AP US History: Unit 1 Test Review
The Colonial and Revolutionary Period to 1775
1.How was the culture of Native Americans advanced, in many ways more than Europe?
2.Why were the Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America so far advanced?
3.What consequences came from European contact with Native Americans?
4.Describe the early years and settlement of Jamestown.
5.What was Captain John Smith's role at Jamestown?
6.Why was Virginia's House of Burgesses significant?
7.Compare and contrast the 3 regions of colonial settlement.
8.What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
9.How did Separatists (Pilgrims) and Puritans differ in their beliefs?
10.What was the significance of Roger Williams and the settlement of Rhode Island?
11.What was the significance of indentured servitude?
12.What was the headright system? How did it contribute to the development of the plantation system?
13.What types of labor were used in each of the three colonial sections?
14.What was Bacon's Rebellion and its significance to early history?
15.Why and how did slavery develop in North America?
16.Although slavery started because of economics, what consequences did it eventually have on the colonies?
17.What was the leading industry in the American colonies?
18.Why did the American economy strain the relationship between itself and the British?
19.Compare and contrast Puritanism, the Great Awakening, and the Enlightenment. How did these 3 movements contribute to the democratic movement of the 1770s?
20.Why was the case of John Peter Zenger significant?
21.Why did the Salem Witch trials begin and what were the social and political consequences?
22.Describe the conflicts between the British and the French prior to the Revolution.
23.What was the purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754?
24.Why was the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) significant to Americans?
25.What was the significance of the Proclamation of 1763?
26.What was the importance of the mercantile system (mercantilism)?
27.What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
28.What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?
29.What consequences came from the passage of the various taxes during the period between 1763 and the beginning of the Revolution?
30.What were the committees of correspondence?
31.What was virtual representation?
32.Why was the First Continental Congress called and what were its consequences?
33.Who were the supporters of the American Revolution?
34.Explain the long-term historical factors that moved America toward independence from Britain.
35.Assess the balance of forces between the British and the American Patriots as the two sides prepared for war.
36.A society is characterized by similar values, mutual interests, shared institutions, and a common culture. To what extent would it be accurate to say that the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies had merged to create a single American society by the outbreak of the Revolution?