APUSH AP test History of America Exam Questions and Answers 2024/2025

Jamestown, 1607 - CORRECT ANSWER-First permanent English colony, founded by the Virginia Company of London First Africans brought to Virginia, 1619 - CORRECT ANSWER-The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to many poor Englishmen who traded several years labor in exchange for passage to America. With the success of tobacco planting, African Slavery was legalized in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the foundation of the Southern agrarian economy., The president advises Americans to avoid political parties and to be wary of foreign affairs Mayflower Compact, 1620 - CORRECT ANSWER-A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony. Signed by (male) Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. Established the notion of self-government in America. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts. 1630's and 1640's - CORRECT ANSWER-Puritans wanted to remove all "taints" from the Church of England. Feared individualistic behavior and formed communities of support and assumed responsibility for all people around them. (holy watchers) the "Promised Land"- establish holy communities devoted to serving God. "City on a Hill." Roger Williams established Rhode Island, 1636 - CORRECT ANSWER-A preacher 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 William Penn established Pennsylvania, 1681 - CORRECT ANSWER-Son of very wealthy Sir Admiral William Penn. One of wealthiest sugar planters. Rebelled against his parents. Founded Pennsylvania for the QUAKERS—tolerant of all people, religions, and ethnicity. nicknamed the Society of friends Salem Witch Trials, 1692 - CORRECT ANSWER-trials in Salem, Massachusetts, after which 19 people were executed as witches; historians note the class nature of these