AP US History Unit 1 and Unit 2 Review

Vocabulary flashcards generated from lecture notes covering Unit 1 and Unit 2 AP US History concepts, including early Native American cultures, European exploration, and regional characteristics of the 13 colonies.

SAQ First Question Analysis Steps

The three key elements to look for in a short answer question: 1. The category they want you to write about, 2. time period, 3. Historical thinking skill.

Animism

A spiritual practice of Native Americans based on the belief that everything had a spirit.

Spanish Colonization Motivations

Spain's push to colonize the Americas mainly for gold and silver, seeking wealth, trading post empires, and religious spread.

Enconmbdia system

A Spanish colonial system used in the Americas during colonization for organizing labor and extract wealth.

Spanish Conquest Chain of Events

Native societies → European exploration → Columbus → Columbian Exchange → disease → Spanish conquest → Spanish colonial system.

Jamestown

The first British settlement in the New World, founded by people looking to get rich.

Purtain

An extreme group of Protestants who hated the Catholic Church and founded the masstacheos bay coloney.

Indentured servatnst

Young poor white men (often the second son) who agreed to labor in exchange for promised land, though they often died.

Tobacco Cultivation

The crop cultivated by settlers in British colonies that made them rich after they initially starved while searching for gold.

New England Colonies

Colonies characterized by smaller families, Purtains, less religious freedom, witch hunts, Anne huntingson, Mayflower compact, rocky soil, fishing, and lumber.

Middle Colonies

Colonies characterized by imported goods, more religious freedom, and greater diversity.

Cheapsake and Southern Colonies

Colonies that focused heavily on crops due to fertile land, leading to a demand for labor fulfilled by the African slave trade.

African Slave Trade (1619)

The arrival of the first ship of forced African labor in 1619, which made planters rich and eventually expanded across all 13 colonies.