Question to get ready for the APUSH Exam
757803707 | What was the major Indian Nation that the Europeans first came in contact with that was civilized? (Was also the most powerful Indian alliance) | Iroquois Confederacy | |
757803708 | What was the exchange of foods, plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the New World called? | Columbian Exchange | |
757803709 | What were the three most prominent diseases that the Europeans brought to America? | Smallpox, flu, and measles | |
757803710 | What was the European concept of owning land that the Native Americans did not believe in? | Private Property | |
757803711 | What was the Virginia Company considered? | Joint-Stock Company | |
757803712 | What was the primary role of the various joint-stock companies? | Make a Profit | |
757803713 | What was the cash crop that made in the Chesapeake region that was extremely valuable on the world market? | Tobacco | |
757803714 | Who were the chief source of agricultural laborers in the southern colonies? | Indentured Servants | |
757803715 | By the late seventeenth century, who had replaced the indentured servants in number of workers? | Slaves | |
757803716 | What was the rebellion that exposed tensions between the poor, former indentured servants and the rich class called the gentry? | Bacon's Rebellion | |
757803717 | What was one of the things slaves brought with them from Africa? | Cultural Practices | |
757803718 | What was the most important crop in South Carolina? | Rice | |
757803719 | What was the earliest act of rebellion against slavery in America? | Stono Rebellion | |
757803720 | Why did the Puritans immigrate to the New England area? | Religious Persecution and Political Repression | |
757803721 | Who was the leader of the first groups of Puritans? What did he call the Puritans to be? | John Winthrop, "City on a Hill" | |
757803722 | Other than religion, what was extremely important to the Puritans? | Education | |
757803723 | What made the Puritans hypocrites about religion? | They moved for religious freedom but did not accept other religions | |
757803724 | Who is the Puritan woman who is best know for her petition of the gender roles in society and said she had revelations from god? | Anne Hutchinson | |
757803725 | Who founded Rhode Island? | Roger Williams | |
757803726 | What was the rule that eased the requirements for church membership into the Puritan church? | Half-Way Covenant | |
757803727 | What is the religious movement in the 1730s that swept through all of the colonies? | First Great Awakening | |
757803728 | Who were the ministers that budded from the First Great Awakening that pulled on emotions, caused divisions from the church (new denominations) and lead to an increase in the woman attendance? | "New Light" | |
757803729 | Who founded Pennsylvania and what kind of colony was it considered? | William Penn; Liberal | |
757803730 | What was the people group that believed in Pacifism and freedom of religion and acceptance? (first abolitionists) | Quakers | |
757803731 | What did most colonial cities serve as? | Merchant Centers | |
757803732 | What was England's economic philosophy that pushed for a favorable balance of trade? | Mercantilism | |
757803733 | What was the British policy that said colonial products could only be shipped to England? | Navigation Acts | |
757803734 | During the colonial time period, what rights did women have? | None | |
757803735 | What is the belief that government should be based on the consent of the governed people? | Republicanism | |
757803736 | Who was the first notable American poet and the first woman to be published in the colonies? | Anne Bradstreet | |
757803737 | Who was the first published African American poet? | Phillis Wheatly | |
757803738 | What was the biggest benefit to the colonies from the French and Indian War? | France gave up their lands | |
757803739 | What was the pivotal point that allows Great Britain to impose taxes on the colonists? | French and Indian War | |
757803740 | What forbade the colonists to cross the imaginary boundary created by the Appalachian Mountains? | Proclamation of 1763 | |
757803741 | What was the primary purpose of the Stamp Act? | Raise Revenue to support troops | |
757803742 | What is the saying the colonists used against Britain? | "No taxation without representation" |