AP US History
Unit 2 – Ch 5-8 Road to Revolution
Ch 5-8 Map Questions
Answer the following questions using the maps, charts, and political cartoons in chapters 5-8 in your textbook.
Chapter 5
Immigrant Groups in 1775
Which region (North, Middle, South) contained the fewest non-English/Welsh minorities?
The Scots-Irish were concentrated most heavily on the frontiers of which colonies?
In which colony(ies) were German immigrants most heavily concentrated? Dutch? Africans?
Ethnic and Racial Composition of the American People, 1790
Which was the larger minority in the colonies: all the non-English white ethnic groups together or the African Americans?
The Colonial Economy
Which colonies had the greatest concentration of tobacco growing?
Chapter 6
France’s American Empire at Its Greatest Extent, 1700
Which European country had the largest North American empire in 1700?
Scenes of the French Wars
The Schenectady and Deerfield attacks originated near which lake?
The Nine World Wars
How many years of peace did Britain and France enjoy between France’s loss of Acadia in the War of Spanish Succession
(Queen Anne’s War) and the beginning of the War of Austrian Succession (King George’s War)?
The French and Indian War in North America, 1754-1760
What two major rivers meet at Fort Duquesne? What fort on Lake Erie shares its place name (the French word for peninsula)
with a town in Maine?
North America Before 1754/After 1763
In the peace treaty of 1763, which nation besides Britain acquired North American territory from France?
Chapter 7
Quebec Before and After 1774
What comparative statement could be made about the size of Quebec before and after the Quebec Act of 1774?
Chapter 8
Revolution in the North, 1775–1776
What route did Benedict Arnold follow to Canada?
What British strong point in Canada did the American generals Arnold and Montgomery attack in 1775?*
* be sure to check the text for verification of the date on the map
Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851
The caption lists several inaccuracies present in the painting; which do you think is the worst error, and why?
political cartoons
Compare the political cartoons Loyalists Through British Eyes (p. 155) with The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her
Daughter America (p. 168). In what ways are they similar? In what ways do they differ?