APUSH Final Exam Review (Everything you
need to know to pass the AP US History
Exam) Verified Questions & Correct
Answers / Newest 2025/2026.
Massachusetts Bay Colony - Answer--Established in 1629 by the Puritans. Governor John Winthrop
called it a "city upon a hill." Established for religious purposes.
Puritans - Answer--Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World to develop a purer church than
the Church of England.
Indentured Servents - Answer--Exchanged work for passage to the New World.
London Company - Answer--Permitted by King James I to establish Jamestown for economic reasons.
Powhatan Confederacy - Answer--Native American alliance who had early conflict with the Jamestown
settlers. Eventually, they developed a trade alliance and provided the colonists with corn. Pocahontas
married John Rolfe to ensure future peace.
,House of Burgesses - Answer--Created in 1619 by the Virginia colony. First representative government in
any British colony.
William Bradford - Answer--Leader of the Seperatist pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock.
Mayflower Compact - Answer--1620. Provided the pilgrims with a representative government once they
reached land.
Roger Williams - Answer--Preached separation of church and state, and argued that Mass. Bay Colony
was too similar to the Church of England. He was exiled for spreading dissent and went to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker/John Davenport - Answer--Founded the colony of Connecticut. Hooker had been forced
out of Mass. Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson - Answer--Exiled from Mass. Bay Colony for claiming personal revelations with God.
Established Portsmouth.
George Calvert - Answer--Settled Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for English Catholics.
Mercantilism - Answer--Economic theory: state must be as self-sufficient as possible, export more than
input, government regulation of commerce, colonies, tariffs, monopolies.
Navigation Acts - Answer--Passed in 1660. Forced colonies to trade solely with Great Britain, increased
tensions.
Triangular Trade Route - Answer--Slaves taken from Africa and brought to the colonies, raw materials
from colonies went to Britain, finished products sold back to the colonies.
,Middle Passage - Answer--African slave route in which many died from horrible conditions.
Salem Witch Trials - Answer--Hysteria in Salem, Mass. over alleged witches. Many executed on false
claims.
Salutary Neglect - Answer--British policy of relaxing enforcement of trade regulations in the colonies.
Dominion of New England - Answer--Revoked the charters of many colonies and placed control under
Edmund Andros, the governor.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer--Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landowners opposed Sir Berkeley's
authority and burned Jamestown to the ground. Failed, but limited royal governor's power and
increased the slave trade.
Stono Rebellion - Answer--Occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves took up arms and killed
plantation owners, but were quickly subdued. Results: slaves treated even more harshly.
Colonial Assemblies - Answer--Rose in the early 1700s. Increased colonial independence, scaring the
British.
Molasses Act - Answer--Increased British control on colonial goods.
First Great Awakening - Answer--Religious revival in the colonies in 1720-1740. Ministers preached
horrible images of sinners burning in hell and gained popularity off of fear. Famous among them were
Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield.
French and Indian War - Answer--Conflict between French with Indian allies and the British with colonial
support. Decreased French influence in colonies.
, Stamp Act - Answer--Enacted a tax on all paper products exported from the colonies. Created strong
tension and was repealed.
Boston Tea Party - Answer--65 men dressed as Indians snuck onto a British ship and dumped 350 chests
of tea into the harbor.
Intolerable Acts - Answer--Took effect in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Tea Party. Closed the port
of Boston, gave the Assembly to royal control, and canceled all town meetings.
Quebec Act - Answer--Increased religious freedom of French Catholics, angering the colonists.
Declaration of Rights and Grievances - Answer--Written by John Adams. Stated that the colonists would
not reject moves to regulate their commerce, but would resist moves to tax them without consent.
Suffolk Resolves - Answer--Colonies would continue to boycott British goods and supported a colonial
government until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded. Began to train local militias.
Common Sense - Answer--Written by Thomas Paine. Incited resentment to the British and was a call to
arms towards the colonists.
Second Continental Congress - Answer--Authorized creation of a colonial army. Delegates still hoped to
find an alternate way for peace with British.
