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History of North America

Out of Many AP Edition Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: Slavery and Empire Outline ? African Slaves Build their Own Community in Coastal Georgia Slavery was??originally prohibited in the original 1732 Georgia charter; the ban was lifted two decades later when Georgia became a Royal colony. By 1770, 15,000 slaves made up 80% of the population. Rice was one of the most valuable commodities of mainland North America, surpassed only by tobacco and wheat. The Atlantic slave trade grew to match rice production. ???Saltwater? slaves (slaves taken from Africa, rather than ?country born?) were inspected and branded on coastal forts in Africa, shipped overseas (where many died), then sold and marched to plantations Mortality rates were high for slaves, especially infants. Overseers could legally punish slaves and even murder them.

Out of Many AP edition Chapter 5

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Chapter 5: The Cultures of Colonial North America Outline ? Middle Colonies I.????????????????????The Middle Colonies a.???????Location ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Along the lower Hudson River ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Included New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania b.??????Religion ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Puritan, Baptist, Quaker, Catholic, and Jewish congregations ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Lutherans or Calvinists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????iii.??????Tolerance of religious practices and distinctions c.???????Politics and government

Brinkley Questions Chapter 4

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Brinkley Chapter 4 Guiding Questions How did the relationship between king and Parliament change during the early eighteenth century? What role did the prime minister play in this change? 2. How were the American colonies administered by Britain, from Britain, during this period? What was the effect of this policy? 3. How was England?s hold on the colonies weakened between 1700 and 1775? What role did colonial assemblies play in the weakening? 4. What factors helped promote colonial unity during this period? 5. What was the Albany Plan, and what did it reveal about colonial unity? 6. To what areas of North America had the French laid claim by 1750?

Brinkley Questions Chapter 3

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Brinkley Chapter 3 Guiding Questions 1. Explain the system of indentured servitude that developed in the American colonies. 2. What impact did freed indentures have on colonial sociopolitical development? 3. What factors contributed to the rapid increase in colonial population during the last half of the seventeenth century? 4. How did the importance of reproduction in the labor-scare society of colonial America affect the status and lifecycle of women? 5. How and why did the status of women in colonial America differ from region to region? 6. Describe the steps that led to the establishment of black slavery in the English American colonies.

Brinkley APUSH Ch. 5

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Chapter Five The America Revolution Multiple Choice Questions 1. In 1775, as conflicts with England intensified, American colonists A. made extensive efforts to prepare themselves for war. B. were deeply divided about what they were fighting for. C. believed England was not willing to engage in military operations against them. saw their larger population as a key advantage over England. considered arming slaves to help build up the colonial army. Ans: B Page: 118 2. Published in January 1776, Common Sense was written by A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Tom Paine. C. James Madison. Ben Franklin. James Otis. Ans: B Page: 118 3. The author of Common Sense A. sought to concentrate colonial anger on unpopular parliamentary measures.

Brinkley APUSH Ch. 4

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Chapter Four The Empire in Transition Multiple Choice Questions 1. In the years after the Glorious Revolution, political power in England increasingly shifted toward A. the monarchy. B. Parliament. C. the citizens. the Anglican Church. the colonial governors. Ans: B Page: 94 2. During the first half of the eighteenth century, England?s administration of the colonies A. was primarily concerned with checking the growth of New France. B. began to assert greater authority over newspapers and public expression. C. sought new means to tax American merchants. was notable for its strict enforcement of trade policies. was loose, decentralized, and inefficient. Ans: E Page: 94 3. During the first half of the eighteenth century, royal officials in America

Chapter 32 Vocabulary

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Chp 32 Vocab Third world: term for nations not among the capitalist industrial nations of the first world and the industrialized communist nations of the second world. Francisco Madero: Moderate democratic Mexican reformer; challenged Porfirio Diaz in 1910 and initiated a revolution after losing fraudulent elections; assassinated in 1913. Pancho Villa: Mexican revolutionary leader in Northern Mexico after 1910.? Emiliano Zapata: Mexican revolutionary commander of a guerilla movement centered at Morelos; demanded sweeping land reform. Victoriano Huerta: Gained power in Mexico after the death of Madero in 1913; forced from power in 1914. ?Alvaro Obregon: Became leader of Mexican government in 1915; elected president in 1920.

U.S. History from 5,500 B.C. To Before the American Revolution, vocabulary

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U.S. History from 5,500 B.C. to Before the American Revolution History 1302 at Tarrant County College Agricultural revolution 5,500 BCE in Mesoamerica, the southern half of Mexico and Latin America, People became more sedentary and grew crops like maize Tenochtitlan Capital of Aztecs, site of present-day Mexico City, 100,000 people in 1500 Leif Eriksson 11th century, Norse seaman, First European to come to the Americas, around Canada Ponce de Leon 1513 in Florida for the Fountain of Youth Vasco de Gama 1497-1499 Water route to India Marco Polo Returned from Asia with exotic spices, cloths, dyes, exotic tales, Europeans craved trade, but limited by long land trip Ferdinand and Isabela

APUSH test Key terms

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Key Terms 17th and Early 18th Century Roanoke Virginia Company Jamestown ?Starving Time? House of Burgesses Mayflower Compact Powhatan Confederacy Royal Colony Charter Colony Joint-Stock Company Proprietary Colony Puritans Massachusetts Bay Colony Great Migration Plymouth Bay Colony Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Pequot War Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams Maryland Toleration Act Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Amsterdam, New York New Jersey Carolina King Philip?s War Bacon? Rebellion Pennsylvania Dominion of New England Glorious Revolution in England Delaware Georgia Harvard College Halfway Covenant Salem witchcraft trials Scotch Irish Great Awakening College of William and Mary

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