U.S. History Test Notes
AP US HISTORY
Colonial History (1600-1763)
1.
Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans
– Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth
2.
Northwest Passage
– believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth
3.
Conversion Experience
– required of members of the PuritanChurch; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church
4.
Social Reciprocity
– society naturally punishes criminalsindiscriminantly
5.
Church of England
– Protestant church led by the king of England,independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism duringreign of Catholic royalty
6.
Atlantic slave trade
– often debtors sold to slave traders by Africankings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange
7.
Jamestown
– first permanent English settlement in the Americas(1607), along James River
8.
John Smith
– introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation,diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish andTurks
9.
Pocahontas
– key to English-Native American relationship, died inEngland in 1617
10.
Mayflower Compact
– foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land
11.
John Winthrop
– Calvinist, devised concept of “city on a hill”(“A Model of Christian Charity”); founded highly successful townsin Massachusetts Bay
12.
“
City on a Hill”
– exemplary Christian community, rich toshow charity, held to Calvinistic beliefs
13.
Indentured servants
– settlers to pay the expenses of aservant’s voyage and be granted land for each person they broughtover; headright system
14.
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649)
– mandated thetoleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland, even thoughMaryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)
15.
James I,
Colonial History (1600-1763)
1.
Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans
– Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth
2.
Northwest Passage
– believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth
3.
Conversion Experience
– required of members of the PuritanChurch; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church
4.
Social Reciprocity
– society naturally punishes criminalsindiscriminantly
5.
Church of England
– Protestant church led by the king of England,independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism duringreign of Catholic royalty
6.
Atlantic slave trade
– often debtors sold to slave traders by Africankings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange
7.
Jamestown
– first permanent English settlement in the Americas(1607), along James River
8.
John Smith
– introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation,diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish andTurks
9.
Pocahontas
– key to English-Native American relationship, died inEngland in 1617
10.
Mayflower Compact
– foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land
11.
John Winthrop
– Calvinist, devised concept of “city on a hill”(“A Model of Christian Charity”); founded highly successful townsin Massachusetts Bay
12.
“
City on a Hill”
– exemplary Christian community, rich toshow charity, held to Calvinistic beliefs
13.
Indentured servants
– settlers to pay the expenses of aservant’s voyage and be granted land for each person they broughtover; headright system
14.
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649)
– mandated thetoleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland, even thoughMaryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)
15.
James I,