AP U. S. History Unit 2 Study Guide
UNIT 2 STUDY GUIDE
People and Events
Know the 5 W’s
Bacon’s Rebellion-William Bradford-
Roger Williams-
Thomas Hooker-
Anne Hutchinson-
John Winthrop-
“City Upon a Hill” Speech-
Salem Witch Trials-
House of Burgesses-
“Headright” System-
Triangle trade-
French and Indian War/Seven Years War-
Proclamation of 1763
Navigation Acts-
Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts-
Stamp Act- / “No Taxation Without Representation”-
Patriots and Loyalists-
First Continental Congress
Thomas Paine-
“Common Sense”-
Second Continental Congress-
Declaration of Independence-
John Locke-
John Burgoyne-
Benedict Arnold-
Benjamin Franklin-
Yorktown-
Saratoga-
Treaty of 1783-
Articles of Confederation-
Shays’s Rebellion-
Main Ideas
Barbados Slave Code 1661______
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-In Colonial Americas Economic and social needs for a labor force resulted in ______
-1777 British military strategy to cut the U.S. in two-______
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Essay Topics
Ø Some historians suggest that Shays’s Rebellion tested the Articles of Confederation, which led to the Constitutional Convention and the call for a stronger central government. Support, modify or refute this connection using specific evidence.
Ø How did economic, geographic, and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of southern colonies between 1607 and 1775?
Ø Analyze the reasons for escalating anti-British sentiment in the American colonies during the prewar decade from 1765 to 1775. Cite specific events that occurred, leading to Revolution.
Georgia
Grew slowly because______
Who founded______
Why founded (2 reasons______
Maryland
Who founded______
Why founded______
Maryland’s Act of Toleration:______
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Colonial Crops Areas where produced positives/negatives labor used
Sugar ______
Tobacco ______
Beliefs/complaints of the following Religious groups
Puritans______Separatists______
Quakers______
Predestination______
Conversion______
Plymouth
leader______
Mayflower Compact ______
Later became part of Massachusetts Bay colonies
General Court ______
Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson______
Antinomianism______
Roger Williams______
Rhode Island was known for:______
Connecticut
Fundamental Orders ______
New England
Voting rights were usually restricted to:______
New England Confederation ______
Salutary Neglect______
Pennsylvania
Founder?______
Who was welcomed?______
Views toward other Religions______
Cause Colonial Effect
England’s Glorious Revolution → ______
Economics/Trade
Middle colonies______
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New England colonies______
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Chesapeake colonies______
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Southern colonies______
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Indentured servitude to slavery
“Headright” System______
Cause Colonial Effect
______→ Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion → ______
Why slave labor increased (reasons)
Colonial reaction to restrictions on trade______
What southern population benefited the most from the slave economy?______------
Southern Society
Draw a triangle of southern hierarchy below including indentured servants, black slaves, white plantation owners, white farmers, former indentured slaves (landless freemen)
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Stono Rebellion______
Southern Colonies New England Puritans
Women’s property rights ______
New England
Common features of New England Towns:______
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Half Way Covenant______Salem Witch Trial: Cause and Effect
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Populations in New England______
Populations in Middle Colonies______
Population in South______
British reaction to colonial efforts to restrict slavery, why?______
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What southern population benefited the most from the slave economy?______
Most honored Least honored
Colonial Professions: ______
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Mark the middle passage on the above map.
Molasses Act______
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Tax supported churches in Colonial America by 1775:______
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Great Awakening “New Light” Preachers______
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Ben Franklin’s achievements:______
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John Peter Zenger Trial/effects:______
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Areas of Control in America’s
Spain:______
France:______
England:______