APUSH Progress Checks

What is a characteristic of the Mississippian societies in the 1900s?

They had mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economies that favored the development of permanent villages

How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?

Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations

The increased number of Black and White inhabitants in the British colonial regions from 1660-1710 is most strongly indicated by…

The rise of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans

The change in White and Black populations in various British colonial regions strongly suggests the influence of…

The demand in Europe for commodities such as tobacco and sugar

The White and Black populations in New England from 1660-1710 suggest what?

Minimal use of enslaved labor in New England compared to other regions

The story of Reverend Mr. Whitefield, a preacher in Philadelphia, best exemplifies what development?

Protestant evangelism came to the colonies from Great Britain and Europe

The events of the First Great Awakening illustrated by the story of Mr. Whitefield led to…

New denominations attracting followers who were drawn to the dynamic sermons of the new preachers

What most directly contributed to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in Mr. Whitefield’s story to build a specific meeting house for new preachers?

Leaders in cities such as Philadelphia wanted to do all they could to limit the spread of new Protestant denominations in the colony

English colonists in North America in the 1600s and 1700s most typically sought which of the following?

Opportunities to improve their living conditions, seeking out economic opportunities and social mobility

The efforts of Spanish colonists to convert Native Americans to Christianity were most directly influenced by what simultaneous development?

The extraction of gold and other wealth from the land in the Americas

What is a result of the Seven Years’ War?

Great Britain gained a claim to land extending to the Mississippi River

The conclusion of the Seven Years’ War had which of the following effects on Native American societies?

The British government attempted to restrict western settlement to reduce tensions between colonists and Native Americans

By the 1770s, which group supported the argument that the British North American colonies were bound to obey Parliament?

Loyalists in New York

What was the political rhetoric of Patriots during the American Revolution strongly influenced by?

Natural rights and freedom from tyranny

The principle of federalism embodied in the United States Constitution had most in common with which earlier aspect of British colonial government?

The autonomy of colonial legislatures from Great Britain

The framers of the United States Constitution initially responded to abuses of executive authority by the British monarch in what way?

They established the separation of powers between the president and Congress