Advanced Placement US History- Mr. Owens
Summer Assignment 2009
Due Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 (1st Day of School)
Greetings. In order to keep pace with the AP exam date, students must begin the reading
for this class over the summer.
You must first check out a copy of the textbook: American History, A Survey, from
the Culver City High School Library in the beginning of summer, (starting Monday June
30th). The following assignment is due September 2nd and will go toward your 1st
semester grade. Failure to complete the following assignment will show that you are
unprepared for the rigors of AP and will be grounds for dropping you from the
class. Do not wait until the week before school to begin. This is an individual
assignment, not a group assignment. There will be an exam on this material during the
first two weeks of school. If you have any questions feel free to contact me at:
[email protected].
Your Assignment: (150 Total Points) You must complete Parts I, II, III & IV
All work must be handwritten in blue or black ink pen.
I. Read Chapters 1, 2 & 3 of the text American History A Survey by Alan Brinkley.
Read the chapters carefully – I recommend reading the entire chapter before answering
the questions and defining the Key Terms. You will use information from Chapters 1-3
to complete Parts II & III.
II. Reading Questions (50 points): Answer the following questions in your own
words – do not just copy the book (responses will require at least a brief paragraph
each) and be prepared to discuss your responses during the first week of class in
September. You do not need to re-write the questions, but number the responses
clearly.
Chapter 1 THE MEETING OF CULTURES
1. Describe Native American societies before the arrival of Columbus? How did
civilizations in South and Central America contrast those in North America?
2. Describe the variety of motivations that European nations had to “look westward” and
explore and settle the Americas?
3. What were the characteristics of Spanish colonial settlement? How did New Spain
evolve from 1500 to 1700?
4. What were the major biological and cultural exchanges between Europe and the
Americas and describe the impact of this exchange?
5. What was the impact of African culture on the Americas?
6. Describe the commercial incentives for England to colonize the New World.
7. Describe the religious incentives for England to colonize the New World.
8. How did the English experience in Ireland affect the colonization process of the New
World?
9. Describe the French settlements in the New World. How did they contrast the English
and the Spanish?
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CHAPTER 2 TRANSPLANTATIONS AND BORDERLANDS
10. What were the goals and motivations behind English colonization of the
Chesapeake?
11. What was life like for the early settlers of Jamestown? Why was the survival rate so
low for the English settlers of early Virginia?
12. How did the introduction of tobacco to the Chesapeake region affect the colony of
Virginia?
13. How did the evolution of the Virginia colony between 1607 and 1625 reveal the
impact of New World conditions on aims and expectations?
14. What was the nature of the early relationship between the Virginia colonists and the
local Native American tribes? What happened in 1622 that changed that relationship?
15. Why was Maryland founded? How did it differ from the Virginia colony? What
problems plagued the Maryland colony?
16. What was the role of the "backcountry" settlements in the early colonial
Chesapeake region? Why were the backcountry settlers such an annoyance to the colonial
government?
17.Why did Bacon's Rebellion occur in 1675-1676? What impact did this Rebellion
have on African slavery?
18. What were the goals of the Separatists who settled in Plymouth in 1620? How was
the early "Plymouth Plantation" governed?
19. How did the Massachusetts Bay “Experiment” contrast the Plymouth settlement?
20. What was the basis of economic wealth in the New England colonies? How were
agriculture and the economy in New England different from that in the South?
21. How was New England society different from that created in the Chesapeake
colonies?
22. What was the Pilgrims' relationship with Native Americans? How did their
experiences differ from those of the Virginia settlers?
23. What caused and resulted from the major conflicts between New Englanders and
Native American tribes between 1637 and 1676?
24. How did the Stuart Restoration affect those English colonies already established in
America? How did it affect attitudes about founding more settlements?
25. What sort of social order took root in the Carolinas? Why was it different from that
proposed under Carolina's Fundamental Constitution?
26. Why did the English resent the Dutch presence in America? Why were the Dutch
unable to maintain a colony in New York? How were the British able to acquire it?
27. Identify the key beliefs and practices of the Quakers. How did the influence of the
Quakers make Pennsylvania unique and why was it called a “Holy Experiment”?
28. Why did British colonists in the Caribbean turn to African slavery as a source of
labor?
29. Why was Georgia founded and what were the goals of James Oglethorpe? How was
it different from the other British colonies?
30. What impact did the Glorious Revolution have on the development and
administration of the colonies in America?
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Chapter 3 Society and Culture in Provincial America
31. Explain the system of indentured servitude that developed in the American
colonies. Where was it primarily used and what was life like for the servants?
32. What factors contributed to the rapid increase in colonial population during the last
half of the 17c?
33. Explain the results that the limited extent of medical knowledge had on colonial
society. Who benefited from this limitation?
34. How and why did the status of women in colonial America differ from region to
region?
35. Describe the steps that led to the establishment of black slavery in the EnglishAmerican colonies.
36. Briefly list some of the arguments that historians have made concerning the question
of whether slavery was a result of white racism or whether it helped to create racism.
