AP Exam Short Answer SHORT ANSWER 50 MINUTES

1. Answer a, b, and c. (A) Briefly explain ONE example of how contact

Chapter 4 AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17 TH CENTURY 1607 -1692

Chesapeake Life Low life expectancy Majority male Weak family ties Tobacco, tobacco Indentured servants

Bacon’s Rebellion Mass of freemen Virginia Governor William Berkeley Nathaniel Bacon - 1676 29

Slavery in Colonies In 1670 – only 7% in southern plantation colonies

Slavery Rising wages in England Improving mortality rate Rice & Indigo plant Bacon’s Rebellion

Colonial Slavery By 1750, 50% of population in Virginia Middle Passage Slave Codes Chattel

Southern Society Large planters Small farmers Large slave pop, political power 1 -2 slaves

New England Longer lives Family stability Women High no birthrate property rights Morally weaker

Life in New England Small villages and farms Organized towns Small villages & farms

Religious change Jeremiad sermon Half-Way Covenant Baptism but not full communion Widened church membership

New England Less ethnic mix Soil and religious zeal Small farms, few slaves Shipbuilding,

Colonial Life Farmers Women at home Men worked Middleclass Mostly equality and democracy …for

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1. Answer a, b, and c. (A) Briefly explain ONE example of how contact between Native Americans and Europeans brought changes to Native American societies in the period 1492 to 1700. (B) Briefly explain a SECOND example of how contact between Native Americans and Europeans brought changes to Native American societies in the same period. (C) Briefly explain ONE example of how Native American societies resisted change brought by contact with Europeans in the same period.

Chapter 4 AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17 TH CENTURY 1607 -1692

Chesapeake Life Low life expectancy Majority male Weak family ties Tobacco, tobacco Indentured servants Freedom dues Headright system

Bacon’s Rebellion Mass of freemen Virginia Governor William Berkeley Nathaniel Bacon - 1676 29 yr old planter Killed Indians, ran Berkeley out, torched capital 20 rebels killed Led to use of Africans

Atlantic Slave Trade

Slavery in Colonies In 1670 – only 7% in southern plantation colonies

Slavery Rising wages in England Improving mortality rate Rice & Indigo plant Bacon’s Rebellion Royal African Company lost monopoly 17 c Population in the Chesapeake WHY this large increase in black popul. ? ?

Colonial Slavery By 1750, 50% of population in Virginia Middle Passage Slave Codes Chattel for life

Goods Traded with Africa

Southern Society Large planters Small farmers Large slave pop, political power 1 -2 slaves Landless whites Former indentured servants Indentured servants Black slaves

New England Longer lives Family stability Women High no birthrate property rights Morally weaker

Life in New England Small villages and farms Organized towns Small villages & farms Proprietors Meetinghouse Elementary education Congregational Church government

Religious change Jeremiad sermon Half-Way Covenant Baptism but not full communion Widened church membership Salem Witch Trials – 1692 Why did this hysteria demonstrate?

HIPPO

New England Less ethnic mix Soil and religious zeal Small farms, few slaves Shipbuilding, cod fish Steadfast hardworking character

Colonial Life Farmers Women at home Men worked Middleclass Mostly equality and democracy …for whites

Homework HIPPO 2. 7 and 3. 1