AP US History AP Exam||History exam
Questions And Correct
Answers||Graded A+
Encomienda System -Answer granted permission to conquistadors to enslave as
many people needed to work a plantation; Free labor, which yielded big profits
Headright System -Answer legal grant of land to each settler because of the work
they're doing for a master
Indentured Servants -Answer people who gained access to the New World by
signing a contract to an employer for a fixed period of labor, typically 3-7 years, in return
for their transportation, food, clothing, shelter and other necessities in the New World
Joint Stock Company -Answer colony established as a business project by a group
of investors who obtain permission from the king to settle (e.g. Virginia and
Massachusetts)
Proprietary Colony -Answer given as a gift from the king (e.g. Maryland)
Royal Colony -Answer under the English monarch's rule
Salutary Neglect -Answer parliament's practice of not enforcing their laws upon the
colonists
Middle Passage -Answer brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the
Atlantic ocean to north America and the west indies
Mercantilism -Answer economic belief that profitable trading generates wealth
Puritans -Answer sought to purify Catholic Church's practices; did not fully break
away from church because still had hope for reformation
City Upon A Hill -Answer Puritan model colony for others to look up to
Pilgrims -Answer separatists who completely broke away from Catholic Church
because they lost hope in it
,Evangelicalism -Answer stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as
the means of salvation
Black Codes -Answer southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed
black slaves
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 -Answer uprising in VA colony led by Nathaniel Bacon
caused by tension between original settlers and "back country" frontiersman; frontier in
west is dangerous and in threat of Indians but richer settlers don't help so Bacon sacked
and burned Jamestown when Berkley doesn't help him fight Doeg Indians
Glorious Revolution -Answer overthrow of James II and replacing throne with William
and Mary; significant b/c it's the first time where Parliament makes monarchy powerless
and marked the beginning of a constitutional monarchy
First Great Awakening -Answer first religious renewal led by evangelical Protestant
ministers to make a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction
and redemption on the part of those affected
King Phillip's War -Answer armed conflict between Native Americans of southern
New England and English colonists and their Native American allies; Caused by
disputes over land b/w Indians and settlers which caused detioration of alliances; Made
colonists improve militarily and also killed Wampanoeg tribe
King William's War -Answer war against French and Native Americans on Canadian
borders; Caused by James II trying to obtain too much power over colonists; Ended up
causing the Glorious Revolution and heightened regional anxieties
Pequot War -Answer conflict between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the
Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies and the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes;
Caused by colonists moving closer and closer to the Pequot tribe area and conflicts
arise over unfair trading and destruction of crops; Ended up killing Pequot tribe
Salem Witch Trials -Answer witchcraft hysteria that broke out in Salem and caused
many innocent people to lose their lives or be tortured
the "Starving time" -Answer period in Jamestown where colonists refused to and did
not know how to grow food in New World, also lack of access to water and no rain
diminished agricultural production; caused settlers to resort to cannibalism
Stono Uprising -Answer first and one of most successful slave rebellions where
slaves stole guns and ammunition, killed masters, and liberated slaves; aim was to flee
to Florida where Spanish colonists would grant them freedom; Caused many colonies to
, pass more restrictive laws to govern behavior of slaves and heightened fears of slave
rebellions
Anne Hutchinson -Answer American colonist who was banished from Boston for her
religious views and standing up for women's rights
George Whitefield -Answer Anglican Protestant minister who helped spread the
Great Awakening in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, especially, in the British North
American colonies
Jonathan Edwards -Answer American theologian whose sermons and writings
stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
John Smith -Answer explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia;
was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
Roger Williams -Answer expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism;
founded and colonized Rhode Island in the late 1600's
Walter Raleigh -Answer tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco
to England
Powhattan Confederacy -Answer Indians among whom the English made their first
permanent settlement in North America; Pocahontas's tribe
Pocahontas -Answer daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry
an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; her bravery in saving an
Englishman paved way for many positive English and native relations; acted as an
intermediary between English and Natives
Hugenots -Answer French protestants
Benjamin Franklin -Answer negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the
treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the constitution
Calvinists -Answer those who followed Calvinism
Congregationalist -Answer puritan who believed that individual community church
congregations should be self-governing
