AP US HISTORY - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Study Guide



  1. King Philip's War

A war occurred due to tensions with land and resources between the Native Americans and colonists.

  1. Mercantilism

A concept or theory that the government should regulate economic power to promote national power. 

  1. New Netherlands

Claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch, dominated international commerce and eventually became New York.

  1. Navigation Act

An act that required any colonial products to be transported in English ships and sold at English ports. Used to keep trade away from the Dutch. 

  1. New York

    1. Covenant Chain (NY)

A policy of neutrality between New York and the Five Nations 

  1. Carolinas

Founded to be a barrier between colonies and Spanish Florida, became a slave colony 

  1. Pennsylvania

    1. William Penn

Quaker, wanted a colony with peace and harmony between Indians and colonists

  1. Native Americans

Land was bought from them not taken, eventually the relationship between them and the colonists changed 

  1. Walking Purchase

An agreement between Indians and colonists that as far as a man could walk in 36 hours the colonists could have. Deceit used by colonists to gain more land; used fast runners to gain more land. Disagreements caused between both groups 

  1. Salem Witch Trial

A time of uneasiness in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Accusations about of witches and unfair trials occurred and even hangings 

  1. Colonies in Crisis

Followed after King Philip's War and Bacon’s Rebellion. In Maryland, Lord Baltimore restricted voting rights and caused a Protestant uprising. Uneasiness between colonies and Indians 

  1. Bacon’s Rebellion

Sped up the change from indentured servants to slaves. Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion against Lord Berkeley in Virginia, rebellion crushed 


    1. Diversity in Colonies w/ Scot-Irish

Large impact on colonial society; Presbyterians, added to the religious diversity

  1. Germans

Largest group of settlers; emigrated from Germany for religious reasons; enhanced the ethnic/religious diversity 

  1. Religious Diversity in the Colonies

Due to the high number of newcomers from different countries, such as the Scottish-Irish, or the Germans. More diverse in religion compared to England

  1. Colonial trade with Britain

Britain traded very much with the American colonies; American traders imported British goods

  1. Colonial Social Classes

    1. Colonial Elite Class

Dominated politics and society; big gap between classes; rulers of colonies

  1. Colonial Middle class

Most Americans; wide distribution of land and economic autonomy 

  1. Colonial Poor Class

Not as widespread as in Britain; tenants/wage laborers; were viewed as lazy, and responsible for their predicament by the elite; 

  1. Women’s role in 18th century

Family life; duty to start a family and become wives/mothers; fewer opportunities as there was in early period