APUSH Content Review #1
Unit 1 (Colonies)
Unit 2 (American Revolution)
Colonial History
Review
Jamestown survived as the first permanent
British settlement in America because of
1. the emergence of tobacco as a
cash crop
2. the mild climate of Virginia
3. its use of Indian slaves as a labor
force
4. the religious convictions of its first
settlers
The Pilgrims were also known as
Separatists because they:
1. wanted to separate Plymouth from the
Massachusetts Bay colony
2. believed in the complete separation of
church and state
3. broke all ties with the Church of England
4. tried to isolate the Native Americans
from white settlers
In founding the colony of Georgia, James
Oglethorpe's primary purpose was to
1. provide a refuge for persecuted
English Quakers
2. gain a base for launching English
expeditions against Spanish Florida
3. provide a refuge for persecuted
Christians from all parts of Europe
4. provide a refuge for English debtors
The Mayflower Compact could best be
described as
1. a detailed frame of government
2. a complete constitution
3. a foundation for self-government
4. an list of the causes for leaving
England and coming to America
What was a proprietary colony?
1. a colony like Virginia that was run
like a business
2. a colony like Pennsylvania that was
sponsored by a religious group
3. a colony like Massachusetts that
was forced to acknowledge the king
4. a colony like New Jersey that was
run as a privately owned estate
In the 17c, the Great Migration refers to the
1. settlement of the Puritans in
Massachusetts and other colonies
2. immigration of Irish to the colonies
3. expansion of white settlement
across the Appalachian Mountains
4. trade in slaves between West Africa
and the West Indies
The Virginia House of Burgesses and the New
England town meetings were similar in that they
1. originated in a New England colony
2. were completely independent of
colonial governors
3. were both responsible to the
established church of the colony
4. represented colonial participation in
government
In the early 1600s, migrants to New England
differed from those in the Chesapeake because
1. New England settlement was
sponsored by individual proprietors
2. New Englanders immigrated in
family groups
3. in the harsher climate of New
England led to higher death tolls
4. New England immigrants tended to
be motivated by a desire for wealth
The headright system adopted in Virginia
1. determined the eligibility of a settler
for voting and holding office
2. toughened the laws applying to
indentured servants
3. prohibited the settlement of single
men and women in the colony
4. gave 50 acres to anyone who would
transport an indentured servant to
the colony
Which of the following was NOT involved
in the colonial Triangular Trade network?
1. rum
2. slaves
3. cotton
4. tobacco
1.
2.
3.
4.
The theory of mercantilism would be
consistent with which statements?:
economies prosper most when trade
is restricted as little as possible
colonies are of little economic
importance to the mother country
it is vital that a country imports more
than it exports
a government should direct the
economy so as to maximize exports
The long-range purpose of the Albany
Congress in 1754 was to
1. achieve colonial unity and common
defense against the French threat
2. propose independence of the
colonies from Britain
3. declare war on the Iroquois nation
4. prohibit New England and New York
from trading with the West Indies
1.
2.
3.
4.
Prior to 1763, the British policy of
"salutary neglect“:
allowed royal colonies to elect their
own governors
did not enforce the Navigation Acts
encouraged colonists to establish
their own parliament
withdrew British soldiers from North
America
Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by
1. the planter class of Virginia
2. young men frustrated by their
inability to acquire land
3. those protesting the increased
importation of African slaves
4. people from Jamestown only
1.
2.
3.
4.
What did the Great Awakening and
inter-colonial trade have in common
they created disdain for England
they contributed to a growing sense
of shared American identity
they created a rebellious spirit in
America
they helped create imperial rivalry
between England and France
Voyages of European Exploration
Spanish
French
English
Individually Directed:
State Directed:
 Religious tolerance;
 Find NW passage to Asia
Religious purity
 Establish wealth (fur trade)
 Establish wealth (cash
 Expand the French Empire
crops); Avoid poverty
 Escape turmoil or jail
Central America, South
Canada, New Orleans, Haiti,
Eastern coast of North America
America, present-day Mexico, northern Mississippi River
along Atlantic Ocean, Hudson
Florida, SW North America
region
Bay, & the Caribbean
“Frontier of exclusion”
Some trade; mostly conquest:
Clash with Eastern Woodlands
 Taino, Aztecs, Incas,
Significant trade partners with Indians (Powhattan)
SE & SW Indians
Assisted whites:
Eastern Woodlands Indians
Disease spread
 Squanto in NE
Intermarriage
 Pocahontas in Jamestown
Chesapeake:
 Native slave labor
 Settlers did the work of
 Yeoman farmers
 African slave labor in South
hunting for pelts (coureur
 Indentured Servitude
America & Caribbean
des bois)
 African Slavery
Islands
 Slave labor used in Haiti
New England:
 Encomienda (Plantations)
 Families/Yeoman
State Directed:
 Find W route to Asia
Purpose of Colonies/
 Wealth (gold & silver)
Exploration
 Religious conversion
 Expand the Spanish Empire
Geographic Region
Colonized/ Explored
Contacts &
Interactions with
Native Americans
Labor Systems
Loose or Strict
Control by Mother
Country
Strict control
Gained great wealth from
Degree of “Success”
exploration, but failed to
of Colonization/
establish lasting colonies
Exploration
(which was never the goal)
Strict control
Loose control
(Salutary Neglect)
Gained some wealth from
Canada but never control a
continuous colony down the
Mississippi river; New Orleans
excellent trade port
Some wealth from tobacco
plantations; Success lies in
permanence of colonies in
America
Voyages of European Exploration
Chesapeake
New England
 North Carolina
 South Carolina
 Georgia
 Religious
communities for
persecuted Pilgrims
& Puritans
 Holy Experiment,
Quakers
 Proprietary (PA,
NY)
 Buffer between
Spain & English
colonies (GA)
 Gain wealth
 Tobacco
 Lots of yeoman
farmers, Indentured
servants, & slaves
 Fishing, rum, ships
 Yeoman farming
villages with few
slaves or servants
 Intermediary
shipping
 Grain production
 Yeoman farmers
 Plantations (rice,
indigo)
 Lots of yeomen
servants, & slaves
Religion
 Mostly Anglican
settlers
 Catholics (MD)
 Puritans (Mass
Bay)
 Pilgrims (Plymouth)
 Great diversity of
religions
 Quakers (NJ, PA)
 Mostly Anglican
settlers
Society
 Short life
expectancy
 Individualistic
 Few women
 House of Burgesses





