Mr. Caroddo’s
AP US HISTORY
UNIT I OVERVIEW
KEY QUESTIONS
1. Compare and contrast the New England, Chesapeake, and Middle Colonies politically, economically,
and socially. (Make a chart)
2. Compare and contrast the Puritan and Quaker religions.
3. What events fostered the democratic ideal in the English colonies from 1619-1639?
4. Identify and explain the problems faced by the English settlements in New York and New Jersey.
5. Explain why Georgia was economically, politically, and socially different from the other American
colonies?
6. How did the Puritan religion shape the New England towns culturally, economically and politically?
7. Describe mercantilism and its economic and political effects on the American colonies.
8. What were the causes and effects of Bacon’s Rebellion?
9. How did the Glorious Revolution in England affect the American colonial regions?
10. How successful were the Puritans as a “City on a Hill”?
11. Compare and contrast Bacon’s Rebellion with Leisler’s Rebellion.
12. Describe the impact of European settlement on the Indian population of North America. Be sure to
describe the differences in treatment by the French, English, and Spanish.
13. What was the Half-way Covenant and why was it needed? What were the effects of the Half-way
Covenant?
14. Compare and contrast the relationship between the Virginia colonists and the Native Americans with
the New England colonists and the Native Americans.
15. Why could historians make the claim that Benjamin Franklin was the most influential American of
the 18th century?
KEY TERMS/IDENTIFICATIONS
indentured servants
proprietary, royal colonies
Pilgrims/Separatists
Trade and Navigation Acts
Peter Zenger trial
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
King Philip's War
Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams
George Whitefield
William Bradford
Great Puritan Migration
Great Awakening
Protestant Reformation
New England Confederation
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Freedom of consciences
mercantilism
Iroquois Confederacy
Jonathan Edwards
Bacon's Rebellion
headright system
Half-way Covenant
Harvard College
Salutary neglect
Salem Witch trials
Middle Passage
Albany Plan
City on a Hill
Phyllis Wheatly
James Oglethorpe
William Penn
Puritans
Treaty of Tordesillas
John Cabot
John Rolfe
Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration
Quakers
Pequot’s War
Joint-stock company
Salem Witch Trials
John Winthrop
Chattel slavery
William Berkeley
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Hudson
predestination
Mason-Dixon line
Old lights vs. New lights
Peter Stuyvesant
Sir Walter Raleigh
First/Second Powhatan War’s
Leisler’s Rebellion
Albany Congress
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
-You do not have to answer these questions for the Unit Overview, but you should prepare for
these questions because they align with AP themes and can be used as an excellent review tool
and in helping you to learn the detailed facts of each unit.
1. Environment. The arrival of the Europeans to the New World greatly affected the area. In
regards to geography and environment, in what ways did European exploration impact the
New World?
2. Religion. Evaluate the significance of religion both in the life of the individual and the society
as a whole in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
3. Culture. What were the stated motivations for the settlement of each of the thirteen
colonies? Describe the ways in which these motivations for settlement of each colony
influenced the development of the three regions.
4. Globalization. What encouraged Europeans to explore and settle the New World? Contrast
the pattern of English colonization with that of Spain and France. Examine similarities and
differences in motivation, population patterns, race relations, and economic development.
5. Diversity. How did race, class, ethnicity, and gender impact the colonization of British
America?