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Unit 1: Colonial America (~40,000 B.C.E. - 1700) – Ch. 1-4 American Pageant

Study guide – AP U.S. History – Mr. J. Brasher

Main ideas / changes over time:

Pre-Columbian Societies (Ch. 1)

Spanish Conquest and Colonization (Ch. 1)

Early English Colonies (Ch. 2)

Northern English Colonies (Ch. 3)

Middle English Colonies (Ch. 3)

1600s Life in the Southern English Colonies (Ch. 4)

1600s Life in the New England Colonies (Ch. 4)

Specific Factual Information (SFI) topics – be able to identify, make connections with other SFI, understand significance and how they support main ideas, recognize cause and effect, and group with patterns and categories.

|Pre-Columbian Societies |Bartoleme de Las Casas |West Indies |

|Bering Land Bridge |Hernan Cortes |African slavery |

|MesoAmerica |New Spain |Slave codes |

|Native Americans |Mestizos |South Carolina |

|Aztec Empire |Pueblo Revolt / Pope’s Rebellion |North Carolina |

|Tenochtitlan |The Black Legend |Georgia |

|Incan Empire |Early English Colonies |Plantations |

|Cahokia |Protestant Reformation |Iroquois Confederacy |

|Maize |Church of England |Northern English Colonies |

|Vinland / Newfoundland |Queen Elizabeth |Puritanism |

|Reasons for exploration/colonization |Roanoke colony (NC) |Separatists |

|Marco Polo |Reasons for English colonization |Pilgrims |

|Crusades |Joint-stock company |Mayflower Compact |

|Sailing technology |Jamestown / Virginia colony |Plymouth colony |

|Christopher Columbus |John Smith |Massachusetts Bay |

|Spanish Conquest and Colonization |Pocahontas |Great Puritan Migration |

|Columbian Exchange |John Rolfe |“City upon a hill” |

|Treaty of Tordesillas |Cash crop |Congregationalist churches |

|Conquistadores |House of Burgesses |Town meetings |

|Hernando De Soto |Maryland |Blue laws |

|Encomienda system |Act of Toleration |Anne Hutchinson |

|Roger Williams |Middle English Colonies |Reasons for increase of slavery |

|Rhode Island |New Netherlands |Middle passage |

|Separation of church and state |New Amsterdam |African-American culture |

|Connecticut |New Sweden |Stono Rebellion |

|Connecticut Fundamental Orders |New York |Southern social classes |

|Pequot War |Quakers |1600s Life in New England |

|Praying Towns |Pennsylvania |New England family |

|King Philip’s War |New Jersey |Midwifery |

|New England Confederation |1600s Life in the South |Harvard College |

|Dominion of New England |Indentured servants |Half-way Covenant |

|Trade and Navigation Acts |Headright system |Salem Witch Trials |

|Salutary neglect |Bacon’s Rebellion |Yankee character |

Dates:

|~40,000-8,000 B.C.E. – Asian migration |1607 – Jamestown founded (English – south) |

|~5,000 B.C.E. – Development of maize agriculture |1608 – Quebec founded (French) |

|1,000 C.E. – Norse settlement at Newfoundland |1620 – Plymouth founded (English – north) |

|1492 – Columbian contact, New Spain founded |1680s – increase in African slavery in America |

Essay question:

1. Should we be proud of America’s origins until 1700? The best essays will be sure to include the involvement of the Native Americans, Spanish, southern English, northern English and African populations.

It is highly recommended that you prepare, study, and perhaps practice your essay responses in advance of the exam. Don’t forget the course website for additional materials and resources!

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