AP US History: Migration & Settlement 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Scots-Irish and German migration of the 1700s most heavily settled which region?
- The backcountry and Appalachian frontier (Correct answer)
- Coastal New England
- The Spanish Southwest
- French Quebec
Correct answer: The backcountry and Appalachian frontier
Scots-Irish and German immigrants pushed into the backcountry, settling the frontier interior.
Question 2: Bacon's Rebellion (1676) revealed tensions partly rooted in:
- Conflict between frontier settlers seeking Native land and the eastern planter elite (Correct answer)
- A dispute over enslaved emancipation
- Resistance to Puritan religious laws
- Opposition to French trade
Correct answer: Conflict between frontier settlers seeking Native land and the eastern planter elite
Frontier settlers' demand for Indigenous land clashed with the coastal governing elite, sparking rebellion.
Question 3: The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to:
- Restrict colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains (Correct answer)
- Open all Native lands to immediate settlement
- Force migration back to England
- Establish free ports in the Caribbean
Correct answer: Restrict colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Britain barred settlement past the Appalachians to reduce conflict with Indigenous nations.
Question 4: Pennsylvania attracted diverse immigrants largely because of:
- Its Quaker policy of religious toleration and fair treatment of settlers (Correct answer)
- Its mandatory Anglican church attendance
- Free passage paid by the crown
- A ban on all non-English migrants
Correct answer: Its Quaker policy of religious toleration and fair treatment of settlers
William Penn's Quaker colony promoted religious toleration, drawing a varied immigrant population.
Question 5: The triangular trade linked New England, West Africa, and the Caribbean primarily through the exchange of:
- Rum, enslaved people, and sugar/molasses (Correct answer)
- Furs, gold, and spices
- Cotton, steel, and oil
- Tea, silk, and porcelain
Correct answer: Rum, enslaved people, and sugar/molasses
The triangular trade circulated rum, enslaved Africans, and sugar/molasses among the three regions.
Question 6: Why did the southern colonies develop a plantation society dependent on enslaved labor?
- Cash crops like tobacco and rice required large-scale, sustained labor (Correct answer)
- The climate prevented any farming
- Indentured servants were legally banned there
- The crown forbade family migration
Correct answer: Cash crops like tobacco and rice required large-scale, sustained labor
Labor-intensive cash crops drove southern reliance on enslaved African labor.
Question 7: The Spanish mission system in the borderlands aimed primarily to:
- Convert and control Indigenous populations while extending colonial reach (Correct answer)
- Settle Protestant English families
- Establish independent Native republics
- Recruit African immigrants for farming
Correct answer: Convert and control Indigenous populations while extending colonial reach
Missions sought to convert Indigenous peoples and consolidate Spanish territorial control.
AP US History: Migration & Settlement 3
The Scots-Irish and German migration of the 1700s most heavily settled which region?