APUSH FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Massachusetts-Bay-Colony---ans-✔✔Established-in-1629-by-the-Puritans.-Governor-
John-Winthrop-called-it-a-"city-upon-a-hill."-Established-for-religious-purposes.
Puritans---ans-✔✔Religious-dissidents-who-traveled-to-the-New-World-to-develop-a-purer-
church-than-the-Church-of-England.
Indentured-Servents---ans-✔✔Exchanged-work-for-passage-to-the-New-World.
London-Company---ans-✔✔Permitted-by-King-James-I-to-establish-Jamestown-for-
economic-reasons.
Powhatan-Confederacy---ans-✔✔Native-American-alliance-who-had-early-conflict-with-
the-Jamestown-settlers.-Eventually,-they-developed-a-trade-alliance-and-provided-the-
colonists-with-corn.-Pocahontas-married-John-Rolfe-to-ensure-future-peace.
House-of-Burgesses---ans-✔✔Created-in-1619-by-the-Virginia-colony.-First-
representative-government-in-any-British-colony.
William-Bradford---ans-✔✔Leader-of-the-Seperatist-pilgrims-who-landed-on-Plymouth-
Rock.
Mayflower-Compact---ans-✔✔1620.-Provided-the-pilgrims-with-a-representative-
government-once-they-reached-land.
Roger-Williams---ans-✔✔Preached-separation-of-church-and-state,-and-argued-that-
Mass.-Bay-Colony-was-too-similar-to-the-Church-of-England.-He-was-exiled-for-spreading-
dissent-and-went-to-Rhode-Island.
Thomas-Hooker/John-Davenport---ans-✔✔Founded-the-colony-of-Connecticut.-Hooker-
had-been-forced-out-of-Mass.-Bay-Colony.
Anne-Hutchinson---ans-✔✔Exiled-from-Mass.-Bay-Colony-for-claiming-personal-
revelations-with-God.-Established-Portsmouth.
George-Calvert---ans-✔✔Settled-Maryland-in-1632-as-a-refuge-for-English-Catholics.
,Mercantilism---ans-✔✔Economic-theory:-state-must-be-as-self-sufficient-as-possible,-
export-more-than-input,-government-regulation-of-commerce,-colonies,-tariffs,-
monopolies.
Navigation-Acts---ans-✔✔Passed-in-1660.-Forced-colonies-to-trade-solely-with-Great-
Britain,-increased-tensions.
Triangular-Trade-Route---ans-✔✔Slaves-taken-from-Africa-and-brought-to-the-colonies,-
raw-materials-from-colonies-went-to-Britain,-finished-products-sold-back-to-the-colonies.
Middle-Passage---ans-✔✔African-slave-route-in-which-many-died-from-horrible-conditions.
Salem-Witch-Trials---ans-✔✔Hysteria-in-Salem,-Mass.-over-alleged-witches.-Many-
executed-on-false-claims.
Salutary-Neglect---ans-✔✔British-policy-of-relaxing-enforcement-of-trade-regulations-in-
the-colonies.
Dominion-of-New-England---ans-✔✔Revoked-the-charters-of-many-colonies-and-placed-
control-under-Edmund-Andros,-the-governor.
Bacon's-Rebellion---ans-✔✔Nathaniel-Bacon-and-a-group-of-landowners-opposed-Sir-
Berkeley's-authority-and-burned-Jamestown-to-the-ground.-Failed,-but-limited-royal-
governor's-power-and-increased-the-slave-trade.
Stono-Rebellion---ans-✔✔Occurred-in-Charleston,-South-Carolina.-Slaves-took-up-arms-
and-killed-plantation-owners,-but-were-quickly-subdued.-Results:-slaves-treated-even-
more-harshly.
Colonial-Assemblies---ans-✔✔Rose-in-the-early-1700s.-Increased-colonial-
independence,-scaring-the-British.
Molasses-Act---ans-✔✔Increased-British-control-on-colonial-goods.
First-Great-Awakening---ans-✔✔Religious-revival-in-the-colonies-in-1720-1740.-Ministers-
preached-horrible-images-of-sinners-burning-in-hell-and-gained-popularity-off-of-fear.-
Famous-among-them-were-Jonathon-Edwards-and-George-Whitefield.
French-and-Indian-War---ans-✔✔Conflict-between-French-with-Indian-allies-and-the-
British-with-colonial-support.-Decreased-French-influence-in-colonies.
Stamp-Act---ans-✔✔Enacted-a-tax-on-all-paper-products-exported-from-the-colonies.-
Created-strong-tension-and-was-repealed.
Townshend-Acts---ans-✔✔British-act-forced-colonies-to-pay-taxes-on-most-goods-from-
England.-Fiercely-resisted-and-repealed-in-1770.
