AP US History Review Exam 2024 Actual
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Christopher Columbus -ANSWER-1451-1506
*Italian-born navigator who found fame when he landed in the
Americas(Oct. 12, 1492)
*Set sail on behalf of Spain with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and
his flagship, the Santa Maria
*Originally, he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to find a water
route to Asia
*Columbus was convinced that he had found the waterway that he
sought and that the Americas were actually an extension of China
*Returned from his expedition with gold, encouraging further
exploration
Amerigo Vespucci -ANSWER-1454-1512
*Italian member of a Portuguese expedition
*Explored South America
*Discovery suggested that the expedition had found a "New World"
*After an account of Vespucci's 1497 expedition was published, a
cartographer mistakenly thought that Vespucci had led the expedition
and had landed in the New World before Christopher Columbus; the
cartographer named the continent America
Treaty of Tordesillas -ANSWER-1493
*Commitment between Spain and Portugal
*Created a Papal Line of Demarcation, which divided the New World:
east of the line for Portugal and west of it for Spain
,*Portugal also received the easternmost part of what is currently
Brazil, when it "discovered" the land in 1500
*Later, the Papal Line affected colonization in Africa and Asia
New Spain -ANSWER-1400s and 1500s
*Spain tightly controlled empire in the New World
*Mainly located in North and Central America, including the Caribbean
and Spanish East Indies
*To deal with labor shortages, the Spaniards developed a system of
large manors (ecomiendas) using Native American slaves under
conquistadors
*With the death of Native American slaves, Spaniards began importing
African slaves to supply their labor needs
Mercantilism -ANSWER-1500s-1700s
*Prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s that held colonies
existed to serve the mother country
*Founded on the belief that the world's wealth was sharply limited and,
therefore, one nation's gain was another nation's loss
*Each nation's goal was to export more than it imported in a favorable
balance of trade; the difference would be made up in their possession
of gold and silver, which would make the nation strong both
economically and militarily
*Mercantilists believed economic activity should be regulated by the
government
Queen Elizabeth I -ANSWER-1533-1603 (ruled 1558-death)
*Protestant successor to Queen Mary (England)
*Popular leader and the first woman to successfully hold the throne
*Invested in English raids on the Spanish New World; Spain
responded with the Spanish Armada
,*Established Protestantism in England and encouraged English
business
The Spanish Armada -ANSWER-1588
*Fleet assembled by King Phillip II of Spain to invade England
*The Armada was defeated by the skill of British military leaders and
by rough seas during the assault
*England's victory over Spanish forces was one of the great
achievements of Queen Elizabeth I, as it established England as an
emerging sea power
*Its defeat helped bring about the decline of the Spanish empire
Types of Colonies in the New World -ANSWER-1600s
*In a charter colony, colonists were essentially members of a
corporation, and electors among the colonists controlled the
government based on an agreed-upon charter
*A royal colony had a governor selected by England's king; the
governor served in the leadership role and chose additional, lower-
ranking officers
*Proprietary colonies were owned by individuals with direct
responsibility to the king; each proprietor selected a governor, who
served as the authority figure for the colony
English Puritanism -ANSWER-1500s and 1600s
*Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to
be more in line with their ideology
*Though King Henry VIII had set out to separate his own Church of
England from papal authority, many Roman Catholic traditions and
practices remained
*Puritans rejected these roman Catholic holdovers and sought to
make the English Church "pure"
, *Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the
authority of Scripture over papal authority
*Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-
reliance, moral fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism
Joint-Stock Company -ANSWER-Popularized in 1600s
*A type of business structure used by some colonial explorers to raise
money for their expeditions
*These private trading companies sold shares to investors who
provided start-up funding
*In return for taking on the risk of the investment, investors were paid
based on the profits of the expedition
*Many modern business structures, such as the American corporation,
are founded on principles of the joint-stock company
Dutch West India Company -ANSWER-1500s and 1600s
*The joint-stock company that ran the colonies in Fort Orange and in
New Amsterdam, which later became New York
*Carried on a profitable fur trade with the Native American Iroquois
*Instituted the patroon system, in which large estates were given to
wealthy men who transported at least fifty families to New Netherland
to tend the land (few seized the opportunity)
Sir Walter Raleigh -ANSWER-1587
*Selected Roanoke Island as a site for the first English settlement
*Returned to England to secure additional supplies, but he found the
colony deserted upon his return; it is not known what became of the
Roanoke settlers
*Raleigh abandoned his attempts to colonize Virginia after the failure
at Roanoke
*Held back by a lack of financial resources and the war with Spain,
English colonization in America was impeded for fifteen years
