APUSH Test-Chapters 1-5|Study Terms & Questions with Complete solutions
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Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) - ANSWER Sent by english to explore northeastern coast of North
America in 1497 and 1498.
Robert de la Salle - ANSWER Was sent on an expedition down the Mississippi in the 1680's
Father Junipero Serra - ANSWER Led Spanish Missionaries in 1769 that founded the first o...
APUSH Test-Chapters 1-5|Study Terms &
Questions with Complete solutions
Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) - ANSWER Sent by english to explore northeastern coast of North
America in 1497 and 1498.
Robert de la Salle - ANSWER Was sent on an expedition down the Mississippi in the 1680's
Father Junipero Serra - ANSWER Led Spanish Missionaries in 1769 that founded the first of
a chain of 21 missions that went up the California coast line.
Protestant Reformation (16th Century) - ANSWER Movement to reform the Catholic
Church launched in Germany by Martin Luther. Reformers
questioned the authority of the Pope, sought to eliminate the selling of indulgences, and
encouraged the translation of the bible from Latin, which few at the time could read. The
reformation was launched in England in the 1530s when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman
Catholic Church. (27) (Chapter 2)
Roanoke Island (1585) - ANSWER Sir Walter Raleigh's failed colonial settlement off the coast
of North Carolina. (28) (Chapter 2)
Spanish Armada (1588) - ANSWER Spanish fleet defeated in the English Channel in 1588.
The defeat of the Armada marked the
beginning of the decline of the Spanish Empire. (29) (Chapter 2)
primogeniture - ANSWER Legal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or
land. Landowner's younger sons, forced to seek their fortunes elsewhere, pioneered early
exploration and settlement of the
,Americas. (30) (Chapter 2)
Joint-stock company - ANSWER Short-term partnership between multiple investors to fund
a commercial enterprise; such
arrangements were used to fund England's early colonial ventures. (30) (Chapter 2)
charter - ANSWER Legal document granted by a government to some group or agency
to implement a stated
purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations. British colonial charters
guaranteed inhabitants all the rights of Englishmen, which helped solidify colonists' ties to
Britain during the early years of settlement. (30) (Chapter 2)
, Jamestown (1607) - ANSWER First permanent English settlement in North America founded
by the Virginia Company. (30)
(Chapter 2)
First Anglo-Powhatan War (1614) - ANSWER Series of clashes between the Powhatan
Confederacy and English settlers in Virginia. English
colonists torched and pillaged Indian villages, applying tactics used in England's campaigns
against the Irish. (32) (Chapter 2)
Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1644-1646) - ANSWER Last-ditch effort by the Indians to dislodge
Virginia settlements. The resulting peace treaty
formally separated white and Indian areas of settlement. (33) (Chapter 2)
Act of Toleration (1649) - ANSWER Passed in Maryland, it guaranteed toleration to all
Christians but decreed the death penalty for
those, like Jews and atheists, who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Ensured that Maryland
would continue to attract a high proportion of Catholic migrants throughout the
colonial period.
(36) (Chapter 2)
Barbados slave code (1661) - ANSWER First formal statute governing the treatment of
slaves, which provided for harsh punishments
against offending slaves but lacked penalties for the mistreatment of slaves by masters. Similar
statutes were adopted by Southern plantation societies on the North American mainland in the
17th and 18th centuries. (37) (Chapter 2)
squatters - ANSWER Frontier farmers who illegally occupied land owned by others or not
yet officially opened for
settlement. Many of North Carolina's early settlers were squatters, who contributed to the
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