APUSH AP Test Latest Update (2023/2024) 100% Pass

APUSH AP Test Latest Update (2023/2024) 100% Pass Jamestown, 1607 First permanent English colony, founded by the Virginia Company of London First Africans brought to Virginia, 1619 The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to many poor Englishmen who traded several years labor in exchange for passage to America. With the success of tobacco planting, African Slavery was legalized in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the foundation of the Southern agrarian economy., The president advises Americans to avoid political parties and to be wary of foreign affairs Mayflower Compact, 1620 A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony. Signed by (male) Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. Established the notion of self-government in America. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts. 1630's and 1640's Puritans wanted to remove all "taints" from the Church of England. Feared individualistic behavior and formed communities of support and assumed responsibility for all people around them. (holy watchers) the "Promised Land"- establish holy communities devoted to serving God. "City on a Hill." Roger Williams established Rhode Island, 1636 A preacher who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south William Penn established Pennsylvania, 1681 Son of very wealthy Sir Admiral William Penn. One of wealthiest sugar planters. Rebelled against his parents. Founded Pennsylvania for the QUAKERS—tolerant of all people, religions, and ethnicity. nicknamed the Society of friends Salem Witch Trials, 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts, after which 19 people were executed as witches; historians note the class nature of these trials. James Oglethorpe established Georgia, 1732 social reformer who established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors (the poor who were in debtor's prison) Jonathan Edwards sparked Great Awakening, 1734 wrote "sinners in the hands of an angry god", Puritan Minister sparked the Great revival of religion Declaration of Independence, 1776 Formal pronouncement of independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson and approved by Congress. The declaration allowed Americans to appeal for foreign aid and served as an inspiration for later revolutionary movements worldwide. French and Indian War, 1754-63 AKA the Seven Years' War. Clash between France and Britain for supremacy of the North American continent (hot spot: Ohio River Valley). The French lost miserably. RESULTS: 1) The French were removed from the North American continent. 2) The size of the British empire in America was increased. 3) English war debt spiked. :-( 4) Animosity between British and the American colonials. (Br. looked down on Am., Am. felt bitter toward Br.) 5) Americans had united for the first time against a common enemy. 6) The Indians were left in a precarious place. Proclamation of 1763 A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. Stamp Act, 1765-66 - made sure tax was paid on paper good - more revenue for England- required all paper goods (newspapers, degrees, diplomas, wills) to have a seal on them that meant the tax had been paid colonial reaction- angry stamp had to be paid for in rare gold coin, leaders protested, Patrick Henry called for resistance Stamp Act Congress in NYC, secret societies