APUSH Unit 1 Test Answers

Civilizations in America before Columbus

Included elaborate and sophisticated cultures that rivaled those in Europe.

The Treaty of Tordesillas contained a provision to

Divided the America's between Spain and Portuagal

Which of the following originated in America and was taken to Europe

Potatoes

Groups in English society sought colonies in America for all of the following reasons except

To convert natives to Catholicism

The French fur traders relationship with the natives differed from the English because

They formed successful partnerships with Indians by becoming part of native society and intermarrying

A principle of the economic theory of mercantilism was that

Centralized economy was essential to growing a nations wealth

Puritans in England were discontented with the Church of England because

Puritans wanted to worship how they pleased in their own congregations, contrary to English law.

The first permanent English settlement was

Jamestown

One of the problems in Jamestown that lead to a high mortality rate in the early years was

Cultivation of staple crop tobacco instead of grains

The main reason for conflict between the natives and European settlers in the early English colonies was

Population pressures on the English settlers to expand

All contributed to the foundation of a democratic government except

The Dominion of New England

Resentment of a powerful coastal ruling class by western farmers and of Indian attacks instigated

Bacon's rebellion

Puritan theology included

God chose who was saved before they were born

Slavery emerged into the Chesapeake origin

Upon the first arrival of Africans

A leader in establishing the principles of religious freedom and diversity was

Roger Williams

The Dominion of New England was an attempt to

To rationalize colonial policy and consolidate the crown

John Winthrop's characterization of Massachusetts Bay as a city on a hill implied

Massachusetts Bay would be an example for England

Christopher Columbus

Established contact between two old worlds

The English colony of Roanoke island

Mysteriously disappeared within a few years of being established

Regarding expansion, Columbus and the Spanish

Were driven by desire to create an empire

Critical to the success of Hernan Cortes expedition

Were Indian allies and disease

The early French efforts in America were based on commerce, especially in the trade of

Animal furs

In the years from 1492-1590

The Spanish, French, and English employed different approaches to establishing colonies in America.

Critical to the early survival of the Jamestown colony was

The polices of the Powhatan confederacy

Which commodity proved to be profoundly important in the history of Virginia

Tobacco

During the 17th century, most migrants to the Chesapeake regions

Came as indentured servants

In dealing with the Indians, the primary concern of the New England colonists was

Acquiring land for expanding settlements

The puritans who settled in North America

Insisted that the only thing anybody needed to know was to be found in the Holy Bible

Bacon's rebellion in 1676

Revealed deep conflicts between the settled areas of Virginia and the frontier region to the West.

One result of the Glorious Revolution was

The English Bill of Rights that protected civil liberties

The development of Pennsylvania was strongly developed by the

Society of Friends

In colonial America

Women were regulated to the domestic sphere and had no social rights at all.

During the 18th century,

For a variety of reasons the British colonies began to differ socially and politically from New France and New Spain

The intellectual movement that led to a significant transformation in British North America was

The englightment

Roger Williams founded Providence after being banished from Massachusetts Bay due to his belief that

Church and State should be separated and natives fairly treated

The colony of Pennsylvania was founded for similar reasons as the Massachusetts colonies

Both were founded by groups of dissenting English Protestants

The Anglican minister who helped spread the Great Awakening throughout the English colonies

George Whitefield

The Great Awakening

Provided many Americans with their first opportunity to engage in public debate and action.

James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia

Which was a place for debtors and poor people and border between the English colonies and Spanish Florida

The primary reasons for founding Jamestown was to

Find gold and a northwest passage to the Indies

Oglethorpe's rules for the colonies in Georgia included

No African Americans, no rum, no Catholics

North Carolina was different from South Carolina because

NC settlements consisted of poor farmers, SC large plantations

Pennsylvania and Delaware

Shared the same governor until the revolution

The Calvert family established the colony of Maryland for

Catholics

William Penn received Transylvania because

King Charles the 2nd owned Penns fathers money

Peter Stuyvesant surrendered the colony of New Netherlands to the English

After he was promised the Dutch were to stay.

Hooker founded Hartford after being banished from Massachusetts for

He thought voting rights should not be limited to male church members

King Phillips war was fought by settlers and Indians in

Massachusetts and Connecticut

Slavery in English colonies was different from earlier forms of slavery in that

It was racially based

The middle passage refers to

Transport of slaves to America