Tim Carrig and George Carlo Clark QUALIFIED for the NATIONAL HISTORY BEE COMPETITION!

 The competition will be held June 1 at the Hyatt Regency  in Atlanta, GA. 

To qualify for nationals, both Tim and George Carlo were top finishers in the regional finals in

 Chicago Monday, April 1st, competing against peers from Wisconsin,

Illinois, Indiana, & Michigan.

At the National Championship, the top finishers from each of the Regional Finals challenge for the title of National History Bee Champion!

The 2013 National Championship will be held on June 1, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, GA.

·         Please click the following link for Preliminary Round Sample questions:

http://historybee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Intramural-Bee-Written-Test-Sample.pdf

·         Please click the following link for a study guide: http://historybee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Official-National-History-Bee-Study-Guide1.pdf

·         Here is a link to sample ORQE quizzes: http://historybee.com/practice-orqe/

Ch. 32, Sec. 2  American Revolution & Ch. 34 The Americas

Ch. 32, Sec. 2: The American Revolution

1.  Why was the Stamp Act considered a direct tax?

2. Why did the British begin to tax the American colonies?

3. Why was the Stamp Act repealed?

4. What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?  How did they affect the power of the colonial legislatures?

5. What event in 1770 led to bad feelings between the American colonists and the British government?

6. In 1773, why did some colonists dress as Native Americans and dump boxes of tea into Boston Harbor?

7. How did the British respond to the destruction of the tea?

8. In 1774, what did the colonists do about the Coercive Acts?

9. Why did fighting break out at Lexington, Massachusetts?  What began because of this fighting?

10. What was decided by the American colonies on July 4, 1776?

11. Name and explain two of the most important principles  of American government expressed in our Constitution.

Ch 34    The Americas

Sec 1: The United States

12. What kind of government developed in the newly formed United States?

13. What is the difference between a federal government and a state government?

13. How and why did the U.S. expand its boundaries during the 1800s?

14. Why were the Native Americans unable to stop the movement of the settlers?

15. What do you call the idea that many Americans believed in in the 1800s that said the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

16. Name four parts of the country that the U.S. acquired in the 1880s and explain how they were acquired.

17. Why did the southern states of the U.S. secede in 1860 & 1861?

18. What were two results of the American Civil War of 1861-1865?

19. What fueled the European-ruled colonies of Latin America to move towards independence?

20. What affect did Pierre Toussaint-L'Ouverture have on the country of Haiti?

21. What was unusual about Brazil's independence?

22. Why is Simon Bolivar known as "The Liberator"?

23. Why were so many newly independent Latin American countries ruled by caudillos ?

Ch. 32, Sec. 2 & Ch. 3 4 TEST: Wed, May 15th

Semester 2 Final Exam: Wed, May 29th on 

*Roman Empire (Ch. 15 & Ch. 17, Sec. 2 "The Conquerors") (& Roman Numerals)

*The Renaissance (Ch. 28)

*The Reformation (Ch. 29)

*Age of Discovery (Ch. 30)

*American Revolution & U.S. History (Ch. 32, Sec. 2 & Ch. 34, Sec. 1&2)

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7^th Grade   Semester 2 Exam Schedule:

Math, Tuesday, 5-28-13, 1st/2nd period, cafeteria

Social Studies, Wednesday, 5-29-13, 3rd/4th period, cafeteria