AMSCO APUSH Unit 2 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AMSCO APUSH Unit 2 Study Guide with Complete Solutions St. Augustine - Answer️️ -1st colony in Florida set up by Spain Quebec - Answer️️ -First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain New Amsterdam - Answer️️ -Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland; later became "New York City" John Cabot - Answer️️ -English explorer who claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest Passage joint-stock company - Answer️️ -A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors. corporate colonies - Answer️️ -Colonies operated by joint-stock companies during the early years of the colonies, such as Jamestown royal colonies - Answer️️ -Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws. proprietary colonies - Answer️️ -Colonies under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 John Smith - Answer️️ -Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter. Pilgrims - Answer️️ -English Separatists who founded Plymouth colony in 1620 Massachusetts Bay Colony - Answer️️ -Colony founded in 1630 by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill" Act of Toleration - Answer️️ -A 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians Roger Williams - Answer️️ -A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south Anne Hutchinson - Answer️️ -A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - Answer️️ -First written constitution in the American colonies Halfway Covenant - Answer️️ -A Puritan compromise that allowed the unconverted children of Puritans to become halfway members of the church. Massachusetts ministers accepted this compromise and it signified a drop in the religious zeal that had characterized Massachusetts early on. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 Quakers - Answer️️ -English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preached a doctrine of pacifism, inner divinity, and social equity; under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania James Oglethorpe - Answer️️ -Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. House of Burgesses - Answer️️ -Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618. Mayflower Compact - Answer️️ -The first agreement for self-government in America. It set up a government for the Plymouth colony. Mercantilism - Answer️️ -An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought Navigation Acts - Answer️️ -Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries. Salutary Neglect - Answer️️ -An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies Edmond Andros - Answer️️ -Governor of the Dominion of New England from 1686 until 1692, when the colonists rebelled and forced him