MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Midterm Study Guide/Spring 2013/History 231/Dr. Schmoll

Exam Date: May 2

You need to bring a blue book.

I.               MULTIPLE CHOICE: 50%

There will be 27 questions. You will answer 25 of them.

Here is an example of a multiple choice question to show you the level of detailed needed for this exam:

The French and Indian War ended with the

a. Treaty of Paris of 1763
b. Treaty of Paris of 1783
c. Treaty of Paris of 1898
d. Treaty of Versailles

II.             ESSAY: 50% Two of following essay questions will appear on the exam. You will write on one of them. (Essay=50%)

1.     In considering the causes of the American Revolution, we have examined the impact of events (such as the Stamp Act or the Boston Tea Party) and ideas (such as tyranny or freedom). Discuss both events and ideas as causes of the American Revolution. Which do you think had a more important role in causing this war?

2.     How would you as an 18^th century colonist have responded to The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Common Sense? Explain how each book exemplified the tension of the 1700s. Be sure to consider specific events in your answer (such as the Paxton Boys or the Stamp Act).

3.     Even before the events that directly caused the Revolution, there were many challenges to British authority during the middle of the 18th century (such as the Paxton Boys). What were those challenges and how thoroughly did they make the colonists question their loyalty to England?

HOW TO STUDY FOR THIS EXAM:

Ø  Make outlines. Make sure that your outlines have way too much detail, way more than any normal human could ever remember. Remember, you cannot bring these to the exam, but you can remember what is on them and use the detail on the exam.

Ø  Try to memorize the outlines. Try to write them word for word without looking at the original. Fill in the gaps where you did not recall something. Do it again. Walk around your study area speaking the outline, looking down only when you need to for a quick reminder of the detail. Speak it again. Write it again…and most of all, have fun.

Ø  Fill in the gaps in your notes and add detail where you lack it. To do this, use a textbook or an online source.

Ø  Follow Napoleon’s advice: “In planning a campaign I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible.”