what am i usi jan 2013

6TH Grade ReviewSOL’s 1.5b – 1.7c

2nd Benchmark TestJanuary 2013

What Am I? USI Review

Virginia SOL’s

What Am I?Provided a weak national governmentGave Congress no power to tax or regulate

commerceProvided for no common currencyGave each state one vote regardless of sizeProvided for no executive or judicial branch

I Am…

The Articles of Confederation

http://www.celdf.org/Portals/0/Images/Articles%20of%20Confederation.bmp

What Am I?Livestock, grain, fish.

I Am……Mid Atlantic: Specialization

What Am I?Written by James MadisonWritten guarantee of individual freedomsThe first ten amendments to the

Constitution

I Am…

The Bill of Rights

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/bill.jpg

What Am I?New England (New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut)Middle/Mid-Atlantic (New York, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware)Southern (Maryland, Virginia, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

I Am……Three Colonial Regions

What Am I?Worked the land according to regionRelied on family members for labor

I Am…

A farmer in Colonial America

http://www.wm.edu/niahd/journals/display_image.php?id=17543

What Am I?Occurred in 1774Delegates from all the colonies metThe delegates discussed problems with

England and promoted independence

I Am…

The First Continental Congress

http://www.generalatomic.com/AmericanHistory/carpentershall.jpg

Carpenters Hall, where the first Continental Congress took place.

What Am I?War between England and FranceFought over land in the Ohio River ValleyEngland would go on to tax the colonists to

pay for this war

I Am…

The French and Indian War

http://reenacting.net/images/maps/1754areamap.gif

What Am I?Natural resources: timber, fish, deep harbors

I Am……New England: Resources

What Am I?Occurred in 1775Happened in MassachusettsSite of the first armed conflict of the

Revolutionary War

I Am…

Lexington and Concord

http://theamericanrevolution.org/images/battles/lexcon.gif

What Am I?Occurred in 1803Bought from FranceHappened when Thomas Jefferson was

PresidentMeriwether Lewis and William Clark

explored it

I Am…

The Louisiana Purchase

http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Graphics/LA%20Purchase%20Map.jpg

What Am I?Human resources: skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders

I Am……...

New England: Resources

Candle maker

What Am I?

Appalachian Mountains

Boston Harbor Hilly terrain Rocky soil Jagged coastline Moderate summers

and cold winters Religious reformers

and separatists Town meetings

Fishing Shipbuilding Industry and naval

supplies Trade and port cities Skilled craftsmen Shopkeepers Village and church

are center of life

I Am…

New England Colonial Region

http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/images/NewEnglandColonies.gif

What Am I?Men and women who did not have money

for passage to the coloniesAgreed to work without pay for the person

who paid for their passageWere free at the end of their contract

I Am…

Indentured Servant

What Am I?States that people establish government

to protect their rightsGovernment derives power from the

peoplePeople have a right to change a

government that violates their rightsStates people have unalienable rights to

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessInspired by John LockeThomas Jefferson was the major author

I Am…

The Declaration of Independence

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/doc-content/images/declaration-of-independence-m.jpg

What Am I?

Appalachian Mountains

PiedmontAtlantic OceanCoastal PlainGood harborsRiversHumid ClimateLarge

farms/plantations

Cash cropsWood productsSmall farmsSlaveryIndentured servantsFew cities/schoolsChurch of EnglandCounties

I Am…

Southern Colonial Region

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/13c8.gif

What Am I?Worked as caretakers, house workers,

homemakersCould not voteHad few chances for education

I Am…

Women in Colonial America

http://www.southampton.k12.ny.us/ColonialSourcebook/j0128946.gif

What Am I?Appalachian Mountains, Boston

Harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline.

Moderate summers, cold winters

I Am…….New England: Geography and

Climate

What Am I?Happened during the Revolutionary WarBoston1770Colonists were shot after taunting British

soldiers

I Am…

Boston Massacre

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/09/350px-Boston_Massacre.jpg

What Am I?

