AP US History
Terms for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
-For each of the following terms, identify the 5 w’s (who, what, when, where, why important). Also, create a flashcard for each term that contains the same information (hand write each card & initial on side with term).
1) Jamestown27) House of Burgesses53) John Peter Zenger
2) Capt. John Smith28) Anglican Church54) Stono Rebellion
3) joint-stock company29) First Families of Virginia55) James Oglethorpe
4) Powhatan30)Cecilius Calvert56) Enlightenment
5) headright system31) Act for Religious Toleration57) Benjamin Franklin
6) Plymouth32) Chesapeake society58) John Locke
7) Mayflower Compact33) Carolina society59) Deism
8) Separatists (Pilgrims)34) Bacon’s Rebellion60) First Great Awakening
9) Puritans (Congregationalists)35) Restoration Colonies61) Jonathan Edwards
10) John Winthrop36) Anthony Ashley Cooper62) George Whitefield
11) Great Migration37) Fundamental Constitutions63) Old & New Lights
12) Pequot War38) patroons64) Paxton Boys
13) Old Deluder Act39) John Berkeley/Philip Carteret65) Regulator Movement
14) HarvardCollege40) William Penn66) Iroquois Confederacy
15) theocracy41) mercantilism67) Triangle trade route
16) Roger Williams42) courers de bois68) slave codes
17) Anne Hutchinson43) Marquette/Joliet69) Phillis Wheatley
18) antinomianism44) Robert de la Salle70) William Pitt
19) Half-Way Covenant45) proprietor
20) King Phillip’s War46) Dominion of New England
21) Salem Witch Trials47) Leisler’s Rebellion
22)New England Way48)Treaty of Paris 1763
23) Fundamental Orders49)Albany Plan of Union
24) Capt. John Mason50) King William’s War
25) Rev. Thomas Hooker51) Queen Anne’s War
26) royal colony52) Navigation Laws
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
-You must answer FRQ #1. Of the others, answer any ONE of the questions based on the attached rubric. Your essay should include an introduction (with a thesis) & a conclusion.
-Attach a rubric to the front of your FRQ.
1) Early encounters between American Indians & European colonists led to a variety of
relationships among the different cultures.
Analyze how the actions of BOTH American Indians & European colonists shaped
those relationships in any TWO of the following regions. Confine your
answer to the 1600’s.
-New England
-Chesapeake
-Spanish Southwest
-New YorkNew France
2) Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest & the English
colonies in New England in the 17th century in terms of TWO of the following:
-Politics
-Religion
-Economic development
3) Compare & contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in
MassachusettsVirginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.
4) “Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in
North America.” Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600’s.
5) Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society.
-Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
-Pueblo Revolt (1680)
-Salem Witch Trials (1692)
-Stono Rebellion (1739)
6) Compare the ways which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740)
in TWO of the following regions:
-New England
-Chesapeake
-Middle Atlantic
7) How did geographic, economic, & social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an
important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 & 1775?
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
Topic: ______
Criteria: / Comments:Well-developed thesis statement
(2 pts)
Effective analysis dealing with all parts of the question
(2 pts)
Supports thesis with relevant outside information
(2 pts)
Clearly organized & well-written
(2 pts)
Errors
(1 pt)
Score on Writing:_____/9 points
Free Response Questions for Colonization of America (1600-1763)
Topic: ______
Criteria: / Comments:Well-developed thesis statement
(2 pts)
Effective analysis dealing with all parts of the question
(2 pts)
Supports thesis with relevant outside information
(2 pts)
Clearly organized & well-written
(2 pts)
Errors
(1 pt)
Score on Writing:_____/9 points