AP US History Name______Period______
Chapter
3 / Study Guide / Settling the Northern Colonies1619-1700
Terms and Names: Define each term/person thoroughly, using your own words
A. The “elect”B. Predestination
C. Conversion
D. “Visible saints”
E. Puritans
F. Pilgrims/Separatists
G. John Winthrop / H. Congregational Church
I. Covenant – p. 47
J. Pequots
K. Praying towns
L. King Philip’s War
M. English Navigation Laws
N. Salutary neglect
Short Answer: Carefully answer each question thoroughly, using information from the text. It is best if you can put it in your own words. It is advisable to makes your notes more manageable and organized by using bullet points, charts, diagrams, numbered lists and graphs. They need to make sense to you. Customize them. Include questions in the margins to ask in class.
1. Discuss the significance of the Mayflower Compact.
2. Explain the meaning and significance of Winthrop’s declaration, “We shall be as a city upon a hill….”
3. In what ways was Massachusetts Bay Colony democratic? (Judge it by contemporary standards, not those of the present day) To what extent did a separation of church and state exist?
4. What types of things (actions, ideas, people) did the leaders of Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) not tolerate?
5. Why was Rhode Island nicknamed “Rogue’s Island”? Why did the leaders of MBC call it a “sewer”?
6. What was the Dominion of New England and what was the colonial response to it?
7. For what purpose was New Netherland (New York) founded? What about New Amsterdam (New York City)? When and how did it come to be under English control?
8. How did Pennsylvania reflect Quaker beliefs and influence? (Religiously, Diplomatically with Indians, Politically and Socially)?
9. Describe the features of the Middle Colonies and explain how they were different from New England and the South.