APUSH Review questions and answers
Great Columbian / Biological Exchange - Exchange of plants and animals between
the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492.
Christopher Columbus - Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached
Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent
Bartolomeo de las Casas - 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar,
"Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous people
Spanish empire - Empire control in Mexico, South America, and Florida, religious
empire; Franciscans + mission system, defensive buffers vs. English, French, and
Russians. Economic empire.
French empire - Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with
Louisiana. Religious: Jesuits. Positive indigenous relations. Fur trade. Coureurs du
bois.
English/British Empire - Exhibited control in the form of dominions, colonies,
mandates, and territories. Queen Elizabeth I was a prominent ruler during the
colonial period of this empire. French Rivalry + engaged in Columbian Exchange.
,APUSH Review questions and answers
Jamestown - First permanent English settlement; located in Virginia. Founded by
London Company
Mayflower Compact - Pilgrims/Separatists agreement: agreement to obey laws
created by the community and a profession of allegiance to the king
Chesapeake colonies - Term for the colonies of Maryland and Virginia
Virginia colony - This colony was founded in 1607. First settlement was
Jamestown. Charter to stock company/royal. Tobacco was vital to its survival.
1619 - The year when the first U.S representative assembly was established -
House of Burgesses (Jamestown, Virginia)
Bacon's rebellion - Colonial uprising that took place in 1676 in the Virginia colony,
led by Nathaniel Bacon. Virginians resented William Berkeley's friendly policy
towards Native Americans. This was the first rebellion in American colonies in
which discontented frontiersmen took part.
Maryland colony - Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, founded to be a place for
persecuted Catholics to find refuge, a safe haven, act of toleration
,APUSH Review questions and answers
Toleration Act - Guaranteed religious toleration to trinitarian Christians, but
decreed the death penalty to Jews and atheists and others who didn't believe in
the divinity of Jesus Christ,
New England colonies - The term for the colonies of Massachusetts bay, Rhode
Island, and New Hampshire
Massachusetts Bay Colony - Colony founded in 1630 by John Winthrop, part of the
Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City
upon a hill"
John Winthrop - Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City
upon a hill"
"City upon a hill" - Said by Winthrop; refers to the idea that Puritan colonists
emigrating to the New World were part of a special pact with God to create a holy
community: a model society to the world/moral commonwealth
Anne Hutchinson - Woman who challenged Purtian religous authorities in
Massachusetts Bay. Puritan authorities banished her because she challenged
, APUSH Review questions and answers
religious doctrine, gender roles. clerical authority, and claimed to have had
revelations from God
King Philip's war - 1675. longest and bloodiest conflict between settlers and
natives in 17th century, native Wampanoags under KIng Phillip ( Indian Chieftain)
resisted England encroachment on their land, they killed many settlers in Mass,
English joined with Mohawks to defeat them
Salem Witch Trials - 1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Massachussetts
Bay puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress. Spectral
evidence was used frequently.
Rhode Island Colony - Self-governing colony founded by Roger Williams in 1636;
granted freedom for all religions and non-believers; religious toleration;
disestablishment, universal suffrage for white males w/property qualifications;
most democratic
Disestablishment - Separation of church and state; no religion is officially
supported by the state/government; opposed tax-supported church
Connecticut colony - Colony founded by Thomas Hooker in 1636; self-governing;
origin of Fundamental Orders
Great Columbian / Biological Exchange - Exchange of plants and animals between
the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492.
Christopher Columbus - Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached
Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent
Bartolomeo de las Casas - 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar,
"Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous people
Spanish empire - Empire control in Mexico, South America, and Florida, religious
empire; Franciscans + mission system, defensive buffers vs. English, French, and
Russians. Economic empire.
French empire - Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with
Louisiana. Religious: Jesuits. Positive indigenous relations. Fur trade. Coureurs du
bois.
English/British Empire - Exhibited control in the form of dominions, colonies,
mandates, and territories. Queen Elizabeth I was a prominent ruler during the
colonial period of this empire. French Rivalry + engaged in Columbian Exchange.
,APUSH Review questions and answers
Jamestown - First permanent English settlement; located in Virginia. Founded by
London Company
Mayflower Compact - Pilgrims/Separatists agreement: agreement to obey laws
created by the community and a profession of allegiance to the king
Chesapeake colonies - Term for the colonies of Maryland and Virginia
Virginia colony - This colony was founded in 1607. First settlement was
Jamestown. Charter to stock company/royal. Tobacco was vital to its survival.
1619 - The year when the first U.S representative assembly was established -
House of Burgesses (Jamestown, Virginia)
Bacon's rebellion - Colonial uprising that took place in 1676 in the Virginia colony,
led by Nathaniel Bacon. Virginians resented William Berkeley's friendly policy
towards Native Americans. This was the first rebellion in American colonies in
which discontented frontiersmen took part.
Maryland colony - Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, founded to be a place for
persecuted Catholics to find refuge, a safe haven, act of toleration
,APUSH Review questions and answers
Toleration Act - Guaranteed religious toleration to trinitarian Christians, but
decreed the death penalty to Jews and atheists and others who didn't believe in
the divinity of Jesus Christ,
New England colonies - The term for the colonies of Massachusetts bay, Rhode
Island, and New Hampshire
Massachusetts Bay Colony - Colony founded in 1630 by John Winthrop, part of the
Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City
upon a hill"
John Winthrop - Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City
upon a hill"
"City upon a hill" - Said by Winthrop; refers to the idea that Puritan colonists
emigrating to the New World were part of a special pact with God to create a holy
community: a model society to the world/moral commonwealth
Anne Hutchinson - Woman who challenged Purtian religous authorities in
Massachusetts Bay. Puritan authorities banished her because she challenged
, APUSH Review questions and answers
religious doctrine, gender roles. clerical authority, and claimed to have had
revelations from God
King Philip's war - 1675. longest and bloodiest conflict between settlers and
natives in 17th century, native Wampanoags under KIng Phillip ( Indian Chieftain)
resisted England encroachment on their land, they killed many settlers in Mass,
English joined with Mohawks to defeat them
Salem Witch Trials - 1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Massachussetts
Bay puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress. Spectral
evidence was used frequently.
Rhode Island Colony - Self-governing colony founded by Roger Williams in 1636;
granted freedom for all religions and non-believers; religious toleration;
disestablishment, universal suffrage for white males w/property qualifications;
most democratic
Disestablishment - Separation of church and state; no religion is officially
supported by the state/government; opposed tax-supported church
Connecticut colony - Colony founded by Thomas Hooker in 1636; self-governing;
origin of Fundamental Orders
