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review for the AP United States History test
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History
11th Grade
05/05/2010

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14,000-12,000 BC
Definition
Asians began migrating to North America, across the Bering Strait, in the years ____ - ____.
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1347
Definition
The Black Death begain in Europe in what year?
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1480's
Definition
In which decade did Portuguese explorers travel down the west coast of Africa when in search of the sea route to Asia?
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1492
Definition
Columbus sailed west from Spain in search of Asia, and arrived at the Bahama Islands of the Caribbean in the year ____.
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1494
Definition
The Papal Decree divided the New World between Spain and Portugal in what year?
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1497
Definition
In which year did John Cabot establish the first English claim in America?
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1502
Definition
The first African slaves arrived in Spanish America in the year ____.
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Martin Luther
Definition
Who challenged the Catholic Church, sparking the Protestant Reformation in Europe in the year 1517?
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smallpox
Definition
The epidemic of which disease ravaged Native American societies in Central and South America between 1528 and 1530?
Term
Magellan
Definition
Whom was it that launched an expedition to circumnavigate the globe? (1519-1538)
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Cortes, Tenochtitlan
Definition
In 1521, who captured what city, and by doing so conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?
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Pizarro
Definition
Who conquered the Incas in Peru? (1532-1538)
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1558
Definition
In what year did Elizabeth I ascend the English throne?
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Florida
Definition
St. Augustine was founded in which state in 1565?
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1566
Definition
The English conquest of Ireland began in what year?
Term
"Lost Colony"
Definition
What was the nickname for the colony that was established on Roanokke in 1587?
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New Mexico
Definition
In what present day state did Don Juan de Onnate establish a Spanish colony in 1598?
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James I
Definition
Whom was it to succeed Elizabeth I in 1603?
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Quebec
Definition
What was the first permanent settlement in America, founded by the French in 1608?
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1609
Definition
The Spanish colony of Santa Fe was founded in what year?
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New York
Definition
What state was founded by the Dutch in 1624?
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The Duke Of York
Definition
After what/whom was New York named?
Term
the Pueblos
Definition
What tribe revolted and drove the Spanish colonies out of present-day New Mexico? (1680)
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1692
Definition
In what year did the Spanish return to New Mexico?
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1696
Definition
In what year did the Spanish crush the last Pueblo revolt of New Mexico?
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Jamestown
Definition
What colony was established in 1607?
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Holland
Definition
To what country did the Pilgrims flee when they were persued by the English in 1608?
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1612
Definition
In what year was tobacco established as a product in Virginia?
Term
Virginia
Definition
The first African workers arrived in which state in 1619?
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1619
Definition
The Virginia House of Burgesses met for the first time in the year ____.
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Pilgrims, 1620
Definition
By whom was the Plymouth colony founded, and in which year was it?
Term
1620's
Definition
In which decade did the English colonization of the Caribbean accelerate?
Term
the Powhatan tribe
Definition
Which Native American tribe attacked the English colony that was established in Virginia? (1622)
Term
the Dutch
Definition
Who established a settlement on Manhattan Island in 1624?
Term
New Hampshire and Maine
Definition
What two states were established in 1629?
Term
Puritans, 1630
Definition
Whom was it that established the Massachusetts Bay colony at Boston, and in what year?
Term
Maryland, 1634
Definition
The first English settlemts were founded in which state and year?
Term
1635
Definition
Hartford settled in Connecticut in what year?
Term
Roger Williams
Definition
Who founded Rhode Island in 1636?
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1637
Definition
The Pequot War was fought in what year?
Term
Anne Hutchinson
Definition
Who was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1637?
Term
the Delaware River
Definition
On which body of water did the Swedes and the Finns establish New Sweden?
Term
7 years, 1642-1649
Definition
How long was the English Civil War, and through which years was it fought?
Term
1644
Definition
The last major Powhatan uprising against English settlers in Virginia were in what year?
Term
1649
Definition
Charles I was executed in the year ___.
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Catholic proprietor
Definition
The Civil War in Maryland temporarily threw whom off their seat in 1655?
Term
1660, English Restoration
Definition
Charles II became king in what year? What was that time period called?
Term
the First Navigation Act
Definition
What act was passed in 1660?
Term
Carolina
Definition
What colony was chartered in 1663?
Term
1664
Definition
In what year was the Second Navigation Act passed?
Term
New Netherland
Definition
The English captured what area in 1664?
Term
1664
Definition
New Jersey was charterd in which year?
Term
the third
Definition
What number Navigation Act was passed in 1673?
Term
New England, 1675-1676
Definition
King Phillip's War was fought in which area of the states and in what time-span?
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Bacon
Definition
Who's rebellion was it that was fought in Virginia in the year 1676?
Term
William Penn, 1681
Definition
Who received the charter for Pennsylvania in what year?
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1685
Definition
James II became king in ____.
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1686
Definition
The Dominion of New England was established in the year ____.
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False, William and Mary
Definition
True or False(if F, correct it):
During the Glorious Revolution in England, William and Elizabeth III ascended the throne.
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Andros
Definition
During the Glorious Revolution in America, against whom did rebellion break out in New England? (1689)
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Leisler
Definition
Who lead the rebellion of 1689 in New York?
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1732
Definition
Georgia was given a charter in the year ____.
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