AP US History
Chapter 2 Reading Guide
Part A
Using the text, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper. Be detailed in your responses.
1. What problems plagued the early settlers of Jamestown?
2. What benefits did tobacco farming bring to Virginia? What problems did it create?
3. What led the Puritans to settle at Plymouth?
4. In what ways did the Chesapeake and Massachusetts Bay colonies differ?
5. How was Penn’s Quaker colony different from the other colonies in New England?
6. What challenges did the Carolinas face when implementing slavery?
7. What were the motives behind Bacon’s Rebellion?
8. How did religious leaders justify the Salem witchcraft accusations? How did the trials impact New England law?
9. What were the main ideas behind the Whig theory?
10. What was mercantilism?
Part B
Provide a brief definition of each of the following key terms and people.
11. John Smith
12. Lord Baltimore
13. Indentured servants
14. John Winthrop
15. Anne Hutchison
16. Roger Williams
17. Quakers
18. William Penn (Quaker, not Admiral)
Part C
Provide a detailed example from the chapter for each of the 7 APUSH Learning Objectives on a separate sheet of paper.
19. P (Politics and Power)
20. A (America in the World)
21. S (Social and Cultural
22. T (Technology, Work, and Exchange)
23. I (Identity)
24. M (Migration and Settlement)
25. E (Environment and Geography)