AP US HISTORY AP EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

AP US HISTORY AP EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Encomienda System
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granted permission to conquistadors to enslave as many people needed to work a plantation; Free labor,
which yielded big profits

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2. Headright System
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legal grant of land to each settler because of the work they're doing for a master

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3. Indentured Servants
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people who gained access to the New World by signing a contract to an employer for a fixed period of
labor, typically 3-7 years, in return for their transportation, food, clothing, shelter and other necessities in
the New World

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4. Joint Stock Company
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colony established as a business project by a group of investors who obtain permission from the king to
settle (e.g. Virginia and Massachusetts)

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5. Proprietary Colony
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given as a gift from the king (e.g. Maryland)

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6. Royal Colony
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under the English monarch's rule

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7. Salutary Neglect
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parliament's practice of not enforcing their laws upon the colonists

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8. Middle Passage

,Answer:
brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean to north America and the west
indies

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9. Mercantilism
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economic belief that profitable trading generates wealth

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10. Puritans
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sought to purify Catholic Church's practices; did not fully break away from church because still had hope
for reformation

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11. City Upon A Hill
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Puritan model colony for others to look up to

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12. Pilgrims
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separatists who completely broke away from Catholic Church because they lost hope in it

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13. Evangelicalism
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stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation

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14. Black Codes
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southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves

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15. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676
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uprising in VA colony led by Nathaniel Bacon caused by tension between original settlers and "back
country" frontiersman; frontier in west is dangerous and in threat of Indians but richer settlers don't help so
Bacon sacked and burned Jamestown when Berkley doesn't help him fight Doeg Indians

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16. Glorious Revolution
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overthrow of James II and replacing throne with William and Mary; significant b/c it's the first time where
Parliament makes monarchy powerless and marked the beginning of a constitutional monarchy

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17. First Great Awakening
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first religious renewal led by evangelical Protestant ministers to make a sharp increase of interest in
religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those affected

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18. King Phillip's War
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armed conflict between Native Americans of southern New England and English colonists and their Native
American allies; Caused by disputes over land b/w Indians and settlers which caused detioration of
alliances; Made colonists improve militarily and also killed Wampanoeg tribe

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19. King William's War
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war against French and Native Americans on Canadian borders; Caused by James II trying to obtain too
much power over colonists; Ended up causing the Glorious Revolution and heightened regional anxieties

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20. Pequot War
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conflict between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies and
the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes; Caused by colonists moving closer and closer to the Pequot tribe
area and conflicts arise over unfair trading and destruction of crops; Ended up killing Pequot tribe

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21. Salem Witch Trials
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witchcraft hysteria that broke out in Salem and caused many innocent people to lose their lives or be
tortured

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22. the "Starving time"
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period in Jamestown where colonists refused to and did not know how to grow food in New World, also
lack of access to water and no rain diminished agricultural production; caused settlers to resort to
cannibalism

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23. Stono Uprising
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first and one of most successful slave rebellions where slaves stole guns and ammunition, killed masters,
and liberated slaves; aim was to flee to Florida where Spanish colonists would grant them freedom; Caused
many colonies to pass more restrictive laws to govern behavior of slaves and heightened fears of slave
rebellions

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24. Anne Hutchinson
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American colonist who was banished from Boston for her religious views and standing up for women's
rights

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25. George Whitefield
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Anglican Protestant minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in the Kingdom of Great Britain
and, especially, in the British North American colonies

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26. Jonathan Edwards
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American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in
America

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27. John Smith
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explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas

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28. Roger Williams
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expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; founded and colonized Rhode Island in the late
1600's

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29. Walter Raleigh
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tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England

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30. Powhattan Confederacy
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Indians among whom the English made their first permanent settlement in North America; Pocahontas's
tribe

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31. Pocahontas
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daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to
England with him; her bravery in saving an Englishman paved way for many positive English and native
relations; acted as an intermediary between English and Natives