APUSH Final Exam Review
Questions with Complete Solutions
Massachusetts Bay Colony - ANSWER>>Established in 1629 by the Puritans.
Governor John Winthrop called it a "city upon a hill." Established for
religious purposes.
Puritans - ANSWER>>Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World
to develop a purer church than the Church of England.
Indentured Servents - ANSWER>>Exchanged work for passage to the New
World.
London Company - ANSWER>>Permitted by King James I to establish
Jamestown for economic reasons.
Powhatan Confederacy - ANSWER>>Native American alliance who had
early conflict with the Jamestown settlers. Eventually, they developed a
trade alliance and provided the colonists with corn. Pocahontas married
John Rolfe to ensure future peace.
House of Burgesses - ANSWER>>Created in 1619 by the Virginia colony.
First representative government in any British colony.
William Bradford - ANSWER>>Leader of the Seperatist pilgrims who landed
on Plymouth Rock.
,Mayflower Compact - ANSWER>>1620. Provided the pilgrims with a
representative government once they reached land.
Roger Williams - ANSWER>>Preached separation of church and state, and
argued that Mass. Bay Colony was too similar to the Church of England. He
was exiled for spreading dissent and went to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker/John Davenport - ANSWER>>Founded the colony of
Connecticut. Hooker had been forced out of Mass. Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson - ANSWER>>Exiled from Mass. Bay Colony for claiming
personal revelations with God. Established Portsmouth.
George Calvert - ANSWER>>Settled Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for English
Catholics.
Mercantilism - ANSWER>>Economic theory: state must be as self-sufficient
as possible, export more than input, government regulation of commerce,
colonies, tariffs, monopolies.
Navigation Acts - ANSWER>>Passed in 1660. Forced colonies to trade solely
with Great Britain, increased tensions.
Triangular Trade Route - ANSWER>>Slaves taken from Africa and brought
to the colonies, raw materials from colonies went to Britain, finished
products sold back to the colonies.
,Middle Passage - ANSWER>>African slave route in which many died from
horrible conditions.
Salem Witch Trials - ANSWER>>Hysteria in Salem, Mass. over alleged
witches. Many executed on false claims.
Salutary Neglect - ANSWER>>British policy of relaxing enforcement of trade
regulations in the colonies.
Dominion of New England - ANSWER>>Revoked the charters of many
colonies and placed control under Edmund Andros, the governor.
Bacon's Rebellion - ANSWER>>Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landowners
opposed Sir Berkeley's authority and burned Jamestown to the ground.
Failed, but limited royal governor's power and increased the slave trade.
Stono Rebellion - ANSWER>>Occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves
took up arms and killed plantation owners, but were quickly subdued.
Results: slaves treated even more harshly.
Colonial Assemblies - ANSWER>>Rose in the early 1700s. Increased colonial
independence, scaring the British.
Molasses Act - ANSWER>>Increased British control on colonial goods.
First Great Awakening - ANSWER>>Religious revival in the colonies in 1720-
1740. Ministers preached horrible images of sinners burning in hell and
, gained popularity off of fear. Famous among them were Jonathon Edwards
and George Whitefield.
French and Indian War - ANSWER>>Conflict between French with Indian
allies and the British with colonial support. Decreased French influence in
colonies.
Stamp Act - ANSWER>>Enacted a tax on all paper products exported from
the colonies. Created strong tension and was repealed.
Townshend Acts - ANSWER>>British act forced colonies to pay taxes on
most goods from England. Fiercely resisted and repealed in 1770.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER>>British soldiers fought into an agitated
colonial crowd, killing five people. Incited enormous tensions.
Sons of Liberty - ANSWER>>Radical group that resisted British policy in
Boston in 1760-1770. Organized the Boston Tea Party.
Committees of Correspondence - ANSWER>>Started in Mass. and spread.
Circulated grievances against the British and united the colonies.
First Continental Congress - ANSWER>>Met in Philadelphia in 1774.
Colonists vowed to resist British efforts to tax them further without proper
representation.
Albany Congress - ANSWER>>Met in 1754 to coordinate policies concerning
future western expansion and dealings with Native Americans.
