WINTER 2012 HISTORY 231 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Format:

I. TERMS: I will put 7 terms on the exam, taken from the following list. In two to three sentences for each term, you will identify and give the significance.

"Modelle of Christian Charity"

Town Meeting

Tituba

Bacon's Rebellion

House of Burgesses

Middle Passage

Indentured Servitude

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

George Whitefield

The Junto

South Carolina Regulators

North Carolina Regulators

Susquehannah Company

Paxton Boys

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Treaty of Paris of 1783

Stamp Act

Boston Massacre

Sons of Liberty

Daughters of Liberty

Burning the Gaspee

II. ESSAY: I will choose one of the following two questions. Prepare both!

1. Of the following, which were the most important challenges to British authority leading the British colonists to question their connection to England?

The Great Awakening, The American Enlightenment, The French and Indian War, the Industrial Revolution, the Susquehannah Company, the Paxton Boys, the Regulator Movements, The Boston Fire, the Great Migration of 1773.

(you do not have to write about all of these but should choose as many as you need to make your case)

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? You wrote an opinion piece on “Common Sense,” and now Franklin wants you to write an editorial giving what you feel is the correct opinion on the weighty matter of independence. Should you go against England and support the Revolution? Should you be loyal to your British roots? What are the best arguments in support of your position? What will your newspaper column say?

(remember, the creative option requires the same level of detail as the more analytical question)

HOW TO STUDY FOR THIS EXAM: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 each one out on notecards and study those. 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. NO, YOU CAN’T USE THOSE ON THE EXAM, but it is a great way to study. 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. Use a textbook or online sources while you study to fill in the gaps in your notes and to add detail where you lack it.

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

SAMPLE FULL CREDIT IDENTIFICATION RESPONSE TAKEN FROM A PREVIOUS EXAM:

Burning the Gaspee:

In 1772 the British sent a ship called the Gaspee to patrol the waters off of Rhode Island to stop black market ships. The ship ran aground. The Sons of Liberty, a secret organization devoted to colonial independence, found the ship on a sandbar and burned it into the sea. This is significant because it shows that the colonists were now violently against the British and were organized and ready to fight.