AP US HISTORY EXAM STUDY Questions with Verified Answers

Proprietary colonies - Answer-land granted by king to a proprietor to control the land charter colonies - Answer-financed by companies as an investment and populate a region royal colonies - Answer-charter granted and controlled by king joint-stock company - Answer-a business owned by investors through control of stocks. supported colonies Jamestown - Answer-1st successful colony founded in 1607 in virginia indentured servants - Answer-obliged to work for a set period of years to pay off their passage to the new world headright system - Answer-granting 50 acres of land to anyone who brought over a certain number of colonists house of burgesses - Answer-an assembly of elected representatives developed in virginia-becomes model for congress bacons rebellion - Answer-colonial rebellion against the governor of Virginia pilgrims - Answer-seperatists who left the church of england mayflower compact - Answer-agreement made by pilgrims before landing at plymouth in mass. william bradford - Answer-govenor who was important in the organization and success of the colony-wrote its history puritans - Answer-came seeking to purify their religion conversation relation - Answer-puritan practice where members must bare their soul dissenters - Answer-those who objected to the established church doctrines anne hutchinson - Answer-was banished and moved to rhode island roger williams - Answer-founded the colony of rhode island and practiced religious tolerance