Appalachian Mountains

Coastal lowlands (harbors and bays)

Rich farmlandsModerate climateLivestock and grainTrading

Unskilled and skilled workes and fishermen

Villages and citiesVaried and diverse

lifestylesDiverse religionsMarket towns

I Am…

Mid-Atlantic/Middle Colonies

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What Am I?Occurred during the Revolutionary War1773Led by Samuel Adams and Paul ReverePatriots threw tea into Boston Harbor to

protest tea taxes

I Am…

The Boston Tea Party

http://bostonist.com/attachments/boston_caroline/121607-boston-tea-party.jpg

What Am I?Fishing, shipbuilding, industry, naval supplies

I Am……..New England: Specialization

What Am I?Battle during the Revolutionary War1777Turning point of the warAmericans won

I Am..

Battle of Saratoga

http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/saratoga222.jpg

What Am I?Colonies had to obey British laws enforced

by governors.Colonial governors were appointed by the

king or by the proprietor.Colonial legislatures made laws for each

colony and were monitored by colonial governors.

I Am…….Political Relationships between the Colonies

and Great Britain

What Am I?Revolutionary War event1781Happened in VirginiaAmerican and French forces defeated the

forces of Lord CornwallisMarked the end of the Revolutionary War

I Am…Surrender at Yorktown

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/images/cornwallis-surrender.gif

What Am I?Lived predominately in the SouthRelied on indentured servants or slaves for

laborWere educated in some casesHad a rich social culture

I Am…Large landowner in

Colonial America

http://www.wm.edu/niahd/journals/display_image.php?id=12800

Great Hopes Plantation in Williamsburg

What Am I?1783DocumentEngland recognized American

independenceTreaty

I Am…

Treaty of Paris

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/treatyofparis1783.jpg

What Am I?New England depended on the Southern colonies for raw materials such as cotton and on the Middle Colonies for grain and livestock.

I Am……New England: Examples of Interdependence

What Am I?........Great Britain imposed strict control over trade.

Great Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.

Colonies traded raw materials for goods.

I Am……Economic Relationships between Great

Britain and the Colonies

What Am I?Were captured in AfricaShipped to the coloniesOwned as property for life with no rightsOften born into their situation

I Am…

Slaves

http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/jefferson.html

What Am I?Social/Political: Village and church

as the center of life. Religious reformers and separatists.

Civic Life: Town meetings

I Am…..New England: Social/Political and

Civic Life

What Am I?Worked as craftsmen in towns and

on plantationsLived in small villages and cities

I Am…Artisans in Colonial America

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/liberty/images/01_history/page01_casting02_hiRez.jpg

What Am I?The Mid Atlantic colonies traded

with both New England and Southern colonies to get the products they did not produce.

I Am……..Mid Atlantic: Examples of Interdependence

What Am I?Structure of the governmentBased on James Madison’s “Virginia Plan”Consists of the Legislative, Executive, and

Judicial

I Am…The Three Branches of Government

http://www.seaford.k12.de.us/webdigs/images/govt.h2.jpg

What Am I?Natural resources: rich farmlands, rivers

I Am……Mid Atlantic: Resources

What Am I?Allows each branch of government to check

the power of the otherPrevents any one branch from gaining too

much power

I Am…

Checks and balances

What Am I?Human resources: unskilled and skilled workers, fishermen

I Am……Mid Atlantic: Resources

What Am I?Specific time periodWar1775-1781Americans fought against the BritishFought for independence

I Am…Revolutionary War

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/American_Revolutionary_War_collage.jpg/800px-American_Revolutionary_War_collage.jpg

What Am I?Appalachian Mountains, coastal lowlands, harbors and bays, wide and deep rivers.

Mild winters and moderate climate.

I Am…….Mid Atlantic: Geography and

Climate