AP U.S. History Exam Review Correct 100%

black codes - ANSWERSlaws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit african american workers encomiendas - ANSWERSland grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native americans evangelicalism - ANSWERSstresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation, based on emotionalism and spiritualism headright system - ANSWERSHeadrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists. indentured servitude - ANSWERSthe system of temporary servitude, where young men and women bound themselves to masters for fixed terms of servitude (four to five years), in exchange for passage to America, food and shelter. This method of labor was one of the largest elements of colonial population in America. joint-stock company - ANSWERSA company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts. mercantilism - ANSWERSan economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought middle passage - ANSWERSthe route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade proprietary colony - ANSWERSEnglish colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment puritanism - ANSWERSMovement in the English church in the late 16th to remove all catholic influences and purify., the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects) royal colony - ANSWERSA colony under the direct control of a monarch salutary neglect - ANSWERSan english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty. slavery - ANSWERSwork done under harsh conditions for little or no pay tariffs - ANSWERStaxes on imports and exports Bacon's Rebellion - ANSWERSan uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year. The uprising was a protest against the governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. Glorious Revolution in England - ANSWERSThe bloodless overthrow of James II and the Dominion of New England. Begins the reign of William and Mary. In 1691, Massachusetts became a royal colony under the new monarchs, and suffrage was extended to all Protestants, thus weakening Puritan primacy. The Great Awakening - ANSWERSreligious revival in the 1730-40s, helped by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield; inspired controversy over emotionalism/revivalism versus traditionalist Protestantism, nevertheless united the Americans as a people King Philip's War - ANSWERS1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion. King William's War - ANSWERSOne of the four wars fought between France, Spain, England and France's indian allies for control of North America. No major battles fought but brought terrifying indian raids. Pequot War - ANSWERSThe Bay colonists wanted to claim Connecticut for themselves but it belonged to the Pequot. The colonists burned down their village and 400 were killed. Salem witchcraft trials - ANSWERStrials in Salem Massachusetts in 1691, that led to the deaths of twenty people after young girls charged people with practicing witchcraft. the "starving time" - ANSWERSSettlers in Jamestown weren't used to working so that they could eat and so they began to starve. Some resorted to canibilism and others joined nearby tribes. Stono Uprising - ANSWERS1739: an insurrection of slaves; about 20 slaves met near the Stono River outside Charleston, South Carolina, they stole guns and ammunition, they killed storekeepers, planters, and liberat