ONRAMPS US HISTORY MIDTERM
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1. Bacons Rebellion: -Nathaniel Bacon grouped together and angry mob to burn Jamestown and Indian
settlements as a protest for the reason that they didn't get any protection from the government.
-It was the first rebellion in the American Colonies in which the frontiersmen took part. Also, it hastened the hardening
of racial lines dealing with slavery, because this rebellion involved both black and white indentured servants which
worried the ruling class.
-outcome=He burned Jamestown to the ground and then bacon sudden illness and death ended the rebellion and
hanged bacon's followers
2. Salem Witch Trials: It was in the years 1692-1693, in Salem Massachusetts.
3. Constitutional Convention: Took place in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to
address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.(1787-1789)
4. Great Awakening: Number of periods of religious revival in American religious history.
5. Battle of Saratoga: This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution. The US gained military
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, support from the French, and began to win battles.
6. Loyalists vs. Patriots: The revolutionary war split the people of the American colonies into two groups: the
loyalists and the patriots.
7. Federalist (Hamilton) vs. Anti-Federalist ( Jefferson) Argument: *Anti-Federalist: were
those who opposed the development of a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution in 1788,
preferring instead for power to remain in the hands of state and local governments.
*Federalist: wanted a stronger national government and the ratification of the Constitution to help properly manage
the debt and tensions following the American Revolution.
8. Interaction of Colonial Government: Charters of royal colonies provided for direct rule by the king.
A colonial legislature was elected by property holding males. But governors were appointed by the colonists.
9. Treatment of Women & African Americans: Women had no rights. African Americans were used
as slaves on plantations of the colonists.
10. Power of rich vs. poor: -Upper Class: Elite, could vote, held high public oflce.
-Middle Class: could vote, few held public oflce, but most were skill tradesmen, ministers, doctors and lawyers.
-Lower Class: manual workers, tenant farmers, and could not vote.
-Indentured Servants: convicts, could not vote, be married, or buy nor sell anything.
-Slaves: had no rights
11. Jamestown (1607): 1st permanent British colony in the New World. Founded by Virginia Company and
received charter from King James I.
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(FALL)Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
1. Bacons Rebellion: -Nathaniel Bacon grouped together and angry mob to burn Jamestown and Indian
settlements as a protest for the reason that they didn't get any protection from the government.
-It was the first rebellion in the American Colonies in which the frontiersmen took part. Also, it hastened the hardening
of racial lines dealing with slavery, because this rebellion involved both black and white indentured servants which
worried the ruling class.
-outcome=He burned Jamestown to the ground and then bacon sudden illness and death ended the rebellion and
hanged bacon's followers
2. Salem Witch Trials: It was in the years 1692-1693, in Salem Massachusetts.
3. Constitutional Convention: Took place in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to
address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.(1787-1789)
4. Great Awakening: Number of periods of religious revival in American religious history.
5. Battle of Saratoga: This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution. The US gained military
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, support from the French, and began to win battles.
6. Loyalists vs. Patriots: The revolutionary war split the people of the American colonies into two groups: the
loyalists and the patriots.
7. Federalist (Hamilton) vs. Anti-Federalist ( Jefferson) Argument: *Anti-Federalist: were
those who opposed the development of a strong federal government and the ratification of the Constitution in 1788,
preferring instead for power to remain in the hands of state and local governments.
*Federalist: wanted a stronger national government and the ratification of the Constitution to help properly manage
the debt and tensions following the American Revolution.
8. Interaction of Colonial Government: Charters of royal colonies provided for direct rule by the king.
A colonial legislature was elected by property holding males. But governors were appointed by the colonists.
9. Treatment of Women & African Americans: Women had no rights. African Americans were used
as slaves on plantations of the colonists.
10. Power of rich vs. poor: -Upper Class: Elite, could vote, held high public oflce.
-Middle Class: could vote, few held public oflce, but most were skill tradesmen, ministers, doctors and lawyers.
-Lower Class: manual workers, tenant farmers, and could not vote.
-Indentured Servants: convicts, could not vote, be married, or buy nor sell anything.
-Slaves: had no rights
11. Jamestown (1607): 1st permanent British colony in the New World. Founded by Virginia Company and
received charter from King James I.
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