AP US HISTORY EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

AP US HISTORY EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. John Wintrop
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Governor who envisioned The Massachusettes Bay Colony as a "city upon a hill"

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2. Puritans
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group of religious dissidents who came to the New Worls so they would have a location to establish a
"purer" church than the one that existed in England

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3. Separists
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religous group that also opposed the Church of England; this group first went to Holland, and then some
went on to the Americas

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4. Indentured Servants
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individuals who exchanged compulsory service for free passage to the American colonies

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5. Astrolobe
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6. Crusades
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7. Samuel de Champlain
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founder of Quebec

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8. Huguenots
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9. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet
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explored the Mississippi River, Wisconson, and Arkansas.

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10. Robert La Salle
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continued to exlpore along the Mississippi River and named the territory Louisiana after King Louis XIV

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11. Jesuits
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12. Fransiscans
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13. Henry Hudson
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discovered and named the Hudson river

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14. Church of England
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15. John Calvin
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a Prosentant teacher

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16. Captain John Smith
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founder of the Jamestown colony

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17. London Company
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18. Powhatan Confederacy
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19. Pocahontas
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the daughter of the Powhatan cheif; married John Rolfe

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20. John Rolfe
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one of the most influential men in the Jamestown colony; married Pocahontas

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21. William Bradford
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led the Pilgrims

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22. Mercantilism
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economic system practiced by European powers in the late seventeenth century stating that the economic
self sufficiency was crucial; as a result, colonial empires were important for raw materials

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23. Navigation Acts
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acts passed by the British parliament incrasing the dependence of the colonies on the Englishfor trade;
these acts caused great resentment in the American colonies but were not strictly enforced

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24. Triangular Trade System
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complex trading system that developed between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; Europeans purchased
slaves in Africa and sold them to the colonies, raw materials from the colonies were sold in the colonies

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25. Middle Passage
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the voyage taken by African slaves on horribly overcrowded ships from Africa to the Americas

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26. Salem Witch Trials

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trials in Salem, Massachusettes, after which 19 people were executed as witches

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27. Salutary neglect
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early 18th century British policy relaxing the strickt enforcement of trade policies in the American colonies

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28. Dominion of New England
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revoked the charters of all the colonies

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29. French and Indian War
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also known as the Seven Year's War, a conflict bwetween the British and the French that also invlved
Native Americans and cononial militials. French defeat in this war greatly decreased their influence in the
colonies.

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30. Stamp Act
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imposed by the British, this act dicatated that all legal documents in the colonies had to be issued on
officially stampted paper. This act created strong resentment in the colonies and was later repeales.

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31. Townshend Acts
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British legislation that forced colonies to pay duties on most goods coming from Engliand; these duties
were fiercely resisted and finally repealed in 1770.

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32. Boston Massacre
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conflict between British soliders and Boton civilians on March 5, 1770; five colonists were killed and sic
wounded

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33. Sons of Liberty
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radical group that organized resistance against British policies in the 1760's and the 1770's. This was the
group that organized the Boston Tea Party.

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34. Committees of Correspondence