APUSH UC SCOUT SEM 1 MIDTERM

German

Language that the Quakers spoke in Pennsylvania

Maroon

_______________ communities were settlements of escaped slaves who often settled in the backwoods of Georgia and Florida, sometimes joining forces with the Seminole Indians

Settlement was limited to Catholics and farmland was only given to a certain few

What was true about the province of Quebec in the early 18th century as conflicts between the English and French over control of North America began to erupt?

The kidnapping of slaves in West Africa and their transAtlantic passage to their final destination on plantations in Europe and the Americas

The Middle Passage involved what historical phenomenon?

The German Pietist Movement

The First Great Awakening in the 1730s and 1740s was theologically influenced by:

Informal revival meetings where non-clergymen prayed in public

Charled Chauncy, a traditionalist preacher during the time of the First Colonial Awakening, denounced what trend in colonial Christian worship?

Francisco Pizzarro

This famous conquistador was credited with finally defeating the Inca Empire in the Andean highlands, paving the way for Spanish control of the western coast of the South American continent.

Peter Stuyvesant

The last Dutch governor of New Netherlands who was ousted from power in 1664 with the English takeover

The issue of religious freedom of both Catholics and Protestants

Maryland's 1648 Act of Toleration dealt with what specific matter?

John Winthrop

A governor of Massachusetts chosen by the Massachusetts Bay Company who envisioned building a Puritan community that would stand out as a "city on a hill" that would morally inspire the rest of the world

Deism

The belief in a good that created the universe and allowed free will to dictate the course of human beings and their societies

Rice

The swampy lowlands of South Carolina were highly conducive to the growth of this labor intensive crop

All native peoples who inhabited the Americas prior to European exploration and colonization

The term Amerindian is synonymous with

A person who signed a contract committing himself to a limited term of service in exchange for a paid passage to the colonies along with compensation and land after the term of service was faithfully completed

Which description fits the term "indentured servant" in the context of American colonies?

Halfway Covenant

The Puritan Church agreement to baptize children of baptized adults, giving young people partial membership in the Puritan church before they were old enough to express their own spiritual experience of committing to Jesus Christ

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Spanish settlements and Portuguese settlements would be divided vertically down the Americas, leaving Portugal with control of lands in Brazil along the South American continent's east coast along with the Atlantic Cape Verde Islands.

New, less formal Christian denominations like the Methodists and Baptists, whose services were more emotional and less structured than those of their predecessors

The term "New Lights" emerged during the First Great Awakening, and was used to refer to:

Edward Braddock

This English general hampered early British efforts in the Ohio River Valley with his inept leadership and his alienation of pro-English Native American tribes

Pequot war

Example of a conflict fought between Native Americans and English Settlers resulting in massacres of indigenous people by the English victors

They allowed women to participate fully in spiritual and political life

What is NOT true about the Puritans of New England?

Baron Von Steuben's arrival in the region provided much needed professional military training to what had initially been a poorly trained fighting force

After the devastating winter at Valley Forge, what happened that boosted the prospects of the surviving members of Washington's Continental Army Forces?

Lord Dunmore of Virginia

Which colonial leader remained an ardent Loyalist upon the onset of the Revolutionary war?

Nathaniel Greene

Patriot military leader who was dispatched by Washington to fight back against British Forces in the Carolinas

Organize a national judicial system

Articles of Confederation allowed the federal government led by the Confederation Congress to do

A military treaty creating an alliance between France and the American Patriots

This diplomatic development in February of 1778 boosted the prospects for the American Patriots in their fight for independence against Britain

James Otis

A rallying cry phrase "Taxation without representation" was first coined by this Boston Lawyer in his 1764 publication

Robert Morris

This patriot leader was NOT a significant part of the southern American Revolutionary War

American women supported the Patriot movement in different ways, but did not achieve equal rights or equal citizenship after the end of the revolutionary war

Which is true about American women during and after revolutionary war?