, Boston-Massacre---ans-✔✔British-soldiers-fought-into-an-agitated-colonial-crowd,-killing-
five-people.-Incited-enormous-tensions.
Sons-of-Liberty---ans-✔✔Radical-group-that-resisted-British-policy-in-Boston-in-1760-
1770.-Organized-the-Boston-Tea-Party.
Committees-of-Correspondence---ans-✔✔Started-in-Mass.-and-spread.-Circulated-
grievances-against-the-British-and-united-the-colonies.
First-Continental-Congress---ans-✔✔Met-in-Philadelphia-in-1774.-Colonists-vowed-to-
resist-British-efforts-to-tax-them-further-without-proper-representation.
Albany-Congress---ans-✔✔Met-in-1754-to-coordinate-policies-concerning-future-western-
expansion-and-dealings-with-Native-Americans.
Edward-Braddock---ans-✔✔British-general-sent-to-defeat-the-French-at-Fort-Duquesne.-
He-was-defeated-and-killed,-which-then-signaled-the-start-of-the-French-and-Indian-War.
William-Pitt---ans-✔✔British-general-put-in-charge-of-the-war.-He-promised-
reimbursement-for-colonial-support.
George-Grenville---ans-✔✔British-prime-minister-who-taxed-the-colonies-to-relieve-
massive-British-debt.
Currency-Act-of-1764---ans-✔✔Made-it-illegal-to-print-paper-money-in-the-colonies.
Sugar-Act---ans-✔✔Increased-penalty-for-smuggling-goods-and-put-a-tax-on-all-molasses-
brought-into-the-colonies.
Quartering-Act---ans-✔✔Forced-colonists-to-provide-housing-and-food-to-British-troops-
stationed-in-the-colonies.
Samuel-Adams---ans-✔✔Led-the-Sons-of-Liberty.-Proclaimed-taxation-without-
representation-was-tyranny.
Declaratory-Act---ans-✔✔Gave-Parliament-the-unquestionable-right-to-tax-and-pass-
legislation-in-the-colonies.
John-Dickinson---ans-✔✔Wrote-"Letters-from-a-Farmer-in-Pennsylvania."-Parliament-had-
the-right-to-regulate-colonial-trade,-but-could-not-use-that-power-to-raise-revenue.
Lord-North---ans-✔✔Prime-minister-who-came-to-power-in-1770,-repealed-all-Townshend-
Acts-except-the-tax-on-tea-to-keep-the-colonists-under-British-control.
Massachusetts-Bay-Colony---ans-✔✔Established-in-1629-by-the-Puritans.-Governor-
John-Winthrop-called-it-a-"city-upon-a-hill."-Established-for-religious-purposes.
Puritans---ans-✔✔Religious-dissidents-who-traveled-to-the-New-World-to-develop-a-purer-
church-than-the-Church-of-England.
Indentured-Servents---ans-✔✔Exchanged-work-for-passage-to-the-New-World.
London-Company---ans-✔✔Permitted-by-King-James-I-to-establish-Jamestown-for-
economic-reasons.
Powhatan-Confederacy---ans-✔✔Native-American-alliance-who-had-early-conflict-with-
the-Jamestown-settlers.-Eventually,-they-developed-a-trade-alliance-and-provided-the-
colonists-with-corn.-Pocahontas-married-John-Rolfe-to-ensure-future-peace.
House-of-Burgesses---ans-✔✔Created-in-1619-by-the-Virginia-colony.-First-
representative-government-in-any-British-colony.
William-Bradford---ans-✔✔Leader-of-the-Seperatist-pilgrims-who-landed-on-Plymouth-
Rock.
Mayflower-Compact---ans-✔✔1620.-Provided-the-pilgrims-with-a-representative-
government-once-they-reached-land.
Roger-Williams---ans-✔✔Preached-separation-of-church-and-state,-and-argued-that-
Mass.-Bay-Colony-was-too-similar-to-the-Church-of-England.-He-was-exiled-for-spreading-
dissent-and-went-to-Rhode-Island.
Thomas-Hooker/John-Davenport---ans-✔✔Founded-the-colony-of-Connecticut.-Hooker-
had-been-forced-out-of-Mass.-Bay-Colony.
Anne-Hutchinson---ans-✔✔Exiled-from-Mass.-Bay-Colony-for-claiming-personal-
revelations-with-God.-Established-Portsmouth.
George-Calvert---ans-✔✔Settled-Maryland-in-1632-as-a-refuge-for-English-Catholics.
,Mercantilism---ans-✔✔Economic-theory:-state-must-be-as-self-sufficient-as-possible,-
export-more-than-input,-government-regulation-of-commerce,-colonies,-tariffs,-
monopolies.
Navigation-Acts---ans-✔✔Passed-in-1660.-Forced-colonies-to-trade-solely-with-Great-
Britain,-increased-tensions.
