AP US HISTORY CHAPTER 1-5 TEST
QUESTIONS & COMPLETE CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
What was Mercantilism? - correct answer ✔✔- Increased desire for colonies to gain wealth
- National economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and especially the gold
and silver.
What was the purpose of colonial cities being on the coast? - correct answer ✔✔Cost,
Commerce, and center. They were central markets for colonies.
What was the Great Awakening - correct answer ✔✔A spiritual renewal that swept the
American Colonies ( New England). It allowed people to express their emotions more overtly in
order to feel a greater intimacy with God.
What are similarities and differences between Colonial Virginia and Colonial Massachusetts? -
correct answer ✔✔Virginia: Settled by single young men, Anglicans, people looking for wealth &
opportunity, Large Farms Massachusetts: Settled by families, Puritans, people looking for a place
to practice their religion freely, Small Farms
Both: Many people died in the first year
Why did the colonists use indentured labor? - correct answer ✔✔This system was used by
wealthy plantaion aristocrats to increase their land holdings
What was the 1649 Maryland Toleration Act? - correct answer ✔✔Granted religious freedom to
all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God.
, What were the motives of the Virginia Colony? - correct answer ✔✔Some came for profits,
others came for religious freedom.
What did the Great Awakening lead to? - correct answer ✔✔American Revolution
What were the effects of the Great Awakening - correct answer ✔✔It prepared America for its
War of Independence. The Colonists realized that political power didn't reside in the hands of
the English monarch, but in their own will for self-gov.
Why was the colony of Georgia started? - correct answer ✔✔As a haven for debtors, who would
go to prison, and as a buffer zone to protect the other colonies from Spanish & French
encroachment.
Who was Jonathan Edwards? - correct answer ✔✔He was a philosopher (Preacher) of British
American Puritanism, he started the religious "Great Awakening"
What was the Mayflower Compact? - correct answer ✔✔First agreement for self-government in
America. Colonies in Massachusetts agreed to make laws together
Why did slavery work in the South, but not New England? - correct answer ✔✔Population
density, warmer weather in most parts of the south and the technology for planting and $$ for
slaves.
How did most Europeans view Native Americans - correct answer ✔✔As heathens (people
without faith)
Which movement did Ben Franklin most represent - correct answer ✔✔The Enlightenment
How did Amsterdam become New York? - correct answer ✔✔Was renamed in honor of the
Duke of York (James ll of England), in whose name the English had captured it.
QUESTIONS & COMPLETE CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
What was Mercantilism? - correct answer ✔✔- Increased desire for colonies to gain wealth
- National economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and especially the gold
and silver.
What was the purpose of colonial cities being on the coast? - correct answer ✔✔Cost,
Commerce, and center. They were central markets for colonies.
What was the Great Awakening - correct answer ✔✔A spiritual renewal that swept the
American Colonies ( New England). It allowed people to express their emotions more overtly in
order to feel a greater intimacy with God.
What are similarities and differences between Colonial Virginia and Colonial Massachusetts? -
correct answer ✔✔Virginia: Settled by single young men, Anglicans, people looking for wealth &
opportunity, Large Farms Massachusetts: Settled by families, Puritans, people looking for a place
to practice their religion freely, Small Farms
Both: Many people died in the first year
Why did the colonists use indentured labor? - correct answer ✔✔This system was used by
wealthy plantaion aristocrats to increase their land holdings
What was the 1649 Maryland Toleration Act? - correct answer ✔✔Granted religious freedom to
all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God.
, What were the motives of the Virginia Colony? - correct answer ✔✔Some came for profits,
others came for religious freedom.
What did the Great Awakening lead to? - correct answer ✔✔American Revolution
What were the effects of the Great Awakening - correct answer ✔✔It prepared America for its
War of Independence. The Colonists realized that political power didn't reside in the hands of
the English monarch, but in their own will for self-gov.
Why was the colony of Georgia started? - correct answer ✔✔As a haven for debtors, who would
go to prison, and as a buffer zone to protect the other colonies from Spanish & French
encroachment.
Who was Jonathan Edwards? - correct answer ✔✔He was a philosopher (Preacher) of British
American Puritanism, he started the religious "Great Awakening"
What was the Mayflower Compact? - correct answer ✔✔First agreement for self-government in
America. Colonies in Massachusetts agreed to make laws together
Why did slavery work in the South, but not New England? - correct answer ✔✔Population
density, warmer weather in most parts of the south and the technology for planting and $$ for
slaves.
How did most Europeans view Native Americans - correct answer ✔✔As heathens (people
without faith)
Which movement did Ben Franklin most represent - correct answer ✔✔The Enlightenment
How did Amsterdam become New York? - correct answer ✔✔Was renamed in honor of the
Duke of York (James ll of England), in whose name the English had captured it.
