AP US History
Terms for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
- For each of the following terms, identify the 5 w’s (who, what, when, where, why important). Also, create a flashcard
for each term that contains the same information (hand write each card & initial on side with term).
1) Jamestown
2) Capt. John Smith
3) joint-stock company
4) Powhatan
5) headright system
6) Plymouth
7) Mayflower Compact
8) Separatists (Pilgrims)
9) Puritans (Congregationalists)
10) John Winthrop
11) Great Migration
12) Pequot War
13) Old Deluder Act
14) Harvard College
15) theocracy
16) Roger Williams
17) Anne Hutchinson
18) antinomianism
19) Half-Way Covenant
20) King Phillip’s War
21) Salem Witch Trials
22) New England Way
23) Fundamental Orders
24) Capt. John Mason
25) Rev. Thomas Hooker
26) royal colony
27) House of Burgesses
28) Anglican Church
29) First Families of Virginia
30) Cecilius Calvert
31) Act for Religious Toleration
32) Chesapeake society
33) Carolina society
34) Bacon’s Rebellion
35) Restoration Colonies
36) Anthony Ashley Cooper
37) Fundamental Constitutions
38) patroons
39) John Berkeley/Philip Carteret
40) William Penn
41) mercantilism
42) courers de bois
43) Marquette/Joliet
44) Robert de la Salle
45) proprietor
46) Dominion of New England
47) Leisler’s Rebellion
48) Treaty of Paris 1763
49) Albany Plan of Union
50) King William’s War
51) Queen Anne’s War
52) Navigation Laws
53) John Peter Zenger
54) Stono Rebellion
55) James Oglethorpe
56) Enlightenment
57) Benjamin Franklin
58) John Locke
59) Deism
60) First Great Awakening
61) Jonathan Edwards
62) George Whitefield
63) Old & New Lights
64) Paxton Boys
65) Regulator Movement
66) Iroquois Confederacy
67) Triangle trade route
68) slave codes
69) Phillis Wheatley
70) William Pitt
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
- You must answer FRQ #1. Of the others, answer any ONE of the questions based on the attached
rubric. Your essay should include an introduction (with a thesis) & a conclusion.
-Attach a rubric to the front of your FRQ.
1) Early encounters between American Indians & European colonists led to a variety of
relationships among the different cultures.
Analyze how the actions of BOTH American Indians & European colonists shaped
those relationships in any TWO of the following regions. Confine your
answer to the 1600’s.
-New England
-Chesapeake
-Spanish Southwest
-New York & New France
2) Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest & the English
colonies in New England in the 17th century in terms of TWO of the following:
-Politics
-Religion
-Economic development
3) Compare & contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in
Massachusetts & Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.
4) “Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in
North America.” Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600’s.
5) Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society.
-Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
-Pueblo Revolt (1680)
-Salem Witch Trials (1692)
-Stono Rebellion (1739)
6) Compare the ways which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740)
in TWO of the following regions:
-New England
-Chesapeake
-Middle Atlantic
7) How did geographic, economic, & social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an
important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 & 1775?
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
Topic: ____________________________
Criteria:
Well-developed thesis statement
(2 pts)
Comments:
Effective analysis dealing with all parts of the
question
(2 pts)
Supports thesis with relevant outside information
(2 pts)
Clearly organized & well-written
(2 pts)
Errors
(1 pt)
Score on Writing:
_____/9 points
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
Topic: ____________________________
Criteria:
Well-developed thesis statement
(2 pts)
Comments:
Effective analysis dealing with all parts of the
question
(2 pts)
Supports thesis with relevant outside information
(2 pts)
Clearly organized & well-written
(2 pts)
Errors
(1 pt)
Score on Writing:
_____/9 points