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Study Guide for 8 th grade social studies exam #2 Exam #2 will take place on Wednesday and Thursday November 29/30 The exam will consist of multiple choice and two short answer questions. The format will be identical to the format of the first exam. Be sure to look at returned assignments, your notes from the text and any handouts that were given to you in class to help you with your studying for the exam. You may have a ½ page single sided cheat sheet to help you with the exam. Review the following concepts prior to taking the exam. Be sure to remember all of these things but be able to explain why they are important. The English Reformation and Henry VIII The Great Awakening The Pilgrims/Separatists/Calvinists Enlightenment Benjamin Franklin Isaac Newton John Peter Zenger The Navigation Acts Triangular Trade The French and Indian War Albany Plan of Union Treaty of Paris 1763 Pontiac’s War Proclamation of 1763 King George III

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Study  Guide  for  8th  grade  social  studies  exam  #2    

Exam  #2  will  take  place  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday  November  29/30    

The  exam  will  consist  of  multiple  choice  and  two  short  answer  questions.  The  format  will  be  identical  to  the  format  of  the  first  exam.    

 Be  sure  to  look  at  returned  assignments,  your  notes  from  the  text  and  any  handouts  

that  were  given  to  you  in  class  to  help  you  with  your  studying  for  the  exam.      

You  may  have  a  ½  page  single  sided  cheat  sheet  to  help  you  with  the  exam.      

Review  the  following  concepts  prior  to  taking  the  exam.  Be  sure  to  remember  all  of  these  things  but  be  able  to  explain  why  they  are  important.    

   

The  English  Reformation  and  Henry  VIII    

The  Great  Awakening    

The  Pilgrims/Separatists/Calvinists    

Enlightenment    

Benjamin  Franklin    

Isaac  Newton    

John  Peter  Zenger    

The  Navigation  Acts    

Triangular  Trade    

The  French  and  Indian  War    

Albany  Plan  of  Union    

Treaty  of  Paris  1763    

Pontiac’s  War    

Proclamation  of  1763    

King  George  III    

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Stamp  Act    

Sugar  Act    

Townshend  Acts    

Patrick  Henry    

The  Boston  Massacre    

The  Boston  Tea  Party    

Intolerable  Acts    

First  and  Second  Continental  Congress    

Lexington  and  Concord    

Olive  Branch  Petition    

Battle  of  Bunker  Hill    

Thomas  Paine’s  Commons  Sense    

Natural  Rights    

Battle  of  Trenton    

Marquis  De  Lafayette    

Friedrich  von  Steuben    

Battle  of  Saratoga    

Yorktown    

John  Paul  Jones    

Benedict  Arnold    

           

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Possible  Short  answer  Questions:        What  were  the  main  reasons  for  an  American  Victory?    In  what  ways  did  Europe  and  Europeans  become  involved  in  the  war  effort?    Describe  the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  Britain  and  the  colonists  as  the  war  began?    Explain  the  significance  of  Boston  Massacre.      Explain  how  the  colonists  moved  from  being  happy  British  subjects  in  1763  to  declaring  independence  in  1776    How  did  the  Enlightenment  and  the  Great  Awakening  influence  the  colonists  in  their  movement  towards  independence.