AP US History Treasure Hunt Questions
for Colonization
Use the questions to guide your study for Chapter
tests of the AP exam. Questions are
taken from information in the American Pageant.
Factual Questions
What motivated most of the
European explores to discover new land?
How did stockholders of joint
stock companies feel about a faster route to the
Without the tobacco industry
would
How were indentured servants
saving slaves from
How did the lowest class, and poorest people have a large effect on
Did the larger families help
the
What was the point of the
Mayflower Compact?
How would you describe the
“Protestant Ethic?”
What was the general reason
why New Netherlands became a colony?
How do you describe life for
the slaves in the
How was education in the eyes
of
What was the sudden reason
for the end of witchcraft persecution?
What characteristics made
How did the Native born
African American influence the slave culture in the
How was the aristocracy of the
old south similar and dissimilar to that of
In what way did early
How did the
What was
What things set the stage for
In what ways is
Why was
How did the middle colonies
differ from the other ones?
What caused the Puritan
“Great Migration” to
Why do you think that the
civilization in
Thought Questions
How did the success of the new
colonies further break their ties with
Would the northern colonies
have been developed as fast without religious persecution?
Why did the
Explain the significance of
the Massachusetts Bay Colony in accordance to the other
Although highly immoral, how
did slavery contribute to success of the country?
How is the stage being set
during this time for the American Revolution?
Why did religion play such a
big role in
Which