APUSH Themes
Dates to Know
Key Terms
Events
Key People
100

What APUSH theme does Jamestown fall under?

Migration and Settlement

100

What year was Jamestown established? 

1607

100

cultural movement that emphasized reason and individual liberty over traditional authority and religion

The Enlightenment

100

widespread religion, intense emotional sermons and focus on personal, experiential faith

Great Awakening

100

Leader of Bacon's Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon

200

The House of Burgesses falls under which APUSH theme?

American and National Identity

200

What year did the pilgrims land at Plymouth?

1620

200

The reduction of this practice was one of the causes of increased use of African Slaves

Indentured Servitude

200

sermon preached in Massachusetts

 catalyst for the First Great Awakening

Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God

200

aChristian denomination known for its pacifism, belief in the inner light

Quakers

300

Indentured servitude falls under which APUSH theme?

 Work, Exchange and Technology

300

What year was Boston founded?

1630

300

laws passed between 1651-1696 aimed to regulate trade

Navigation Acts

300

This event ended indentured servitude

Bacon's Rebellion

300

prominent Anglican preacher and evangelist

George Whitefield

400

The Great Awakening falls under which APUSH theme?

Culture and Society

400

a major slave uprising in 1739 where enslaved people rose up against their 'masters'

Stono Rebellion

400

restricted the behavior of slaves

Slave codes

400

The last major Native American conflict in the British Colonies

Metacom / King Phillip's War

400

came up with the concept of natural rights

John Locke

500

What APUSH theme does Dominion of New England fall under?

Politics and Power

500

When did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

1692

500

inherent and inalienable rights possessed by all individuals

Natural rights

500

John Winthrop demands that Puritans shall be a ___________ as an example of their superior form of Christianity

City on a Hill

500

gave the sermon 'sinner in the hands of an angry god'

Jonathan Edwards