Questions with Complete Solutions
Massachusetts Bay Colony - ANSWER>>Established in 1629 by the Puritans.
Governor John Winthrop called it a "city upon a hill." Established for
religious purposes.
Puritans - ANSWER>>Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World
to develop a purer church than the Church of England.
Indentured Servents - ANSWER>>Exchanged work for passage to the New
World.
London Company - ANSWER>>Permitted by King James I to establish
Jamestown for economic reasons.
Powhatan Confederacy - ANSWER>>Native American alliance who had
early conflict with the Jamestown settlers. Eventually, they developed a
trade alliance and provided the colonists with corn. Pocahontas married
John Rolfe to ensure future peace.
House of Burgesses - ANSWER>>Created in 1619 by the Virginia colony.
First representative government in any British colony.
William Bradford - ANSWER>>Leader of the Seperatist pilgrims who landed
on Plymouth Rock.
,Mayflower Compact - ANSWER>>1620. Provided the pilgrims with a
representative government once they reached land.
Roger Williams - ANSWER>>Preached separation of church and state, and
argued that Mass. Bay Colony was too similar to the Church of England. He
was exiled for spreading dissent and went to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker/John Davenport - ANSWER>>Founded the colony of
Connecticut. Hooker had been forced out of Mass. Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson - ANSWER>>Exiled from Mass. Bay Colony for claiming
personal revelations with God. Established Portsmouth.
George Calvert - ANSWER>>Settled Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for English
Catholics.
Mercantilism - ANSWER>>Economic theory: state must be as self-sufficient
as possible, export more than input, government regulation of commerce,
colonies, tariffs, monopolies.
Navigation Acts - ANSWER>>Passed in 1660. Forced colonies to trade solely
with Great Britain, increased tensions.
Triangular Trade Route - ANSWER>>Slaves taken from Africa and brought
to the colonies, raw materials from colonies went to Britain, finished
products sold back to the colonies.
,Middle Passage - ANSWER>>African slave route in which many died from
horrible conditions.
Salem Witch Trials - ANSWER>>Hysteria in Salem, Mass. over alleged
witches. Many executed on false claims.
Salutary Neglect - ANSWER>>British policy of relaxing enforcement of trade
regulations in the colonies.
Dominion of New England - ANSWER>>Revoked the charters of many
colonies and placed control under Edmund Andros, the governor.
Bacon's Rebellion - ANSWER>>Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landowners
opposed Sir Berkeley's authority and burned Jamestown to the ground.
Failed, but limited royal governor's power and increased the slave trade.
Stono Rebellion - ANSWER>>Occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves
took up arms and killed plantation owners, but were quickly subdued.
Results: slaves treated even more harshly.
Colonial Assemblies - ANSWER>>Rose in the early 1700s. Increased colonial
independence, scaring the British.
Molasses Act - ANSWER>>Increased British control on colonial goods.
First Great Awakening - ANSWER>>Religious revival in the colonies in 1720-
1740. Ministers preached horrible images of sinners burning in hell and
, gained popularity off of fear. Famous among them were Jonathon Edwards
and George Whitefield.
French and Indian War - ANSWER>>Conflict between French with Indian
allies and the British with colonial support. Decreased French influence in
colonies.
Stamp Act - ANSWER>>Enacted a tax on all paper products exported from
the colonies. Created strong tension and was repealed.
Townshend Acts - ANSWER>>British act forced colonies to pay taxes on
most goods from England. Fiercely resisted and repealed in 1770.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER>>British soldiers fought into an agitated
colonial crowd, killing five people. Incited enormous tensions.
Sons of Liberty - ANSWER>>Radical group that resisted British policy in
Boston in 1760-1770. Organized the Boston Tea Party.
Committees of Correspondence - ANSWER>>Started in Mass. and spread.
Circulated grievances against the British and united the colonies.
First Continental Congress - ANSWER>>Met in Philadelphia in 1774.
Colonists vowed to resist British efforts to tax them further without proper
representation.
Albany Congress - ANSWER>>Met in 1754 to coordinate policies concerning
future western expansion and dealings with Native Americans.
