APUSH Essay Qs 1980 07
AP Questions, 1980-2007 1
List of AP and AP-related questions from the past twenty-seven years.
[Compiled by Steve Armstrong]
(Updated, May 14, 2007)
Questions labeled “AP” are Copyright © 1980-2005 College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
1607-1763
AP 2007
Alternate
The Colonial Period
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775
• Land acquisition
AP 2006
• Politics
• Economics
Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New
England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following:
• Politics
• Religion
• Economic development
AP 2005
Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and
Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.
AP 2005
Alternate
“Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.”
Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600s.
AP 2004
DBQ
In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1740-1766 in constructing your response.
AP 2003
Alternate
Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society.
• Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
• Pueblo Revolt (1680)
AP 2002
• Salem witchcraft trials (1692)
• Stono Rebellion (1739)
Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions:
• New England
• Chesapeake
• Middle Atlantic
AP 2002
Alternate
Analyze the impact of the Atlantic trade routes established in the mid 1600s on the economic development in the British North American colonies. Consider the period 1650-1750.
AP
List of AP and AP-related questions from the past twenty-seven years.
[Compiled by Steve Armstrong]
(Updated, May 14, 2007)
Questions labeled “AP” are Copyright © 1980-2005 College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
1607-1763
AP 2007
Alternate
The Colonial Period
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775
• Land acquisition
AP 2006
• Politics
• Economics
Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New
England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following:
• Politics
• Religion
• Economic development
AP 2005
Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and
Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.
AP 2005
Alternate
“Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.”
Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600s.
AP 2004
DBQ
In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1740-1766 in constructing your response.
AP 2003
Alternate
Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society.
• Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
• Pueblo Revolt (1680)
AP 2002
• Salem witchcraft trials (1692)
• Stono Rebellion (1739)
Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions:
• New England
• Chesapeake
• Middle Atlantic
AP 2002
Alternate
Analyze the impact of the Atlantic trade routes established in the mid 1600s on the economic development in the British North American colonies. Consider the period 1650-1750.
AP