APUSH Unit 2 and 3 Test

Stono Rebellion

Stono Rebellion

A slave insurrection that occurred in South Carolina in 1739.

Pennsylvania Colony Success

Resulted from Penn’s careful planning and his policy of selling land to settlers.

Indentured Labor System

Enabled poor people to seek opportunity in America during the Colonial period.

Tobacco Introduction

Led to the use of indentured servants and later enslaved Africans for agricultural labor in Virginia.

John Peter Zenger Trial

Established the principle that an editor could not be punished for seditious libel if the words were accurate.

Navigation Acts

Intended by the British government to guarantee a financial share of colonial exports.

Mercantilism

The British policy that the Navigation Acts were part of.

Puritan Goals in Massachusetts

Sought to create a model community promoting government by strict religious principles.

Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson

Challenged the authority of Puritan magistrates and ministers.

Institutionalized Slavery

Resulted from the decline of indentured labor by the late 1600s in North America.

Parliament's Authority

The Navigation Acts were generally accepted by the majority of American colonists as a legitimate use.

Great Awakening

Led to splits among existing religious denominations and the rise of new churches in the 1740s.

Bacon’s Rebellion

Resulted from the dissatisfaction of Virginia farmers with the colonial governor's failure to protect them against American Indian raids.

English Colonists' Motivation

Sought economic opportunity and improved living conditions in North America.

European Settlement Expansion

Most directly led to the use of enslaved Native Americans and Africans for labor in colonial agriculture.

Church and State in Massachusetts Bay

Characterized by the requirement of church membership for voting and holding office.

Colonial Cities

Functioned primarily as mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods.

Slavery in British North American Colonies

Legally established in all colonies by the early 1700s.

Cooperative Relations with American Indians

Generally found among colonists from France.

British Colony Settlers' Motivation

Primarily seeking profit in Virginia during the seventeenth century.

European Nations Sending Settlers

Germany, Scotland, Ireland, and the Dutch were among those that sent settlers to the British North American colonies.