Philipsburg Proclamation

Promised freedom to black slaves who joined the loyalist cause on behalf of the British

The Caribbean islands

The regions that produced the most sugar and molasses were

Fort Ticondegora

The British military settlement that was a key focal point during the Battle of Saratoga Springs

Massachusetts

The state that allowed creditors to collect debts and seize assets aggressively during the 1780s which led to an organized uprising that eventually led beyond the state's borders

Ultimatum

The Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition in August of 1775 can be described as

Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment

Which of the following groups were active on the Loyalist side during the Revolutionary War?

Mercantilism

The British Government tried to control trade in the American Colonies by preventing colonists from trading openly with other European empires and territories in order to keep wealth concentrated within Britain and the British colonies. These restrictions were in line with the economic philosophy of:

A strong relationship with France and the French speaking people of the Louisiana Lands

Which was NOT a British advantage during the revolutionary war

Jean Jacques Rousseau and Baron de Montesquieu

French Enlightenment-era political philosophers whose beliefs about government inspired pro-independence American colonial leaders

James Bowdoin

Massachusetts governor who relied on privately-backed militias to put riots staged by angry farmers and artisans during the 1780s debt collection disputes

John Adams, Pennsylvania

This colony implemented a radically democratic model of governance, which was criticized by this more conservative member of the Patriot faction for being too extreme in its scope of citizens' participation

Daniel Boone

This famed leader of English-speaking settlers into the Kentucky territory joined the Patriot cause and fought against the pro-British Shawnee tribe in the hinterlands of Kentucky as Lord Dunmore's War progressed

Jay's Treaty

Stopped the British from aiding native American tribes in the Indiana Territory who were at war with the U.S. Government

Judicial Review

The power of a court to interpret the legitimacy of a law or practice

Amendment

The method in which the constitution could be updated

Caucus

A logical political meeting that takes place without political affiliation

Bicameral

A legislative body with two branches

Virginia Dynasty

The successive presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe between 1801 and 1825

New England merchants, bankers, and businessmen

The Federalists generally received most of their public support from

Saint Domingue

French controlled colony in the Caribbean that broke out into a slave revolt in 1791

Andrew Jackson

He led victory for the Americans against the British in the Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans

This was not a conflict between the U.S. and the Native Americans

Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton's intense hatred of this New York politician led to him choosing to favor Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800

James Madison

He originally sided with the Federalist faction when it came to the ratification of the 1788-1789 U.S. Constitution, but pivoted to the Democratic-Republican side over disagreements with the Federalists over the national bank issue

They were very pro-British

This is not true about the Democratic-Republicans

James C. Calhoun and Henry Clay

These two were known for being "war hawks" in favor of declaring war on Britain

Amendments

Changes made to change the U.S. Constitution

The Sedition Act

Believed by the republicans to be a breach of the constitutionally-guaranteed rights of freedom of speech

Ratification

Process to which the different states approved the U.S. Constitution

Pirate

Corsair roughly translates to

The provision to allow married women who owned property to vote in federal elections

The Great Compromise came into effect with the final version of the U.S. Constitution did not include

The dismantling of the First Bank of the United States through an executive order

This decision was not undertaken under Thomas Jefferson's presidency

Tripoli and Derna

Settlements along the North African coast that were controlled by the Barbary states

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

French Foreign Minister who was involved in the XYZ affair and also played a role in brokering the Louisiana Purchase

William Paterson

New Jersey Politician that proposed a plan for governance that was more suited to small less populous states during the process of when the U.S. Constitution was being drafted

Puritan settlement in North America

Puritans persecuted by the Church of England. Some fled to the Netherlands. Followed theology of John Calvin. Settled in America to create ideal Christian community. Puritans highly valued literacy. Were highly intolerant of theological dissenters.

Huguenots

French Protestants who fled persecution in 16th century France. Some settled in St. Augustine, Florida

Jamestown

The first permanent settlement in North America

Tobacco

Cash crop of Jamestown and eventually became main cash crop of early Virginia

Georgia

Last of the 13 Colonies to be made

After the French and Indian war

the British were in debt