U.S. History
MR. GREEN
Unit 1 Test Study Guide
Exploration and Colonization
Test may include Matching, Multiple Choice, Short Answer and Essay Questions
Key Terms
Beringia
Black Legend
Conquistadores
Maize Cultivation
Matrilineal Society
Columbian Exchange
Vineland
Pristine Myth
“Headright” System
Encomienda
Slave Codes
The Virginia Company
Jamestown
Roanoke
Massachusetts Bay Colony
“City Upon a Hill” Speech
Salem Witch Trials
Wampanoag
Mercantilism
Dominion of New England
Navigation laws
1st Great Awakening
American Enlightenment
Separatists
Puritans
Quakers
Congregationalists
Anglicans
Columbus
Capt. John Smith
William Bradford
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
Anne Hutchinson
John Winthrop
George Whitefield
William Penn
Lord Baltimore
Sir Edmond Andros
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders
Pope Rebellion
Metacom’s (King Philip) War
Bacon’s Rebellion
Pequot War
Big Ideas
Effects of Columbian Exchange on
Europe, Africa and the Americas
Compare and Contrast Colonization: Spanish,
Dutch, French, English
Establishment and Growth of Slavery
Social, Political and Economic differences:
Chesapeake Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Restoration Colonies
Impact of Sugar and Tobacco crops
Glorious Revolution in America
Great Awakening: “New Lights” vs. “Old Lights”
Salem Witch Trials Crisis: Cause and Effect
Relationship between Native Americans and
Colonists
Possible Essay Topics
-Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the
period 1607 to 1776.
-Early encounters between American Indians and European colonists led to a variety of
relationships among the different cultures. Analyze how the actions taken by BOTH American
Indians and European colonists shaped those relationships in TWO of the following regions.
Confine your answer to the 1600s: New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New York and
New France.
-Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English
origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in
development occur?
-Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in
TWO of the following regions: New England, Chesapeake, Middle Atlantic.