Federal
Government

114. They want a Constitution with a
weak federal government and a Bill
of Rights to protect the people

115. List 2 famous Anti-Federalist?

116. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry

117. What were the political believes of the
Federalist?
Weak Federal
Government Strong Federal
Government

118. They want a Constitution that limits
the power of the federal
government

119. List two famous Federalist?

120. Alexander Hamilton and James
Madison

121. Define ratification?

122. To accept (the Constitution)

123. What was the purpose of the Federalist
Papers?

124. To encourage colonist and anti-
federalist to ratify the Constitution

125. What did the Anti-Federalist want
added to the Constitution, in
exchange for ratifying the
Constitution?

126. The Bill of Rights

127. What was the purpose of the Bill of
Rights?

128. To provide individual and state’s
rights