APUSH: AMSCO Unit 3 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur - ✔✔a Frenchman who wrote a description of the
American man in 1782: characterized him as "a new man, who acts upon new principles
. . . [who] must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions."
immigrants - ✔✔attracted to the New World by an abundance of fertile land and a
dependable food supply; consisted of almost a million people from all over Europe (as
well as enslaved Africans); caused the English colonies' population to jump from
250,000 in 1701 to 2,500,000 in 1775
English cultural domination - ✔✔a result of the majority of the colonies' population
being English in origin, language, and tradition; a general characteristic of the 13 British
colonies
self-government - ✔✔the possession of each colony's government of a representative
assembly elected by eligible voters; in two colonies, the governor was also elected by
the people
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, religious toleration - ✔✔a general characteristic of the British colonies; all permitted the
practice of different religions (with varying degrees of freedom)
hereditary aristocracy - ✔✔did not exist in the colonies; Europe's social extremes were
not present, replaced with a narrow class system based on economics and consisting of
wealthy landowners, craftspeople, and small farmers.
social mobility - ✔✔everybody in the colonies had an opportunity to improve their
standard of living and social status by hard work--with the exception of African
Americans
colonial families - ✔✔the economic and social center of colonial life; men owned land,
dominated politics, and did work, while women bore children, kept house, educated
their children, and worked next to her husband in the shop or on the farm
subsistence farming - ✔✔a practice common in New England as a result of the rocky
soil and long winters; farms were small, most work was done by family members, and
just enough food was produced to feed the farm family
established church - ✔✔churches financed by taxes imposed by colonial governments
on the people; there were two in the early colonies--the Church of England in Virginia
and the Congregational Church in Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut; some direct tax
support remained until the 19th century
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur - ✔✔a Frenchman who wrote a description of the
American man in 1782: characterized him as "a new man, who acts upon new principles
. . . [who] must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions."
immigrants - ✔✔attracted to the New World by an abundance of fertile land and a
dependable food supply; consisted of almost a million people from all over Europe (as
well as enslaved Africans); caused the English colonies' population to jump from
250,000 in 1701 to 2,500,000 in 1775
English cultural domination - ✔✔a result of the majority of the colonies' population
being English in origin, language, and tradition; a general characteristic of the 13 British
colonies
self-government - ✔✔the possession of each colony's government of a representative
assembly elected by eligible voters; in two colonies, the governor was also elected by
the people
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, religious toleration - ✔✔a general characteristic of the British colonies; all permitted the
practice of different religions (with varying degrees of freedom)
hereditary aristocracy - ✔✔did not exist in the colonies; Europe's social extremes were
not present, replaced with a narrow class system based on economics and consisting of
wealthy landowners, craftspeople, and small farmers.
social mobility - ✔✔everybody in the colonies had an opportunity to improve their
standard of living and social status by hard work--with the exception of African
Americans
colonial families - ✔✔the economic and social center of colonial life; men owned land,
dominated politics, and did work, while women bore children, kept house, educated
their children, and worked next to her husband in the shop or on the farm
subsistence farming - ✔✔a practice common in New England as a result of the rocky
soil and long winters; farms were small, most work was done by family members, and
just enough food was produced to feed the farm family
established church - ✔✔churches financed by taxes imposed by colonial governments
on the people; there were two in the early colonies--the Church of England in Virginia
and the Congregational Church in Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut; some direct tax
support remained until the 19th century
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