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Christopher Columbus -ANSWER-1451-1506
*Italian-born navigator who found fame when he landed in the
Americas(Oct. 12, 1492)
*Set sail on behalf of Spain with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and
his flagship, the Santa Maria
*Originally, he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to find a water
route to Asia
*Columbus was convinced that he had found the waterway that he
sought and that the Americas were actually an extension of China
*Returned from his expedition with gold, encouraging further
exploration
Amerigo Vespucci -ANSWER-1454-1512
*Italian member of a Portuguese expedition
*Explored South America
*Discovery suggested that the expedition had found a "New World"
*After an account of Vespucci's 1497 expedition was published, a
cartographer mistakenly thought that Vespucci had led the expedition
and had landed in the New World before Christopher Columbus; the
cartographer named the continent America
Treaty of Tordesillas -ANSWER-1493
*Commitment between Spain and Portugal
*Created a Papal Line of Demarcation, which divided the New World:
east of the line for Portugal and west of it for Spain
,*Portugal also received the easternmost part of what is currently
Brazil, when it "discovered" the land in 1500
*Later, the Papal Line affected colonization in Africa and Asia
New Spain -ANSWER-1400s and 1500s
*Spain tightly controlled empire in the New World
*Mainly located in North and Central America, including the Caribbean
and Spanish East Indies
*To deal with labor shortages, the Spaniards developed a system of
large manors (ecomiendas) using Native American slaves under
conquistadors
*With the death of Native American slaves, Spaniards began importing
African slaves to supply their labor needs
Mercantilism -ANSWER-1500s-1700s
*Prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s that held colonies
existed to serve the mother country
*Founded on the belief that the world's wealth was sharply limited and,
therefore, one nation's gain was another nation's loss
*Each nation's goal was to export more than it imported in a favorable
balance of trade; the difference would be made up in their possession
of gold and silver, which would make the nation strong both
economically and militarily
*Mercantilists believed economic activity should be regulated by the
government
Queen Elizabeth I -ANSWER-1533-1603 (ruled 1558-death)
*Protestant successor to Queen Mary (England)
*Popular leader and the first woman to successfully hold the throne
*Invested in English raids on the Spanish New World; Spain
responded with the Spanish Armada
,*Established Protestantism in England and encouraged English
business
The Spanish Armada -ANSWER-1588
*Fleet assembled by King Phillip II of Spain to invade England
*The Armada was defeated by the skill of British military leaders and
by rough seas during the assault
*England's victory over Spanish forces was one of the great
achievements of Queen Elizabeth I, as it established England as an
emerging sea power
*Its defeat helped bring about the decline of the Spanish empire
Types of Colonies in the New World -ANSWER-1600s
*In a charter colony, colonists were essentially members of a
corporation, and electors among the colonists controlled the
government based on an agreed-upon charter
*A royal colony had a governor selected by England's king; the
governor served in the leadership role and chose additional, lower-
ranking officers
*Proprietary colonies were owned by individuals with direct
responsibility to the king; each proprietor selected a governor, who
served as the authority figure for the colony
English Puritanism -ANSWER-1500s and 1600s
*Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to
be more in line with their ideology
*Though King Henry VIII had set out to separate his own Church of
England from papal authority, many Roman Catholic traditions and
practices remained
*Puritans rejected these roman Catholic holdovers and sought to
make the English Church "pure"
, *Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the
authority of Scripture over papal authority
*Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-
reliance, moral fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism
Joint-Stock Company -ANSWER-Popularized in 1600s
*A type of business structure used by some colonial explorers to raise
money for their expeditions
*These private trading companies sold shares to investors who
provided start-up funding
*In return for taking on the risk of the investment, investors were paid
based on the profits of the expedition
*Many modern business structures, such as the American corporation,
are founded on principles of the joint-stock company
Dutch West India Company -ANSWER-1500s and 1600s
*The joint-stock company that ran the colonies in Fort Orange and in
New Amsterdam, which later became New York
*Carried on a profitable fur trade with the Native American Iroquois
*Instituted the patroon system, in which large estates were given to
wealthy men who transported at least fifty families to New Netherland
to tend the land (few seized the opportunity)
Sir Walter Raleigh -ANSWER-1587
*Selected Roanoke Island as a site for the first English settlement
*Returned to England to secure additional supplies, but he found the
colony deserted upon his return; it is not known what became of the
Roanoke settlers
*Raleigh abandoned his attempts to colonize Virginia after the failure
at Roanoke
*Held back by a lack of financial resources and the war with Spain,
English colonization in America was impeded for fifteen years
