Advanced Placement United States History
READINGS
Text: The American Pageant
MADATORY SUMMER READING AND WRITING 2016
Thomas A. Bailey and David M. Kennedy
Readings to be completed: The American Paseant Chapters 1-5.
READING QUESTIONS
These are due first day of class. They are to 6e answered in short answer format and not essay. Short answers should be
concise but not incomplete or vague. These can be typed and printed by you.
1. For the period before 1750, analyze and explain the ways in which Britain's policy of salutary
neglect influenced the development of American society as illustrated in the following:(1) legislative
assemblies,(2) commerce,(3) religion.
2. Explain how the economic, geographic and social factors encouraged the growth of slavery as an
i mportant part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775?
3. Explain the differences and similarities between the (1) New England,(2) Middle and (3) Southern
colonies in regard to religion, economy and culture.
Additionally: Students should also complete the vocabulary for chapters 1-5. Bring vocabulary to class
the first day of the semester. Your knowledge of these terms and their application will be assessed
during the first few days of school. All vocabulary is to be hand written. Vocabulary list is attached.
Essay Writing: All essays are to be turned it electronically to [email protected] by
August 22"d 201fi. Do not submit pia ~oo~le doc. Use Microsoft word or copy it into body of your email.
Specs: 12 calibri font and no more than 1 inch margins. Be certain that your essay contains an
introduction, a thesis statement, strong supporting evidence, and a strong conclusion that reinforces
your thesis. It must be 2 pages or less but no less than 1.5 pages. Concise does not mean vague.(TIP:
use collegeboard.com as a resource for information on AP U.S. History free response essay writing.)
MLA FORMAT
Essay A: In the seventeenth century, New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were
their aspirations, and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century?
These short answer questions and summer reading/vocabulary are due the first day of class. There is
no late work accepted for any reason as you have months to finish it. Failure to have your summer
work completed results in automatic placement in another history class. If there is no room in the
honors class, you will be placed in a college prep class. (This has happened before}
Email any questions to [email protected]~. Please be patient as I have a life and I do
not check email everyday. I will get back to you with all deliberate speed.
AP US History Summer Vocabulary List
On separate paper, Identify (or describe), and state the historical significance of the following (listed by chapter):
I. New World Beginnings, 33,000 BC — AD 1769
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10. Mestizos
11. Treaty of Tordesillas
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13. Great ice Age
15. Mound Builders
16. Spanish Armada
17. black legend
18. conquistadors
19. Aztecs
20. Pope's Rebellion
21. Pueblo Indians
II. The Planting of English America, 1500 —1733
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15. Enclosure
16. House of Burgesses
17. Royal Charter
18. Slave codes
19. Yeoman
20. Proprietor
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23. Primogeniture
24. Indentured servitude
25. starving time
26. First Angla-Powhatan War
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28. Act of Toleration
29. Barbados slave code
30. Virginia Company
31. Restoration
32. Act of Toleration
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William Bradford
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William Laud
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Thomas Hooker
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William Penn
10. John Winthrop
11. King Philip
12. John Cotton
13. Sir Edmund Andros
14. the "elect"
15. Franchise
16. Patroonship
17. Predestination
18. Freemen
19. "Visible saints"
20. Conversion
21. Doctrine of a calling
22. Covenant
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26. New England Confederation
27. Calvinism
28. Massachusetts Bay Company
29. Dominion of New England
30. Institutes of the Christian Religion
31. Navigation Laws
32. Great Puritan Migration
33. Glorious Revolution
34. Puritans
35. General Court
36. Dutch West India Company
37. Separatists
38. Bible Commonwealth
39. Quakers
40. Mayflower
41. Protestant ethic
42. Mayflower Compact
43. Fundamental Orders
IV. American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607 —1692
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Slave codes
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Headright system
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Jeremiads
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Middle Passage
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11. Salem Witch Trials
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George Whitefield
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John Peter Zenger
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Phillis Wheatley
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John S. Copley
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Great Awakening
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13. Old and new lights
14. Triangular Trade
15. Molasses Act
16. Scots-Irish
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