A.P United States History Summer Assignment Unit One: Transformations of North America: 1450 – 1700 Chapters: 1, 2 Directions: Please complete the following requirements. The assignment will be collected at the start of class on the first day. No excuses. If you do not have your textbook, please visit campus to get a copy of chapter 1 & 2 of the text. You can pick them up at the Student Services office. If you have any other questions, please email Mr. Payne or Mr. Dempsey before you arrive at school on the first day. The Assignment: 1. Please read chapter 1 & 2 by the time that you enter class on the first day of school. 2. In addition, you must create a notecard for each of the terms listed below. Each notecard must include a minimum of the definition on one side and the term on the other side. Each card must be handwritten. 3. Finally, you must answer each of the Essential Questions listed below. Again, all answers must be handwritten. DUE: 1st Day of Class Reading: Henretta: Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Identifications: tribute, matriarchy, animism, patriarchy, primogeniture, peasants, republic, Renaissance, civic humanism, guilds, Christianity, heresy, Islam, Crusades, predestination, Protestant Reformation, Counter-Reformation, trans-Saharan trade, Reconquista , Hiawatha, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Moctezuma Chapter 1 Essential Questions 1. Why did the Europeans decide to colonize America? Reading: Henretta: Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Identifications: chattel slavery, neo-Europeans, Encomienda , Columbian Exchange, outwork, mercantilism, House of Burgesses, royal colony, freeholds, Headright system, indentured servitude, Phillip II, Francis Drake, Opechancanough, Lord Baltimore, Pilgrims, Puritans, joint-stock Corporation, predestination, toleration, covenant of works, covenant of grace, town meeting, John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Metacom Chapter 2 Essential Questions: 1. How and in what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect Africa, Europe, and North America? 2. How and in what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect relationships among Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans? 3. What factors led to the creation and development of distinct regional colonies (Spanish, French, and Dutch) in North America? 4. How did relations between the colonizers and Native Americans change over time? 1 .