Questions And Correct
Answers||Graded A+
Encomienda System -Answer granted permission to conquistadors to enslave as
many people needed to work a plantation; Free labor, which yielded big profits
Headright System -Answer legal grant of land to each settler because of the work
they're doing for a master
Indentured Servants -Answer people who gained access to the New World by
signing a contract to an employer for a fixed period of labor, typically 3-7 years, in return
for their transportation, food, clothing, shelter and other necessities in the New World
Joint Stock Company -Answer colony established as a business project by a group
of investors who obtain permission from the king to settle (e.g. Virginia and
Massachusetts)
Proprietary Colony -Answer given as a gift from the king (e.g. Maryland)
Royal Colony -Answer under the English monarch's rule
Salutary Neglect -Answer parliament's practice of not enforcing their laws upon the
colonists
Middle Passage -Answer brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the
Atlantic ocean to north America and the west indies
Mercantilism -Answer economic belief that profitable trading generates wealth
Puritans -Answer sought to purify Catholic Church's practices; did not fully break
away from church because still had hope for reformation
City Upon A Hill -Answer Puritan model colony for others to look up to
Pilgrims -Answer separatists who completely broke away from Catholic Church
because they lost hope in it
,Evangelicalism -Answer stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as
the means of salvation
Black Codes -Answer southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed
black slaves
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 -Answer uprising in VA colony led by Nathaniel Bacon
caused by tension between original settlers and "back country" frontiersman; frontier in
west is dangerous and in threat of Indians but richer settlers don't help so Bacon sacked
and burned Jamestown when Berkley doesn't help him fight Doeg Indians
Glorious Revolution -Answer overthrow of James II and replacing throne with William
and Mary; significant b/c it's the first time where Parliament makes monarchy powerless
and marked the beginning of a constitutional monarchy
First Great Awakening -Answer first religious renewal led by evangelical Protestant
ministers to make a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction
and redemption on the part of those affected
King Phillip's War -Answer armed conflict between Native Americans of southern
New England and English colonists and their Native American allies; Caused by
disputes over land b/w Indians and settlers which caused detioration of alliances; Made
colonists improve militarily and also killed Wampanoeg tribe
King William's War -Answer war against French and Native Americans on Canadian
borders; Caused by James II trying to obtain too much power over colonists; Ended up
causing the Glorious Revolution and heightened regional anxieties
Pequot War -Answer conflict between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the
Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies and the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes;
Caused by colonists moving closer and closer to the Pequot tribe area and conflicts
arise over unfair trading and destruction of crops; Ended up killing Pequot tribe
Salem Witch Trials -Answer witchcraft hysteria that broke out in Salem and caused
many innocent people to lose their lives or be tortured
the "Starving time" -Answer period in Jamestown where colonists refused to and did
not know how to grow food in New World, also lack of access to water and no rain
diminished agricultural production; caused settlers to resort to cannibalism
Stono Uprising -Answer first and one of most successful slave rebellions where
slaves stole guns and ammunition, killed masters, and liberated slaves; aim was to flee
to Florida where Spanish colonists would grant them freedom; Caused many colonies to
, pass more restrictive laws to govern behavior of slaves and heightened fears of slave
rebellions
Anne Hutchinson -Answer American colonist who was banished from Boston for her
religious views and standing up for women's rights
George Whitefield -Answer Anglican Protestant minister who helped spread the
Great Awakening in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, especially, in the British North
American colonies
Jonathan Edwards -Answer American theologian whose sermons and writings
stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
John Smith -Answer explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia;
was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
Roger Williams -Answer expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism;
founded and colonized Rhode Island in the late 1600's
Walter Raleigh -Answer tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco
to England
Powhattan Confederacy -Answer Indians among whom the English made their first
permanent settlement in North America; Pocahontas's tribe
Pocahontas -Answer daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry
an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; her bravery in saving an
Englishman paved way for many positive English and native relations; acted as an
intermediary between English and Natives
Hugenots -Answer French protestants
Benjamin Franklin -Answer negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the
treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the constitution
Calvinists -Answer those who followed Calvinism
Congregationalist -Answer puritan who believed that individual community church
congregations should be self-governing