Townshend Acts - Answer--British act forced colonies to pay taxes on most goods from England. Fiercely
resisted and repealed in 1770.
need to know to pass the AP US History
Exam) Verified Questions & Correct
Answers / Newest 2025/2026.
Massachusetts Bay Colony - Answer--Established in 1629 by the Puritans. Governor John Winthrop
called it a "city upon a hill." Established for religious purposes.
Puritans - Answer--Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World to develop a purer church than
the Church of England.
Indentured Servents - Answer--Exchanged work for passage to the New World.
London Company - Answer--Permitted by King James I to establish Jamestown for economic reasons.
Powhatan Confederacy - Answer--Native American alliance who had early conflict with the Jamestown
settlers. Eventually, they developed a trade alliance and provided the colonists with corn. Pocahontas
married John Rolfe to ensure future peace.
,House of Burgesses - Answer--Created in 1619 by the Virginia colony. First representative government in
any British colony.
William Bradford - Answer--Leader of the Seperatist pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock.
Mayflower Compact - Answer--1620. Provided the pilgrims with a representative government once they
reached land.
Roger Williams - Answer--Preached separation of church and state, and argued that Mass. Bay Colony
was too similar to the Church of England. He was exiled for spreading dissent and went to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker/John Davenport - Answer--Founded the colony of Connecticut. Hooker had been forced
out of Mass. Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson - Answer--Exiled from Mass. Bay Colony for claiming personal revelations with God.
Established Portsmouth.
George Calvert - Answer--Settled Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for English Catholics.
Mercantilism - Answer--Economic theory: state must be as self-sufficient as possible, export more than
input, government regulation of commerce, colonies, tariffs, monopolies.
Navigation Acts - Answer--Passed in 1660. Forced colonies to trade solely with Great Britain, increased
tensions.
Triangular Trade Route - Answer--Slaves taken from Africa and brought to the colonies, raw materials
from colonies went to Britain, finished products sold back to the colonies.
,Middle Passage - Answer--African slave route in which many died from horrible conditions.
Salem Witch Trials - Answer--Hysteria in Salem, Mass. over alleged witches. Many executed on false
claims.
Salutary Neglect - Answer--British policy of relaxing enforcement of trade regulations in the colonies.
Dominion of New England - Answer--Revoked the charters of many colonies and placed control under
Edmund Andros, the governor.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer--Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landowners opposed Sir Berkeley's
authority and burned Jamestown to the ground. Failed, but limited royal governor's power and
increased the slave trade.
Stono Rebellion - Answer--Occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves took up arms and killed
plantation owners, but were quickly subdued. Results: slaves treated even more harshly.
Colonial Assemblies - Answer--Rose in the early 1700s. Increased colonial independence, scaring the
British.
Molasses Act - Answer--Increased British control on colonial goods.
First Great Awakening - Answer--Religious revival in the colonies in 1720-1740. Ministers preached
horrible images of sinners burning in hell and gained popularity off of fear. Famous among them were
Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield.
French and Indian War - Answer--Conflict between French with Indian allies and the British with colonial
support. Decreased French influence in colonies.
, Stamp Act - Answer--Enacted a tax on all paper products exported from the colonies. Created strong
tension and was repealed.
Boston Tea Party - Answer--65 men dressed as Indians snuck onto a British ship and dumped 350 chests
of tea into the harbor.
Intolerable Acts - Answer--Took effect in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Tea Party. Closed the port
of Boston, gave the Assembly to royal control, and canceled all town meetings.
Quebec Act - Answer--Increased religious freedom of French Catholics, angering the colonists.
Declaration of Rights and Grievances - Answer--Written by John Adams. Stated that the colonists would
not reject moves to regulate their commerce, but would resist moves to tax them without consent.
Suffolk Resolves - Answer--Colonies would continue to boycott British goods and supported a colonial
government until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded. Began to train local militias.
Common Sense - Answer--Written by Thomas Paine. Incited resentment to the British and was a call to
arms towards the colonists.
Second Continental Congress - Answer--Authorized creation of a colonial army. Delegates still hoped to
find an alternate way for peace with British.
Townshend Acts - Answer--British act forced colonies to pay taxes on most goods from England. Fiercely
resisted and repealed in 1770.
