Susan E. Wagner High School Ms. S. Barone, A.P.

Social Studies
Mr. D. Cugini, Principal October 13, 2018

A.P. United States History – Period 2 1607-1754

Review Sheet –
Know the significance of each of the following people:
Jonathan Edwards: New English preacher, who helped lead the formation of the New Light Philosphy
John Peter Zenger- New York printer accused of libel against Gov. Cosby, he beat the case and was a symbol of freedom
of press
John Smith- 1500s- English explorer and settler, essential in establishment of Jamestown
Roger Williams-
George Whitefield, Anne Hutchinson, Nathaniel Bacon, John Winthrop, Olaudah Equiano

Terms –
Deitism, pietism, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Quakers and the “Holy Experiment”, Virginia House of Burgesses,
Chattel slavery, New England Confederation and Dominion of New England

Know the following information:

1. What was the starving time? Why did it happen? What was the significance of the starving time? What social and
environmental issues almost caused the expiry of the Jamestown colony? How did it revive itself?

2. Explain how the headright system encouraged migration to the New World. Why were indentured servants necessary?

3. Compare and contrast the different economies and slave systems of the Chesapeake, the Deep South, and West Indies.

4. Explain the role religion played in the founding of New England, and how it shaped the New World’s first democracies.
Salem Witch Trials – What were they? Why did they take place?

5. How did the founding of the Middle colonies help create a more diverse and tolerant society? (Consider religious,
ethnic, and economic factors)
6. Explain how the triangular trade, the British Industrial Revolution, and the development of the American colonies were
connected. What was the middle passage? Why did it happen?

7. Explain why in each region of the British colonies slavery developed differently and what conditions and events that
caused the shift from indentured servitude to chattel slavery.

8. The Great Awakening – What was it? Why did it take place? Explain how the Great Awakening and the
Enlightenment contradicted traditional forms of authority. Significant people related to the Great Awakening
Mayflower Compact – Who signed it? Why was it significant? Who did it affect?
9. Why was the Navigation Act of 1660 significant? Why was it put in place?
10. What was the Maryland Act of Toleration? Why was it significant ? Who did it affect?
11. Why did Bacon’s Rebellion happen? What was the significance of this rebellion? Who was involved?
12. What prompted the Zenger Trial? Why was it significant? What was the ruling?

13. What were the differences similarities/differences between the southern, middle and New England colonies? Know the
type of colony of the 13 colonies (proprietary, royal, corporate)

14. How were the American colonies Anglicized? How were the colonies different from Britain? Consider social,
political, and economic conditions.