APUSH Test 1

Question 1

Mercantilism

Answer 1

a country should possess as much wealth as possible. Wealth meant power. Only way to obtain wealth through trade.

Question 2

Salutary Neglect

Answer 2

England allowed so much colonial freedom (like self government) because it benefitted them economically. The colonies prospered enormously, as did trade with Britain, without much interference.

Question 3

William Penn

Answer 3

Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania. (1644-1718)

Question 4

Great Awakening

Answer 4

the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725-1770.

Question 5

Halfway Covenant

Answer 5

a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, 1657-1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the priveleges of church membership. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism.

Question 6

Puritans

Answer 6

a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the church of England. Demanded the simplication of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline. Settled in Massachusettes.

Question 7

Deism

Answer 7

belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

Question 8

Indentured Servitude

Answer 8

a worker under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time. Used in the New England region.

Question 9

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 9

an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. Unsuccessful.

Question 10

Iroquois Confederation

Answer 10

a Native American confederacy inhabiting NY and originally composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondoga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples.

Question 11

French and Indian War

Answer 11

began in 1756. British were provoked by France’s building of a chain of forts in the Ohio River Valley. Most of the fighting took place around New England.

Question 12

Virtual Representation

Answer 12

one can be represented by a decision making process without being able to vote for those who make the decisions.

Question 13

Stamp Act

Answer 13

1765. Taxed legal papers and printed items that colonists produced for themselves. Led to boycotts of British production.

Question 14

Thomas Paine

Answer 14

American Revolutionary; wrote the pamphlet Commen Sense to support colonists.

Question 15

Decleration of Independence

Answer 15

passed on July 2,1776. Used to announce American independence to the world and explain the reasons the colonists broke away.

Question 16

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 16

signed on September 3, 1783. Ended the American Revolution between the U.S. and Great Britain. Granted the U.S. with considerable amounts of land for expansion.

Question 17

Northwest Ordinance 1785 & 1787

Answer 17

Both granted new territory to the U.S.

Question 18

Articles of Confederation

Answer 18

First constitution of the U.S. States became more powerful then the national government.

Question 19

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 19

an armed uprising in central and western Massachusettes from 1786-1787. Against the harsh treatment of debtors by the courts. Failed.

Question 20

Constitution

Answer 20

the supreme laws of the U.S. Written at the Constitutional Convention in Philedelphia, PA in 1787. Basic principles include: popular sovereignty, limited government, seperation of powers, checks and balances, flexibility, and federalism.

Question 21

The Federalist Papers

Answer 21

Written by Alexander Hamilton and others to gain support for the constitution by the colonists. Helped the ratification of the Constitution.