Lesson 1 "Beginnings to 1400 "

Turn to Page 76 and analyze the time line at the bottom of the page and read the introduction to the chapter.

Scan Pages 77-78; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 77-78 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Look for and read special colored boxes in the margins or a the bottom of pages 77-78.

Read Pages 77-78 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 78? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 1 "Beginnings to 1400" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 1 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Complex - something that has many details or parts.

Cultural - having to do with the arts.

Delegate - A person elected to serve in government.

Independence - Ability to take care of oneself

Legislature - group of people elected to make laws

Responsibility- the need to complete duties or tasks.

Mercantilism - the practice o regulating colonial trade for the profit of the home country.

Regulate - to govern or direct according to a rule.

Section Review Answers

1. Most farm families made their own clothing and furniture and raised crops and animals for food.
2. Colonists held town meetings and wrote newspapers to exchange news and ideas.
3. Colonists needed to trade with other countries in order to grow.
4. Mercantilism is the practice of regulating colonial trade for the profit of the home country.
5. France the Netherlands, Spain, and Austria also practiced mercantilism.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Are you able to describe ways the colonists became more independent?

Can you explain what mercantilism is?

Lesson 2 "Triangular Trade in the Colonies"

Scan Pages 79-80; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 79-80 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Read the short biography of James Oglethorpe on P 80

Read Pages 79-80 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 80? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 2 "Triangular Trade in the Colonies" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 2 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Enforce - To make sure something is done according to a law.

Triangular trade - trade between Africa, the West Indies, and New England.

Unite - to join together as a single unit.

Rebellion - a group fighting another group that is in power.

Section Review Answers

1. Triangular trade was trade between Africa, the West Indies, and New England.
2. American Indian peoples were affected by triangular trade because they were forced from their homes.
3. Africans were captured from their homeland and brought to America. They were treated as property
4. The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to regulate colonial trade.
5. The Americans paid little attention to the Navigation Acts.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Are you able to describe what triangular trade was?

Can you identify the victims of triangular trade.

Can you explain what the Navigation Acts were?

Lesson 3 "The Move Westward"

Scan Pages 81-83; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 81-83 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the blue boxes that you find on Pages 81-83.

Read Pages 81-83 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 83? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "The Move Westward" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 3 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Frontier - a region with little population.

Alliance - An agreement that joins groups of people or countries together.

Recruit - To get new members for a group

Union - territories joining together under one government.

Appoint - to name or choose a person to do something

Regiment - Large group of soldiers.

Section Review Answers

1. The British granted 200,000 acres of land in the Ohio Valley to the Ohio Company.
2. The French forced George Washington to retreat from Fort Duquesne.
3. The French lived among the American Indians.
4. The British had almost one and a half million colonists.
5. The French had fewer settlers.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify the two countries that claimed land in the West?

Are you able to describe the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

Are you able to compare the military strength of the British and the French?

Lesson 4 "The French and Indian War Begins"

Scan Pages 84-85; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 84-85 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the blue boxes that you find on Pages 84-85.

Read Pages 84-85(take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 85? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "The French and Indian War Begins" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 4 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Ambush - to carry out a surprise attack.

Survivor - Someone who has lived through a dangerous event.

Section Review Answers

1. General Braddock did not respect the American Indians as soldiers.
2. General Braddock was killed near Fort Duquesne.
3. William Pitt was made prime minister of England in 1758.
4. William Pitt made several changes.
5. The colonists liked William Pr itt.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify key battles at the beginning of the French and Indian War?

Are you able to explain the importance of William Pitt?

Lesson 5 "The War Ends"

Scan Pages 86-87; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 86-87 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 86-87.

Read Pages 86-87(take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 87? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 5 "The War Ends" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 5 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Reinforcements - additional soldiers used to back up an army

Stronghold - a place, such as a military base, that is well protected from attack.

Treaty - An agreement to end fighting.

Section Review Answers

1. The French set fire to Fort Duquesne.
2. Capturing Fort Duquesne was a turning point in the war in favor of the British, and the Battle of Quebec won the war for the British.
3. General Wolfe attacked Quebec by bringing troops up the St. Lawrence River and discovering a path in the cliffs to Quebec.
4. The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the war between the British and the French.
5. The British gained Florida and all of the land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify key battles at the end of the French and Indian War?

Are you able to describe what happened after the war?

 Preparing for Chapter 4 Test

Turn to Page 88 and read the article "Poor Richard's Almanac"

Turn to Page 89 and read the Chapter 4 summary.

On page 90-91 you will find the Chapter 4 review, complete the review.

Check your answers with those in the Key Points below.

Take the Chapter 4 Test "A Struggle for Power"

Review the answers then print the results for your records.

Chapter 4 Review answers

1. Fort Duquesne
2. William Pitt
3. george Washington
4. Ohio Valley
5. Treaty of Paris
6. battle of Quebec
7. James Wolfe
8. triangular trade
9. Louis Mountcalm
10. edward Braddock
11. Navigation Acts
12. mercantilism
13. fort Niagara.

The Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas

1. Great Britain had lots of people to fight a war and could also recruit colonists.
2. France had the advantage of one controlling government. Its people also had a good relationship with the American Indians and knew frontier warfare.
3. The Battle of Quebec was important because it marked the end of the french and Indian War. France surrendered after losing the battle.
4. The Treaty of Paris gave Great Britain all of the land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The area of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, which France had claimed, as well as New Orleans, went to Spain. Great Britain got Florida from Spain in exchange for Cuba. France kept only two small islands south of the Newfoundland and some islands off the West Indies.
5. Great Britain was seen as the strongest world power after the war.

Congratulations you finished the fourth chapter !!