9th Grade History Final Review Sheet

First Americans/Pre-History

  •  -Development of cities and complex civilizations.
  •  -Early migration to the Americas.
  •  -Result of early Americans settling down.
  •  -Early views and values of Native Americans.

European Exploration

  •  -Bartolomue Dias and Vasco da Gama
  •  -Early exploration in correct time sequence.
  •  -Portuguese as leading explorers in early 1400’s.
  •  -Countries to colonize in North America.

Colonization

  •  -Jamestown as an early colony.
  •  -Early laborers in colonial America.
  •  -Spanish movement in the North American Southwest.
  •  -First attempts to colonize in North America.
  •  -Reasons for success and failure of early colonies.
  •  -Sectionalism of early American colonies and consequences.
  •  -Middle passage and its significance.

Developing American Way of Life

  •  -Navigation Acts and early trade in the colonies.
  •  -Enlightenment
  •  -Great Awakening
  •  -Reasons for coming to America.
  •  -French and Indian War
  •  -Relationship between colonist and Indians.
  •  -Proclamation of 1763
  •  -Committees of Correspondence
  •  -Boston Tea Party
  •  -Treaty of Paris 1763
  •  -Reason for African slaves and their culture in America.

Revolution 

  •  -Battle of Lexington
  •  -George Washington
  •  -Ben Franklin
  •  -Declaration of Independence
  •  -Thomas Jefferson
  •  -Treaty of Paris 1783
  •  -John Locke and his ideas on government.
  •  -Stamp Act
  •  -Battles of Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown, Bunker Hill
  •  -Advantages of British and Americans during Revolutionary War.
  •  -Minutemen
  •  -Turning point of revolutionary war.

Launching the Republic – Experimenting with Self-Government

  •  -Republic
  •  -Confederation
  •  -Tariff
  •  -Land Ordnance of 1785
  •  -Northwest Ordinance of 1787
  •  -Congress of Confederation
  •  -Articles of Confederation

Constitution

  •  -Ratification of the Constitution
  •  -Three branches of government
  •  -Office of president in United State
  •  -Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and Great compromise
  •  -Reason for Bill of Rights
  •  -Father of the Constitution
  • -Roger Sherman
  • -Viewpoints on ratification of the constitution
  • -Electoral College

Age of Jefferson

  •  -Washington’s Cabinet
  •  -Marbury v. Madison
  •  -National bank
  •  -Principle of nullification
  •  -Battle of New Orleans
  •  -Louisiana Territory
  •  -John Marshall
  •  -Jefferson’s view of America