I'll give out a paper version of this in class on Monday, but here's the basics you should be studying to prepare for Thursday's test:
Chapter 3.4
What drove the western expansion of colonial settlement?
How did Native Americans and the French react to the expansion of the colonies?
Why did the Great Awakening both resolve and contribute to religious tensions?
Chapter 4.1
What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
How did the British win the French and Indian War?
How did the war weaken the colonists' loyalty to Britain?
Chapter 4.2
How and why did British policies in the colonies change after 1763?
What were the causes and effects of the various Acts?
How did rising tensions in the colonies lead to fighting at Lexington and Concord?
Chapter 4.3, the Declaration of Ind., "Rocky Road to Revolution" article
What was the importance of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
What ideas and arguments are presented in the Declaration of Independence?
What were the difficulties of reaching unanimity for the Continental Congress?
How did the Enlightenment influence Thomas Jefferson?
Chapter 4.4
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the British and American forces?
Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point of the war?
Chapter 4.5
What hardships did the Americans endure during the war?
How did American victories in the West and the South lead to an end to the war?
What was the impact of the American Revolution?
Other things to consider
What was the impact of slavery on the economies of the South, and how did that affect the Dec. of Ind?
What were the long-term causes of the American Revolution?
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