AP US HISTORY: Study Guide for the
Redesigned Exam
Period 1: Pre 1492-1607 - ANS-
Pre-Columbian - ANS-
Civilizations in the late stone age - ANS-
Incas in - ANS-Peru
Mesoamerica - ANS-Aztecs in Mexico
Mayans in Yucatan
Built cities
studied math
men and women worked fields and families saved surpluses for trade
North American Indians - ANS--less developed
-sedentary
-nomadic settlements
-agriculture by women
-women gathered men hunted
-women owned the property
-no individual land ownership
-trade in Ohio and Mississippi river valleys
Civilized Societies in North America - ANS-
Pueblo Indians - ANS-corn planting, irrigation systems, terraced dwellings and some are
still among the oldest
Mound Builder - ANS-Mississippi and Ohio
rivaled egyptian architecture
central mount was 100 feet high
-iron tools, woven fabrics, buried dead in collective graves
-trade spaned
Atlantic seaboard - ANS-creeks: democratic government
,choctaw and cherokee
iroquois: strong military- 5 nations
American Indians vs. Europeans- Religion - ANS-
Christian - ANS--Bible
-did not mention American Indians
-sacrificial temples, skull racks, cannibalism, snake motifs
-aztecs worshipps satan in the eyes of europeans
American Indian - ANS--Eucharist, less outraged at lesser human sacrifice
-no concept of heaven
WAR - ANS-
American Indians - ANS--europeans sought decisive battles
-saw it as a waste of humans who could be used for sacrifice
-guerilla warfare
-poor torture bictims
Europeans - ANS-killing women and children (Pequot war)
amerindians learned this lesson and destroyed puritan villages, killing non-combatants
Impact of Colonization on American Indians and Europeans - ANS-
Imperial goals - ANS-mercantilism and conversion of american indians
Relationships - ANS-
France - ANS-trade and conversion
made friends
Spain - ANS-convert and exploit
God, glory, and gold
sought to christianize indians
ecomienda
mestizos
Pope's Rebellion: Pueblo Revolt
,England - ANS-Removal or extermination
pilgrims had good relations with massasoit
puritans tried conversion but it failed (praying towns)
pequot war and new england confederation
king philips war
Pennsylvania - ANS-Quakers- good relations
Chesepeake - ANS-John Smith
Powhatans were helped by english settlers
Marriage between john rolfe and pochahantas
virginia colony
ango-powhatan wars
bacon's rebellion
Carolinas - ANS-Tuscarora resistance failed
Yamaesee rebelled
captured and sold indians to slavery in barbados
Dutch in the 17th century: New York (New Netherlands) - ANS--Dutch East India
Company established new netherlands along the hudson river valley
-trade with the iroquois
-peter minuit purchased manhattan food
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE - ANS-
From new world to europe - ANS-diseases: syphillis
plants: potatoes, corn, tomatoes, pineapple, tobacco, beans, vanilla, chocolate
Animals: turkeys
gold and silver
Maryland - ANS--1634
-Lord Baltimore
-Haven for Catholics
Connecticut - ANS--1635
-Thomas Hooker (hartford)
Rhode Island - ANS-1644
roger williams
liberty of conscience
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