United States History

Healy

Unit I Fact Sheet

 

You are expected to be able to know (not just temporarily) the significance of each of these people, places, dates or concepts.  You may find them from any source that you wish, but you must find all of them and learn them!

 

Early Exploration

              Impact of social and economic conditions in Europe

              Role of Asia

              Political and economic changes in Europe and the Middle East

              Role of disease

              Role of Spain, Portugal and France

 

English in America

              Queen Elizabeth I

              Sir Walter Raleigh

                      Roanoke Island Colony

              Spanish Armada

              Mercantilism

              Jamestown Virginia

              Tobacco

 

Colonies

              New England

                      Plymouth Colony

                              Mayflower

                      Massachusetts Bay Colony

                            Puritans

                            Calvinism

                            Covenant of Grace

                            Visible Saints

                            Blue Laws

                            Salem Witch Trials

                      Rhode Island Colony

                            Roger Williams

                            Anne Hutchinson

                      Triangle Trade

 

              Middle & Southern Colonies

                      Pennsylvania

                              William Penn

                              Quakers

                      Georgia

 

Colonial Warfare

              Salutary Neglect

              The Enlightenment

              French and Indian War

              Proclamation of 1763

              British Debt

              Sugar Act of 1764

              Stamp Act

              King George III

              Townshend Duties

              James Otis

              Patrick Henry

              Sam Adams (not the beer)

              Tea Act

              Coercive Acts

              Thomas Paine

                      Common Sense

              Thomas Jefferson

                      Declaration of Independence