Advanced Placement United States History

Advanced Placement United States History Summer Readings and Assignments Yorba Linda High School 2015-2016 The following assignments are due at the beginning of class on the first day of school (MODAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015) All portions of this assignment are to be handwritten. You will be tested on the information during the first week of school. ALL students taking APUSH in 2015-2016 are required to complete this assignment. Failure to complete this assignment in its ENTIRETY will result in an automatic drop from the class.

Read chapters 1-4 in your textbook, The American Pageant: a History of the Republic (available for checkout in the library) and complete the following chapter-specific exercises.

I. Chapter 1:

-Make a chart (see sample set-up) listing the distinct characteristics and shared attributes among the Native American cultures in the New World (North America vs. South America (including Central America))

-Make a time line (see sample set-up) for the exploration and settlement done by each of the following nations (each nation represented by a different color): Portugal, Spain, England, France, and Holland (use information from both chapters 1 & 2)

II. Chapter 2:

-Make a list of the factors (at least 5) which contributed to England’s establishment of colonies on the North American continent

-Make a time line (see sample set-up) showing the relations between the English settlers and the Native Americans in all three colonial regions using different colors for each area: New England, Southern (Chesapeake), and Middle colonies (use information from both chapters 2 & 3)

-Take notes (bullet point/outline format) on each Southern Plantation colony (each colony on a separate page): Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia

III. Chapter 3:

-Take notes (bullet point/outline format) on each New England colony (each colony on a separate page): Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

-Take notes (bullet point/outline format) on each Middle colony (each colony on a separate page): New York (New Amsterdam), Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

IV. Chapter 4:

-Make a chart (see sample set-up) listing the distinct characteristics and shared attributes between the colonial regions (New England vs. Southern vs. Middle); use information from chapters 2, 3 & 4

V. Chapters 1-4

-Define and explain the historical significance of the terms listed below (see sample set-up and example below)

-Number each term according to the numerical order provided Not-so-good example (not AP standard)…

Gospel of Wealth: book by Carnegie; rich shouldn’t give charity, but should teach people how to act

Significance: more public facilities/”gifts” (i.e. Carnegie Library)

How it’s done (definitely AP standard)…

Gospel of Wealth: an essay written by champion of the steel industry, Andrew Carnegie, in 1901; Carnegie advocated philanthropy from the wealthy over charity and espoused that the wealthy individuals were the trustees of society and that they alone knew how to improve the social conditions of the time

Significance: the book put the responsibility of “giving back to the community” on the shoulders of the wealthy; some saw it as an effort to justify the great wealth, ruthlessly accumulated by the “robber barons” of the Gilded Age

1. mestizos 20. Mayflower Compact 2. Treaty of Tordesillas 21. Separatists (“Pilgrims”; system of beliefs; what 3. Black legend happened to them in the end?) 4. “three sister” farming 22. Puritans (system of beliefs; i.e. the “elect,” 5. Spanish Armada predestination, “visible saints,” etc.) 6. “starving time” 23. Great Puritan Migration 7. John Smith 24. Anne Hutchinson & antinomianism 8. John Rolfe 25. Roger Williams 9. Lord De La Warr 26. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 9. Joint-stock company 27. King Philip’s War 10. proprietor 28. New England Confederations 11. Squatter 29. Dominion of New England 12. House of Burgesses 30. Navigation Laws 13. Iroquois Confederation 31. Penn’s Frame of Government 14. primogeniture 32. Half-way Covenant 15. Barbados slave code 33. patroonship 16. Indentured servitude 34. Leisler’s Rebellion 17. Headright system 35. Salem Witch Trials 18. Bacon’s Rebellion 19. Maryland Act of Toleration

VI. Map work

-Instructions: Using the attached maps, fill in the locations below. Use colored pencils for all of the coloring, unless otherwise noted. Include a map key for each given map. The maps will be used as resources periodically throughout the year. **Advice: make back-up photocopies of the map prior to completion- just in case you make a mistake.

For map #1 identify the following; remember to provide a map key:

1) States: -label each state using its proper 2 letter abbreviation

2) Lakes: -the Great Lakes and the Great Salt Lake -label and color them blue 3) Rivers: -Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Columbia -label and outline them blue 4) Mountains: -label the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains

For map #2, identify the following; remember to provide a map key:

-use a purple marker to indicate the borders of the original 13 colonies -use a green marker to indicate the area acquired from France in 1803 (the Louisiana Purchase) -use a pink marker to indicate the area acquired by the 1848 Mexican Cession -use a yellow marker to indicate the borders of the Oregon Country -use a brown marker to indicate the area acquired in the 1853 Gadsden Purchase -use an orange marker to indicate the borders of the independent republic of Texas -use a blue marker to indicate the Union states during the Civil War -use a red marker to indicate the Southern states during the Civil War -lightly shade the outlined areas with the same colored color pencil

VII. Long Answer Question -Review the attached directions entitled “Tackling the LAQ” -Select ONE of the following questions to construct a written response for:

1) Analyze the cultural and economic responses to TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750. British French Spanish

2) Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society in TWO of the following regions: New England Chesapeake Middle

Helpful Study Ideas:

-Look up any vocabulary terms that you don’t understand. Try to use these terms in your writing to help you remember them.

-Avoid doing everything at the last minute (for example, the week before school starts)! Spread the work out over the course of the summer. By doing so, you’ll retain the material more effectively and set yourself up for a more successful regimen during the coming school year.

Thank you for taking the “AP plunge” & committing yourself to an academically rigorous program. We look forward to working with you next year and promise that despite the work load, you will enjoy our class. Should you have any questions regarding this work or the course, please do not hesitate to contact us via email at [email protected] or [email protected]. Sample Charts

North American Natives South American Natives

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New England Southern Middle

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1558: Elizabeth I 1588: British Defeat of becomes queen Spanish Armada

1585: Raleigh founds Roanoke