Which makes the most sense to you? (“Where Historians Disagree”)
37. How and why did immigration patterns to America change between 1685 and 1775?
38. Describe the economy of the Chesapeake region, and explain why it developed as it
did. How did the economy of South Carolina and Georgia differ from that of the
Chesapeake? How were they similar?
39. Explain the commercial economy that emerged in the northern colonies alongside the
agricultural one. What role did technology play in this?
40. Describe the emerging system of colonial commerce. How was the system consistent
with the philosophy and goals of mercantilism?
41. Explain the growing consumerism – the consumption of material goods in the British
colonies and how this preoccupation was associated with social status.
42. How did the plantation system in the American South illustrate the differences
between the colonial and English class systems? What were the characteristics of
plantation slavery?
43. What were the characteristics of communities that emerged in Puritan New England?
44. How was the family central to the Puritan community? How did the experience of
America affect the patriarchal family?
45.Why did Puritans accuse others of witchcraft? Were there any political / economic /
cultural reasons? Who were the typical accused & typical accusers?
46. What caused the First "Great Awakening"? What groups in colonial society were
most attracted to this religious movement? What were the effects of the Great
Awakening?
47. What was the Enlightenment? How did it differ from the Great Awakening?
48. What colonial colleges were in operation by 1763? Why was each founded, and what
subjects were studied in the mid-18c?
49. What evidence was there that the influence of the Enlightenment was spreading in
America?
50. Explain the working of the law in colonial America--the concepts on which it was
based, and the way it functioned.
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III. KEY TERMS (75 points)
Define each term (at least 2 sentences in your own words – plagiarism is grounds for
being dropped from the class) and provide the historical significance (label “HS” –
think “why are they important to the era?” – 1 sentence) for each term. Remember: work
must be handwritten in pen. *Starred terms may require outside sources to develop
their definition.
Follow the example below (but make sure it is handwritten):
42. Halfway Covenant: The decision of Puritan colony churches in the 1690s to allow
the grandchildren of those who had the personal experience of conversion to participate
in church affairs. Previously, only the children of those had experienced personal
conversion could participate.
H.S. – Reflected the decline of piety and zeal among New Englanders and fear that the
influence of the Puritan church was in decline.
Chapter 1
1. Agricultural revolution
2. The Treaty of
Tordesillas*
3. Encomienda & hacienda
systems
4. Mission system
5. Ordinances of Discovery
6. Pope and Pueblo Revolt
of 1680
7. Thomas Moore’s Utopia
Chapter 2
21. Jamestown
22. London Company/
Virginia Company
23. John Smith
24. The Starving Time
25. Lord De La Warr
26. John Rolfe
8. The Enclosure Movement 15. Puritans and Separatists
9. Charter companies
16. The Plantation model
10. mercantilism
17. Coureurs de Bois
11. Richard Halkuyt
12. John Calvin Calvinism
13. predestination
18. New Amsterdam
19. Sir Humphrey Gilbert &
Sir Walter Raleigh
20. Roanoke
14. English Reformation
33. House of Burgesses
34. Bacon’s Rebellion
45. The Pequot War
46. King Philip’s War
47. Quakers
48. William Penn
49. Charter of Liberties
50. James Oglethorpe
28. Powhattans
35. Pilgrims
36. Mayflower Compact
37. William Bradford
38. Massachusetts Bay
Company
39. John Winthrop “City
upon a hill”
40. theocracy
29. Lord Baltimore – The
Calverts
30. Proprietary Rule
41. Congregational
churches
42. Halfway-Covenant*
27. The Headright System
51. The Navigation Acts
52. The Dominion of New
England
53. Sir Edmund Andros
54. The Glorious
Revolution
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Early Colonial Society
31. “Act Concerning
Religion” or “Act of
Toleration”
32. William Berkeley
Chapter 3
57. Indentured Servants
58. The Middle Passage
59. Slave Codes
60. Pennsylvania Dutch
61. Eliza Lucas
62. Saugus Ironworks
63. Triangular Trade
43. Roger Williams
55. Jacob Leisler
44. Anne Hutchinson &
Antinomianism*
56. John Coode’s Rebellion
64. Stono Rebellion
65. Salem Witch Trials
66. The Great Awakening
67. Old Lights/ New Lights
68. George Whitefield
69. Jonathan Edwards
70. The Enlightenment
71. Harvard
72. Almanacs
73. Benjamin Franklin
74. Cotton Mather
75. John Peter Zenger
IV. MUSEUM/HISTORICAL SITE VISIT (25 Points): Visit an American Historical
Museum in the Los Angeles area (or elsewhere in the United States) or visit a National
Monument or famous historical location (i.e. a California mission, The Alamo, The
White House etc.). Write a one-page reflection (handwritten) describing what you saw
there and what you learned that relates to American history. Also please include a ticket
stub or a brochure from your visit.
Here are some recommended options in Los Angeles:
1. Japanese American National Museum: www.janm.org
2. Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles: www.camla.org
3. Autry National Center of the American West: www.autrynationalcenter.org
4. California African American Museum: www.caamuseum.org
5. El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Site: www.cityofla.org/ELP
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