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 does the fact that the colonies were producing a surplus of products for England says about the imbalance of power that was forming?

Why was the percent of higher-class people, such as lawyers, and officials in colonist America so low?

How did the schools help create a better life for all Americans?

What were the general attitudes about medicine?

How would you describe traveling methods?

What was triangular trade?

What was the Great Awakening?

Why was art not so important to Americans?

How did colonists sell their goods to make enough money to buy what they wanted from England?

What importance did tavern holds in pre-revolutionary America?

The Great Awakening had many lasting effects, what was the most important?

Explain how the triangular trade system worked?

As America population grew, what became of many families’ farm, North and South?

How did “salutary neglect” encourage American independence?

What importance did mercantilism hold in the British economy?

How did Samuel Adam’s organization of the first local committee of correspondence lead to the development of the first American congress?

What advantages did America have because they had no central urban center?

How did the British style of fighting show the Americans they could beat the British?

How did the beaver affect French exploration and the Indians?

Explain the currency problems in America in the 1750s?

In what ways did England exist for the benefit of the colonies?

How did the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, etc… affect American views of England?

Why was Boston Massacre given its name?

 

Thought Questions

Explain how the triangular trade boasted the American economy and population?

How did The Great Awakening unify the colonies and in what ways did it help prepare for the Revolution?

In your opinion, was the treatment of the Indians by the French, English and Americans morally just? Why or why not?

How did Indians play a role in America’s success against the British?

Compare and contrast the colonies before the French and Indian War with the colonies after.  How have the attitudes of the colonists changed, if at all?

How are the Americans hypocritical?