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AP US History exam review 2024Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - An agreement between Portugal and Spain which
declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the
Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of
the line would belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine (1565) - The oldest continually inhabited European settlement in
United States territory.
Mercantilism - European government policies of the 16th-18th centuries designed
to promote overseas trade between a country & its colonies and accumulate
precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland country.
New Amsterdam - A settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of
Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island. Annexed by the English
in 1664.
New France (1608) - A French colony in North America. Fell to the British in 1763.
Treaty of Utrecht (1713) - Ended the War of Spanish Succession & recognized
France's Philip V as Kind of Spain, but prohibited the unification of the French and
Spanish monarchies; gave England profitable lands in North America from France.
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Jamestown (1607) - First permanent English settlement in the New World located
in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay/James River; settled by the Virginia Company of
London.
*History:*
Original settlers suffered from disease (especially malaria), internal strife, &
starvation.
*Leaders:*
*John Smith* - Demanded that "He who does not work, will not eat."
*John Rolfe* - Introduced tobacco to the colony.
Bacon's Rebellion (1676) - Rebellion of discontent former landless servants led by
Nathaniel Bacon.
*Historical Significance:*
Led to a move from indentured servants to African slaves for labor purposes.
Plymouth (1620) - The first permanent English settlement in New England;
established by religious separatists seeking autonomy from the church of England.
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Pilgrims - Group of Puritan separatists who established Plymouth Colony in
Massachusetts to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the
Netherlands.
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) - Home to many Puritans who left England
because of the persecution they faced from the Anglican Church.
*History:*
Developed into a theocracy in which the church was central to all decisions;
became the first English colony to establish the basis for a representative
government.
*Leaders:*
*John Winthrop* - Envisioned the colony as a "City upon a Hill."
Puritans - English religious sect who hoped to "purify" the Anglican church of
Roman Catholic traces in practice & organization.
John Winthrop - Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who was instrumental in
forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy; envisioned the
colony as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious
righteousness throughout the world.
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Roger Williams - Puritan dissenter who advocated of religious freedom, the
separation of church & state, & fair dealings with Native Americans; convicted of
sedition & heresy & banished from the colony; founded Providence Plantation (RI)
in 1636.
Anne Hutchinson - Puritan dissenter who challenged the authority of the
ministers, exposing the subordination of women in the culture of colonial
Massachusetts; tried, convicted, & banished from the colony in 1637.
William Penn - An English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy
experiment" based on religious tolerance.
Maryland Toleration Act (1649) - The first law on religious tolerance in the British
North America; allowed freedom of worship for all Christians - including Catholics
- in Maryland, but sentenced to death anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus.
First Great Awakening - Religious revival movement during the 1730s and 1740s;
stressed the need for individuals to repent and urged a personal understanding of
truth.
*Leaders:*
*George Whitefield*
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