1. BM Cheat
Sheet
N. Tolentino - History

2. Magna Carta - 1215
• Limited the power of the King

3. Jamestown - 1607
• 1st permanent English settlement

4. Plymouth - 1620
• Pilgrims – religious reasons

5. House of Burgesses
• 1st representative government

6. Mayflower Compact
• Self-government

7. Monarchy / Colony
• King / Baby

8. Stamp Act / Tea Act
• Taxes on colonists

9. Boston Massacre / Boston Tea
Party
• Reaction of colonists to taxes

10. Lexington and Concord
• Shot Heard Round the World

11. Lexington and Concord Video

12. Saratoga
• Turning Point of the Am. Rev.

13. Yorktown / Treaty of Paris 1783
• End / Make it official

14. George Washington
• Commander / 1st President

15. Patrick Henry
• Give me Liberty or Give me Death

16. Articles of Confederation
• 1st attempt at government – too weak

17. 3 branches
• Lemon Egg Juice

18. Great Compromise
• 2 House – Senate and H. of Reps

19. Constitution
• Supreme Law of the Land

20. Bill of Rights
• First 10 – individual rights

21. Federalism
• Sharing National and State

22. Northwest Ordinance
• Who governs new territory?

23. Amendment process
• 2/3 and ¾ = CHANGE!

24. Popular Sovereignty
• People have the final say!

25. Mnemonics to Know
• Magna Carta, Mayflower
Compact, Fundamental Order
of Connecticut, Declaration,
Articles, Constitution, Bill of
Rights

26. Mnemonics to Know
•Lexington & Concord,
Bunker Hill, Saratoga,
Yorktown, Treaty of Paris

27. Mnemonics to Know
• Religion
• Assembly
• Petition
• Press
• Speech

28. Mnemonics to Know
• Popular Sovereignty,
Republicanism, Federalism,
Separation of powers, Checks
and Balances, Limited
Government, Individual Rights

29. Court Cases
• Marburyv. Madison = M&M
J.R.
• Dred Scott – said
he was not a CITIZEN
but PROPERTY

30. 3 Sections of the 13 Colonies
• 1. New England – Cold,
Religious, Fish
• 2. Middle – Quakers,
Breadbasket
• 3. Southern – Hot, Tobacco,
Slaves

32. Timeline (re-create in blank space)
Jamestown Am. Rev Constitution Civil War
1607 1775 - 83 1787 1861- 1865
Mayflower Louisiana
Declaration
1620 Purchase
1776
1803

33. Rest of Class
• Complete Prezi / Powerpoint
/ Keynote over CBA#4 Cheat
Sheet Notes
• Study Island – ANY 6 weeks
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