AP U.S. History
Summer Assignment
Overview:
1) People/terms/events to identify for our first two units.
2) Short Answer Questions to answer
Important point: Terms MUST be handwritten, not typed. These terms and prompts provide the foundational
information for our first two units and builds to our first Socratic Seminar during the second week of school.
Due: First day of class.
Recommended: Purchase of AMSCO United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placements Examination, 2016.
This is a review book that students will be able to use all year, and it provides valuable supplemental material to help
students prepare for each class unit as well as the AP Exam in May. The cost is $18.95 plus $7 shipping (you can
combine your orders with others to save on shipping), and it can be purchased through:
http://www.perfectionlearning.com/us-history-preparing-for-ap-exam The 2015/2016 edition is updated for the new AP
US History exam. Older editions will not have the redesigned questions and material.
If you decide not to order a copy of AMSCO, you may use any other APUSH review books, reliable websites, history texts
or encyclopedias to do this work. See list on page three for suggestions.
Questions: Please email Mr. Williams: [email protected]
Assignment 1—Terms to define. Must be handwritten. REPEAT: MUST BE HANDWRITTEN!!!! Be sure to
show the impact and historical context of each term. For example do NOT just write “Corn: a staple
grain crop of North America.” You should know the impact and importance for both Natives and
Europeans. If you can answer “How does it relate to American history?” for each term, you’ll be fine.
Unit 1 (1491-1606)
Exchange and Interaction Theme
Corn, beans, squash (3 Sisters)
horses
disease
Labor Systems Theme
encomienda system
asiento system
slavery
Migration Theme
land bridge
Adena-Hopewell
Hokokam, Anasazi and Pueblos
Woodland mound builders
Lakota Sioux
Identity Theme
Mayas
Incas
Aztecs
conquistadors
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
New Laws of 1542
Roanoke Island
Atlantic Trade
compass
printing press
Ferdinand and Isabella
Protestant Reformation
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Treaty of Tordesillas
slave trade
nation-state
American Indians
Algonquian
Siouan
Iroquois Confederation
longhouses
Search for Resources
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Values and Attitudes
Bartolome de Las Casas
Valladolid Debate
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Unit Two (1607-1754)
Religion (CUL)
Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration
Roger Williams
Providence
Anne Hutchinson
antinomianism
Rhode Island
Halfway Covenant
Quakers
William Penn
Holy Experiment
Charter of Liberties (1701)
Crops (ENV)
rice plantations
tobacco farms
Early Settlements (PEO)
John Cabot
Jamestown
Captain John Smith
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Puritans
Separatists
Pilgrims
Mayflower
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
Great Migration
Virginia
Thomas Hooker
John Davenport
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Later Settlements (PEOP)
The Carolinas
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Georgia
James Oglethorpe
Conflict (PEO)
Wampanoags
Metacom
King Philip’s War
Self-Rule (POL)
Mayflower Compact
Virginia House of Burgesses
Sir William Berkeley
Bacon’s Rebellion
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut (1639)
New England Confederation
Frame of Government (1682)
Authority (WOR)
corporate colonies
royal colonies
proprietary colonies
Chesapeake colonies
joint-stock company
Virginia Company
Royal Authority (WOR)
mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros
Glorious Revolution
Labor (WXT)
indentured servants
headright system
slavery
triangular trade
Middle Passage
Assignment #2: Must be handwritten and in paragraph form. Instructions for submission will be given
during the first class. Make sure your answer covers the entire question and includes specific facts as
support. Each question’s answer should be about two to three body paragraphs and include 10-12
specific facts. The facts should be based on the information gathered with the vocabulary in assignment
1 above. This is a good example of the types of questions you will be expected to answer in this class.
Short Essay Answer Questions:
Period 1 (1497-1607)
1) How did Spain’s early entry into colonization in the Caribbean, Mexico and South America shape
European and American developments in this period? (Key Concept 1.1)
2) How did pre-contact populations of North America relate to their environments and how did
contact with Europeans and Africans change these relations in North America? (Key Concept
1.2)
Period 2 (1607-1754)
1) What were the chief similarities and differences among the development of English, Spanish,
Dutch, and French colonies in America? (Key Concept 2.1)
2) How did distinct economic systems, most notably a slavery system based on African labor,
develop in British North America and what was their effect on emerging cultural and regional
differences? (Key Concept 2.2)
3) In what ways did the British government seek to exert control over its American colonies in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? (Key Concept 2.3)
Research Options:
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AMSCO United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placements Examination found at
http://www.perfectionlearning.com/us-history-preparing-for-ap-exam is by far the best option, not
only for this assignment but for use throughout the entire year.
Alternatives to the Textbook, besides AMSCO:
1. http://www.americanyawp.com/
2. https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/
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APUSH Podcasts with transcripts- http://74.220.207.112/~mrreedne/podcasts/podcasts.htm
Review Videos:
 Jocz Productions (made by a fellow APUSH teacher)
https://www.youtube.com/user/JoczProductions/search?query=APUSH+period
 APUSHReview.com (made by a fellow APUSH teacher)
 10 Minute review videos: http://www.apushreview.com/new-ap-curriculum/period-reviews-in10-minutes/
 Review Videos For Each Period/Unit, - http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/