AP US History Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Before the coming of Europeans, the peoples who lived in what is now the United States had not developed - Answer-A common language The first European country to launch long ocean voyages of exploration was - Answer-Portugal When Christopher Columbus made his famous voyages to the New World, he - Answer-Believed that he had reached the Far East The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was, in part, due to - Answer-The diseases the Spaniards had given the Indians Before the arrival of the E...

Samuel Slater - Answer-A British mechanic(AKA "Father of the Factory System in America") that invented the first American machine for spinning cotton Cyrus McCormick - Answer-inventor of the mechanical reaper Eli Whitney - Answer-inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts in 1793 Carl Schurz - Answer-a German liberal who was a foe of slavery and public corruption and contributed to the elevation of the American political life Robert Fulton - Answer-installed a steam engin...

Separatist vs. non Separatist Puritans - Answer-Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth Northwest Passage - Answer-believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth Conversion Experience - Answer-required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism re...

Jamestown 1607 - Answer-Colony in Virginia, The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony. The settlement became part of the Joint Stock Virginia Company of London in 1620. Grew to be a prosperous shipping port. First Africans brought to Virginia 1619 - Answer-The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to many poor Englishmen who traded several years labor in exchange for passage to America. Wi...

Study Tips - Answer-So you don't have to do all 112 terms at the same time, you can star all of the terms in a certain period, and study only those until you get them right, then move on to the next period. I recommend going through the entire thing at least once because the test won't be ordered period by period, it'll have everything all in one place. Also I don't explain the causes behind the events too much in this quizlet, so if you're confused about why something happened ask M...

Mayflower Compact - Answer-1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. William Bradford - Answer-A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, . He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks. Pilgrims and Puritans contrasted - Answer-The Pilgrims were separatists who believe...

Imperialism - Answer-A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically. Monroe Doctrine - Answer-1823 US foreign policy by President James Monroe forbidding European colonization of the Western Hemisphere in exchange for the US avoiding unnecessary involvement European affairs. Roosevelt Corollary - Answer-1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in the Wes...

maize - Answer-Period 1 (] CORN. Staple crop that formed the economic foundation of Indian civilizations. columbian exchange - Answer-Period 1 (] An exchange between the Old World, New World, and Africa. In this exchange the Old World gave the New World food, animals, and diseases. Africa gave the New World slaves. Lastly, the New World gave the Old World gold, silver, raw materials, and syphilis. encomienda system - Answer-Period 1 (] in the West Indies; used by Spanish for giving peop...

Jamestown - Answer-Colony in Virginia, The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony. The settlement became part of the Joint Stock Virginia Company of London in 1620. Grew to be a prosperous shipping port. Captain John Smith - Answer-(1580-June 21, 1631) was an English soldier, sailor, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virgi...

laissez faire - Answer-Economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. Social Darwinism - Answer-The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. JP Morgan - Answer-An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegie steel and become the largest busine...