Triangular-Trade-Route---ans-✔✔Slaves-taken-from-Africa-and-brought-to-the-colonies,-
raw-materials-from-colonies-went-to-Britain,-finished-products-sold-back-to-the-colonies.
Middle-Passage---ans-✔✔African-slave-route-in-which-many-died-from-horrible-conditions.
Salem-Witch-Trials---ans-✔✔Hysteria-in-Salem,-Mass.-over-alleged-witches.-Many-
executed-on-false-claims.
Salutary-Neglect---ans-✔✔British-policy-of-relaxing-enforcement-of-trade-regulations-in-
the-colonies.
Dominion-of-New-England---ans-✔✔Revoked-the-charters-of-many-colonies-and-placed-
control-under-Edmund-Andros,-the-governor.
Bacon's-Rebellion---ans-✔✔Nathaniel-Bacon-and-a-group-of-landowners-opposed-Sir-
Berkeley's-authority-and-burned-Jamestown-to-the-ground.-Failed,-but-limited-royal-
governor's-power-and-increased-the-slave-trade.
Stono-Rebellion---ans-✔✔Occurred-in-Charleston,-South-Carolina.-Slaves-took-up-arms-
and-killed-plantation-owners,-but-were-quickly-subdued.-Results:-slaves-treated-even-
more-harshly.
Colonial-Assemblies---ans-✔✔Rose-in-the-early-1700s.-Increased-colonial-
independence,-scaring-the-British.
Molasses-Act---ans-✔✔Increased-British-control-on-colonial-goods.
First-Great-Awakening---ans-✔✔Religious-revival-in-the-colonies-in-1720-1740.-Ministers-
preached-horrible-images-of-sinners-burning-in-hell-and-gained-popularity-off-of-fear.-
Famous-among-them-were-Jonathon-Edwards-and-George-Whitefield.
French-and-Indian-War---ans-✔✔Conflict-between-French-with-Indian-allies-and-the-
British-with-colonial-support.-Decreased-French-influence-in-colonies.
Stamp-Act---ans-✔✔Enacted-a-tax-on-all-paper-products-exported-from-the-colonies.-
Created-strong-tension-and-was-repealed.
Townshend-Acts---ans-✔✔British-act-forced-colonies-to-pay-taxes-on-most-goods-from-
England.-Fiercely-resisted-and-repealed-in-1770.
, Boston-Massacre---ans-✔✔British-soldiers-fought-into-an-agitated-colonial-crowd,-killing-
five-people.-Incited-enormous-tensions.
Sons-of-Liberty---ans-✔✔Radical-group-that-resisted-British-policy-in-Boston-in-1760-
1770.-Organized-the-Boston-Tea-Party.
Committees-of-Correspondence---ans-✔✔Started-in-Mass.-and-spread.-Circulated-
grievances-against-the-British-and-united-the-colonies.
First-Continental-Congress---ans-✔✔Met-in-Philadelphia-in-1774.-Colonists-vowed-to-
resist-British-efforts-to-tax-them-further-without-proper-representation.
Albany-Congress---ans-✔✔Met-in-1754-to-coordinate-policies-concerning-future-western-
expansion-and-dealings-with-Native-Americans.
Edward-Braddock---ans-✔✔British-general-sent-to-defeat-the-French-at-Fort-Duquesne.-
He-was-defeated-and-killed,-which-then-signaled-the-start-of-the-French-and-Indian-War.
William-Pitt---ans-✔✔British-general-put-in-charge-of-the-war.-He-promised-
reimbursement-for-colonial-support.
George-Grenville---ans-✔✔British-prime-minister-who-taxed-the-colonies-to-relieve-
massive-British-debt.
Currency-Act-of-1764---ans-✔✔Made-it-illegal-to-print-paper-money-in-the-colonies.
Sugar-Act---ans-✔✔Increased-penalty-for-smuggling-goods-and-put-a-tax-on-all-molasses-
brought-into-the-colonies.
Quartering-Act---ans-✔✔Forced-colonists-to-provide-housing-and-food-to-British-troops-
stationed-in-the-colonies.
Samuel-Adams---ans-✔✔Led-the-Sons-of-Liberty.-Proclaimed-taxation-without-
representation-was-tyranny.
Declaratory-Act---ans-✔✔Gave-Parliament-the-unquestionable-right-to-tax-and-pass-
legislation-in-the-colonies.
John-Dickinson---ans-✔✔Wrote-"Letters-from-a-Farmer-in-Pennsylvania."-Parliament-had-
the-right-to-regulate-colonial-trade,-but-could-not-use-that-power-to-raise-revenue.
Lord-North---ans-✔✔Prime-minister-who-came-to-power-in-1770,-repealed-all-Townshend-
Acts-except-the-tax-on-tea-to-keep-the-colonists-under-British-control.
