APUSH: CHAPTERS 1-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE :)

The Great Migration mostly took place during the?

1630's

A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was?

A safe haven for CATHOLICS.

After the House of Burgesses was established in Jamestown in 1619, what event occurred in the colony within the next few months?

AFRICAN SLAVES ARRIVED in the colonies.

All of the following are true of the colony of South Carolina:

ARISTOCRATIC, close relationship with the WEST INDIES, large number of SLAVES, and largest city, CHARLESTON, became a busy seaport.

In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following:

Acceptance of a GREATER ROLE FOR WOMEN in public worship, OPPOSITION TO the institution of slavery, advocacy of FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, REFUSAL TO BEAR ARMS.

The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted their settlement to be primarily?

An EXAMPLE to the rest of the world.

The busiest seaport in the southern colonies was?

Charleston.

Under the Barbados slave code of 1661, slaves were?

DENIED the most fundamental RIGHTS.

New York was an English colony because the?

ENGLISH CONQUERED THE AREA from the Dutch.

Harvard College and Yale College were established primarily to?

Ensure an adequate supply of MINISTERS.

The Dutch settled New Amsterdam primarily to?

Expand their commercial network. (MAKE MONEY)

William Penn:

Founded a colony that extended a significant degree of religious toleration.

Which colony was established as a buffer against the Spanish colonies and to give the poor and unfortunate a chance for a new start in life?

Georgia

The "headright" system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of...?

Giving the right to acquire 50 acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.

Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because?

He thought he was in India.

Which of the following is a correct statement about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?

It SPREAD RAPIDLY in the late 17th century, as Blacks displaced White indentured servants in the tobacco fields.

The system of indentured labor used during the Colonial period had which of the following effects?

It enabled poor people to SEEK OPPORTUNITY in America.

Which of the following best explains the most important effect tobacco cultivation had?

It led to the RAPID EXPANSION OF SETTLED AREAS in the region

The Mayflower Compact foreshadows the U.S. Constitution in which of the following ways?

It posits the SOURCE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE PEOPLE rather than in God.

The first record of slavery in America occurred in 1619 in?

JAMESTOWN, Virginia.

The first successful English colony in North America was located in?

JAMESTOWN, Virginia.

African contributions to American culture included all of the following:

Jazz music, banjo, bongo drums, goober (peanut butter) and voodoo (witchcraft)

All of the following are associated with Virginia in the early 1600s:

John SMITH, John ROLFE, POCOHONTAS, ANGLO-POWHATAN WARS.

During the first two decades of the 17th century all of the following aided in the establishment and growth of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia:

Large INFLUXES OF SUPPLIES/COLONISTS from England, the establishment of the VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES, the establishment of the OWNERSHIP OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, the beginning of TOBACCO cultivation.

English's defeat of the Spanish Armada...?

Marked the END OF SPANISH IMPERIAL DREAMS and ensured ENGLISH NAVAL DOMINANCE in the North Atlantic

All of the following were PLANTATION colonies:

Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia.

John Winthrop's characterization of Massachusetts Bay as a "city upon a hill" implied that?

Massachusetts Bay would be a HOLY SOCIETY that would be a MODEL FOR HUMANKIND.

The reason slavery flourished in the the Southern English colonies and not in New England is:

Most NEW ENGLAND FARMS WERE TOO SMALL FOR SLAVES, to be economically necessary or viable, whereas in the South the cultivation of staple crops such as rice and tobacco on large PLANTATIONS necessitated the use of large numbers of INDENTURED SERVANTS or SLAVES.

Which of the following most accurately describes the system of indentured service in the Chesapeake settlement during the 17th century?

Most indentured servants were lured by the promise of FREEDOM AND PROPERTY upon completion of their service.

Most historians today agree that the true discoverers of America were the?

Native Americans/or people who came over the land bridge

Which of the following best describes the impact that European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population?

Native populations were often KILLED OFF or DRIVEN AWAY by the Europeans.

The circumstances surrounding King Philip's War in 1676 suggests that...?

New England settlers CLASHED WITH THE NATIVE TRIBES over TERRITORIAL expansion.

All of the following were MIDDLE colonies:

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania.

European contact with the Native Americans led to?

New animals/food/disease/people/culture.

The Halfway Covenant provided for which of the following?

PARTIAL MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS to people NOT YET converted.

Which of the following conditions in England motivated Puritans to migrate to New England in the 1630's?

POLITICAL REPRESSION of dissident Protestants, an ECONOMIC RECESSION, RESTRICTIONS on Puritan religious practices.

Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the 17th century were primarily seeking to?

PROFIT economically

"Holy Experiment." What colony and founder are described?

