AP United States History 
                                                        Unit Two Study Guide 
                  
                 Directions: In the space provided, identify each of the following with a detailed description 
                  
                 Significant Term, Person,      Text                                 Description 
                          or Event              Page 
                 joint-stock company (i.e.                       
                 Virginia Company)               36            
                                                              See information from Unit One Study Guide 
                 Jamestown                      36-37      
                 John Smith                      37        
                 Pocahontas                      37-       
                 John Rolfe & Pocahontas        37-39      
                 tobacco                        37-39      
                                                 41 
                 Virginia House of                               
                 Burgesses                       39            
                                                              First such body in the new world 
                 Lord Baltimore (aka Cecil      40-41      
                 Calvert) 
                 Act of Toleration                        1649: while Maryland was founded as a safe haven for 
                 (Maryland)                       ---     Catholics, large numbers of Protestant migrated there; this law 
                                                          gave freedom of religion on all “Trinitarian Christians” 
                 Puritans                        42        
                                                44-48 
                 Pilgrims (Separatists)         42-44      
                                                          leader of the Separatists and longtime governor of Plymouth 
                 William Bradford               42-44     Colony; his journals became the basis of Plymouth’s early 
                                                          history 
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                        Mayflower Compact                             44            
                        Plymouth                                      44            
                        John Winthrop & “A                                                 
                        Model of Christian                          44-45                 
                        Charity”                                                         “city on a hill” speech to motivate reaching Puritan goals 
                        New England town                                           Helped to advance “democracy” by increasing the number of 
                        meetings                                       ---         people able to participate in collective decision making; typically 
                                                                                   all male taxpayers could discuss/vote 
                                                                                   more rights than counterparts in England or Chesapeake: 
                        Puritan Women                                  ---         protections against spousal violence, civil marriage increased 
                                                                                   ability to leave failed marriages; no right to own property 
                                                                                   literacy skills need so all could read the Bible; 1647 “Old Satan 
                        Puritan education                              ---         Deluder” law required towns of 50+ families to provide formal 
                                                                                                                                    st
                                                                                   education; New England Primer 1  colonial based textbook 
                        Roger Williams                                47            
                        Anne Hutchinson                             47-48           
                                                                                   1662: created a partial church membership for those without a 
                        Halfway Covenant                               ---         Puritan conversion experience & would allow their children to 
                                                                                   be baptized 
                        English Civil War’s impact                    48            
                        on New England colonies 
                        Quakers                                       48            
                                                                    53-54 
                        Dutch & New Netherland                        52            
                        William Penn                                53-54           
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                King Philip’s War             55       
                Bacon’s Rebellion            55-57     
                Pueblo Revolt                 57       
                Glorious Revolution,         57-58     
                especially colonial impact    60 
                Salem witch trials           58-59     
                mercantilism                  61       
                Navigation Acts               61       
                                              64 
                Enlightenment                 72       
                                             73-74 
                                              64 
                                   st
                Great Awakening (1 )          72       
                                             74-76 
                                                      Enlightenment philosopher who supported natural rights ideas 
                John Locke                    68      (esp. “life, liberty, & property”) and the idea of the “blank slate” 
                                                      (we are born without innate ideas; we learn by experiences) 
                                                      Religious ideal gaining prominence in Enlightenment era; 
                Deism                         ---     suggested reason/observation are sufficient to know God exists 
                                                      & He created all, set it in motion, then stepped back 
                                                      Britain’s policy to not consistently enforce laws, especially the 
                salutary neglect              71      Navigation Acts; custom collectors often ignored and 
                                                      encouraged smuggling 
                James Oglethorpe              73       
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               Jonathan Edwards &           75      
               George Whitefield 
                                                       Puritans established Harvard (1636) & Yale (1701) for 
               colonial colleges            75         purpose of training ministers 
                                                        
               Middle Passage               79      
               Stono Rebellion              81      
               New York conspiracy                 questionable testimony about slave theft & arson conspiracy; 
               trials (1741)                ---    152 arrested, 13 burned at stake, 17 hanged, & 70 banished to 
                                                   harsh labor in West Indies 
               indentured servitude         83      
               New England v.            throughout 
               Chesapeake v.  Southern    84-85     
               colonies 
                
                
               Questions to consider: While it is not required to answer these questions, being familiar with these 
               topics would be highly beneficial to you. 
                
               1.  In what ways were the English colonies in New England, the Chesapeake region, and the South 
                   similar and different? 
                
               2.  Why did indentured servitude transition into racial slavery in the English colonies? 
                
               3.  In what ways did Bacon’s Rebellion, the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, and mercantilism 
                   impact the relationship between the colonies and England?