 Very diverse
 “Holy Experiment”
(PA) failed
 Royal governors
 Diverse society
 Barbados Slave
Code
 Royal governors
• John Smith
• John Rolfe
• Bacon & Berkeley
 John Winthrop
 Roger Williams &
Anne Hutchinson
 William Penn
 James of York
 James Oglethorpe
(GA)
 Headright system
 Young single males
 African slaves
 Great Puritan
Migration
 Families
 Diverse: Recruited
from England,
Ireland, Germany
 English settlers
 African slaves
 Imprisoned debtors
Initial
Purpose
Economies
& Labor
Systems
Important
People
Immigration
Patterns





 Joint-Stock Co to
gain wealth for
settlers & investors
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Others
Congregationalist
Self-sacrificed
Families & schools
Grandparents
Town hall meetings




Southern
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Identify the
Colonies
 Virginia (Jamestown)
 Maryland
Middle
North
America
“Parliamentary Sovereignty” ?after
1763
“Salutary Neglect” ?
“Virtual Representation” ?
America in 1750
America in 1763
American Revolution
Review
Which was NOT a result of the French and
Indian War (Seven Years' War)?
1. France lost Canada
2. England incurred high war costs
3. England gained Louisiana
4. England made a decision to
reinvigorate the mercantile system
According to the Proclamation of 1763
1. colonial militiamen were required
to put down Pontiac's Rebellion
2. contact between colonials and
Indians was strictly forbidden
3. settlers were prohibited from
crossing the Appalachians
4. speculators could purchase land
from trans-Appalachian tribes
England passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to
1. punish Americans for protests to
the Sugar Act
2. raise money to reduce England's
national debt
3. allow for illegal search-andseizure of smugglers
4. allow Americans to settle the
Ohio River Valley
Thomas Paine's Common Sense:
1. urged Americans to declare their
independence
2. was a call for the abolition of slavery
3. insisted that colonists be allowed to
elect representatives to Parliament
4. criticized the weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation
The most important consequence of the
Boston Tea Party was the
1. repeal of the tax on tea
2. failure of other colonies to support
Boston's action
3. opening of negotiations between
Britain and Massachusetts
4. enactment by Parliament of the
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
The British response to the American claim
of “no taxation without representation” was
1. colonial assemblies would be
permitted to vote on all new taxes
2. taxes were used for internal
improvements in the colonies
3. members of Parliament represented
the interests of all British citizens
4. Parliament ended the majority of its
taxes on the colonies
During the 1760s and 1770s the most
effective tactic in gaining the repeal of the
Stamp and Townshend Acts was
1. tarring & feathering British tax agents
2. sending petitions to the king and
Parliament
3. boycotting British goods
4. destroying private property, such as
tea, on which a tax to be levied
Which of the following contributed most to
the American victory in the Revolution?
1. French military and financial
assistance after Saratoga
2. the failure of Loyalists to participate
in military action
3. a major American military victory at
Valley Forge
4. the British failure to capture
Philadelphia
What was the role of African-Americans in
the American Revolution?
1. as the war dragged on, southern
blacks were welcomed to enlist
2. Americans generally avoided arming
blacks, but the British recruited slaves
3. though slaves, they rallied around the
revolutionary ideas of freedom
4. Many slaves escaped and were
welcomed in the North and Canada
Britain enjoyed all of the following
advantages in the Revolution EXCEPT
1. the greatest navy and bestequipped army in the world
2. superior industrial resources
3. greater commitment to the conflict
4. a coherent structure of command
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 stipulated
all of the following EXCEPT:
British recognition of American
independence
boundaries of the USA to the
Mississippi River
Americans allow British collection of
prewar debts from colonists
Americans gained Florida from Spain
North
America
after the
Treaty
of Paris,
1783
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