Pennsylvania, William Penn

Of the following, which colony was the most tolerant of religious diversity?

Pennsylvania.

According to Puritan theology, the fate of those damned to hell is based on...?

Predestination

In the founding colony of Pennsylvania, William Penn's primary purpose was to?

Provide a REFUGE for persecuted English QUAKERS.

All of the following are true of Puritanism in the 17th century:

Puritans were CRITICAL OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND for retaining too much of Catholicism, Puritans stressed the doctrine of PREDESTINATION as well as the importance of good works, Puritans emphasized a HARD WORK ETHIC, Puritans believed that RELIGION SHOULD BE APPLIED TO DAILY LIFE AND to functioning of GOVERNMENT.

One factor that explains the appeal of Bacon's Rebellion in 17th century Virginia was the colonial government's:

REFUSAL TO RESPOND to Indian attacks on the frontier.

Unlike Separatists, the Puritans...?

Remained MEMBERS of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy trials of 1741 revealed which of the following?

Resistance to slavery.

The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by?

STARVATION, DISEASE, and frequent INDIAN RAIDS.

Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay officials banished Anne Hutchinson?

She CHALLENGED GENDER ROLES and PURITAN ORTHODOXY.

Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era?

She generally LOST CONTROL OF HER PROPERTY when she married.

Which of the following is true of the slave system in 18th century British North America?

Slaveowners gained INCREASED LEGAL POWER over their slaves.

By 1730 blacks were a majority of which population?

South Carolina

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636 for...?

Supporting RELIGIOUS FREEDOM and the SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

What best describes the economic differences between the colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia?

TOBACCO was the primary cash crop of VIRGINIA, while MASSACHUSETTS depended on MARINE TRADE and COMMERCE.

In 1692 witchcraft crisis in Salem illustrates...?

That RELIGIOUS FANATICISM on the part of some Puritans LED TO TRAGIC RESULTS.

Puritan life in the 17th century fundamentally revolved around?

The FAMILY.

Which of the following documents would be most useful in examining the origins of constitutional government in colonial America?

The FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS of CONNECTICUT.

Which of the following religions had the most influence upon the daily life of the colonists of the 17th century?

The PURITANS in Massachusetts.

The Halfway Covenant provided for which of the following?

The baptism of children of baptized but unconverted Puritans.

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the "middle passage" can be best described as?

The gruesome ocean voyage to America.

All of the following took place in New York in the 17th century:

The island of MANHATTAN WAS PURCHASED by the Dutch West India Company from the Indians in exchange for a few virtually worthless trinkets, A despot named PETER STUYVESANT, dubbed "Father Wooden Leg" by the Indians, was colonial governor from 1647 to 1664 and brought order to the city, BRITISH FORCES OUSTED THE DUTCH without a fight in 1664 and changed the name from New Amsterdam to New York in honor of the Duke of York, and LEISLER'S REBELLION, a conflict between the wealthy landholders and aspiring merchants, rocked the city in the last decade of the century.

In the 17th century, the Great Migration refers to?

The movement of Puritans to New England

In the 17th century, which of the following was true of slavery in British North America?

The number of slaves INCREASED rapidly in the last quarter of the century.

The Mayflower Compact is significant in that?

The people agreed to be bound by the will of the majority.

The immediate issue in dispute in Bacon's Rebellion was?

The perceived FAILURE OF VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR to protect the colony's frontier area from the depredations of raiding Indians.

Which of the following characterized life in the Chesapeake region in early 17th century?

The presence of many MORE MEN THAN WOMEN, giving WOMEN somewhat GREATER STATUS b/c of their SCARCITY.

Roger Williams believed that?

The state should NOT IMPOSE ANY AUTHORITY IN MATTERS OF FAITH, and that colonists had NO RIGHT TO LAND UNTIL IT WAS PURCHASED FROM INDIANS.

Which of the following was a characteristic of colonial Pennsylvania?

There was NO ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of 17th century Puritans toward religious liberty?

They TOLERATED NO ONE whose expressed religious views varied from their own views.

After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few because?

They were TOO COSTLY.

The first important cash crop in the American colonies was?

Tobacco

The majority of African slaves coming to the New World...?

Were delivered to SOUTH AMERICA and the WEST INDIES.

During the first half of the 17th century, the largest number of workers in Virginia and Maryland were?

White indentured servants

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by?

a JOINT STOCK COMPANY anxious to return profit to investors.

After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had?

found India/ or found a shortcut to the eastern world

The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 provided for?

the TOLERANCE of most CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

The majority of people came to America?

to seek ECONOMIC GAIN.

The New England Confederation...?

was designed to BOLSTER COLONIAL DEFENSE.