Advanced Placement United States History Summer Assignment Due date: First day of class, August 2017

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1 Advanced Placement United States History Summer Assignment Due date: First day of class, August 2017 Welcome to Advanced Placement United States History for Fall-Spring at Fayetteville High School. Like the course before you, the summer assignment is both interesting and challenging. You are expected to put forth your best effort at reading the complex text and preparing to use the material in the course next year. Several sources of historical information are offered here to present the world of historiography to the novice history student. As the text for the summer assignment represents two diverse perspectives of American colonial history, the student must make educated judgements on its reliability using historical context of the material presented. Directions: Print the assignment and place in a folder with three brackets (the best folders are the ones made of heavy paper, not plastic, as it easier to write your name on the outside). Make sections for each Roman numeral. All work should be handwritten, legible, and not typed. The Summer Assignment will require the course textbook, The American Pageant and the course supplemental textbook, United States History, by AMSCO 2016 or later edition. The other textbook to be used to complete the summer assignment is A People s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn. It can be found online at Historyisaweapon.com. Please note that the assignment will take a substantial amount of time to complete, therefore allow enough time to do the required reading and writing. Handwritten answers are required for this assignment. Michael Jacobs michael.jacobs@fayar.net Angela Colly angela.colly@fayar.net I. Read American Pageant Chapters 1-3 and respond to the review guide prompts listed below. A. American Pageant Chapter Review Questions CHAPTER 1: NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS: 33, 000 B.C. A.D Introduction What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? 2. The Shaping of North America Speculate how at least one geographic feature affected the development of the United States. 3. Peopling the Americas

2 "Before the arrival of Europeans, the settlement of the Americas was insignificant." Assess this statement. 4. The Earliest Americans Describe some of the common features North American Indian culture. 5. Indirect Discoverers of the New World What caused Europeans to begin exploring? 6. Europeans Enter Africa What were the results of the Portuguese explorations of Africa? 7. Columbus Comes upon a New World What developments set the stage for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history? 8. When Worlds Collide Explain the positive and negative effects of the Atlantic Exchange. 9. The Spanish Conquistadors Were the conquistadors great men? Explain. 10. Makers of America: The Spanish Conquistadors Were the conquistadors' motives successfully fulfilled? Explain. 11. The Conquest of Mexico Why was Cortes able to defeat the powerful Aztecs? 12. The Spread of Spanish America What is the Black Legend, and to what extent does our text agree with it? B. American Pageant Chapter 2 Review CHAPTER 2: THE PLANTING OF ENGLISH AMERICA: England's Imperial Stirrings Why was England slow to establish New World colonies? 2. Elizabeth Energizes England What steps from brought England closer to colonizing the New World? 3. England on the Eve of Empire Explain how conditions in England around 1600 made it "ripe" to colonize N. America. 4. England Plants the Jamestown Seedling Give at least three reasons that so many of the Jamestown settlers died. 5. Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake What factors led to the poor relations between Europeans and Native Americans in Virginia? 6. Virginia: Child of Tobacco "By 1620 Virginia had already developed many of the features that were important to it two centuries later." Explain. 7. Maryland: Catholic Haven In what ways was Maryland different than Virginia? 8. The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland America What historical consequences resulted from the cultivation of sugar instead of tobacco in the British colonies in the West Indies? 9. Colonizing the Carolinas Why did Carolina become a place for aristocratic whites and many black slaves? 10. The Emergence of North Carolina North Carolina was called "a vale of humility between two mountains of conceit." Explain.

3 11. Late-Coming Georgia: The Buffer Colony In what ways was Georgia unique among the Southern colonies? 12. Makers of America: The Iroquois How did the political structure of the Iroquois prove to be first a strength and ultimately a weakness? 12. The Plantation Colonies Which Southern colony was the most different from the others? Explain. C. American Pageant Chapter 3 Review Questions CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORTHERN COLONIES: The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism How did John Calvin's teachings result in some Englishmen wanting to leave England? 2. The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth Explain the factors that contributed to the success of the Plymouth colony. 3. The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth Why did the Puritans come to America? 4. Building the Bay Colony How democratic was the Massachusetts Bay Colony? Explain. 5. Trouble in the Bible Commonwealth What happened to people whose religious beliefs differed from others in Massachusetts Bay Colony? 6. The Rhode Island "Sewer" How was Rhode Island different than Massachusetts? 7. Makers of America: The English In what ways did the British North American colonies reflect their mother country? 8. New England Spreads Out Describe how Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire were settled. 9. Puritans versus Indians Why did hostilities arise between Puritans and Native Americans? What was the result? 10. Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence Assess the following statement, "The British colonies were beginning to grow closer to each other by 1700." 11. Andros Promotes the First American Revolution How did events in England affect the New England colonies' development? 12. Old Netherlanders at New Netherlands Explain how settlement by the Dutch led to the type of city that New York is today. 13. Friction with English and Swedish Neighbors "Vexations beset the Dutch company-colony from the beginning." Explain. 14. Dutch Residues in New York Do the Dutch have an important legacy in the United States? Explain 15. Penn's Holy Experiment in Pennsylvania What had William Penn and other Quakers experienced that would make them want a colony in America? 16. Quaker Pennsylvania and Its Neighbors Why was Pennsylvania attractive to so many Europeans and Native Americans?

4 17. The Middle Way in the Middle Colonies What do the authors mean when the say that the middle colonies were the most American? 18. Varying Viewpoints: Europeanizing America or Americanizing Europe? The picture of colonial America that is emerging from all this new scholarship is of a society unique and diverse from its inception. Explain. II. Read AMSCO s United States History Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1-3 A. Create a graphic organizer of your choice demonstrating your understanding of Historical Thinking Skills and Historical Themes as described in the AMSCO book. III. Identify the meaning of each term and how it illustrates the theme under which they are labeled. (some may appear twice, so choose one theme to use for the example) National Identity (NAT) Glorious Revolution Benjamin Franklin The Enlightenment Slave Codes Mercantilism Roger Williams Anglicization Hernan Cortes Work Exchange Technology (WXT) Quakers Enclosure The Great Awakening Squatter Lord Baltimore Proprietor Slavery Franchise King Philip (Chief Metacom) Patronship Geography and the Environment (GEO) Yeoman Christopher Columbus Massachusetts Bay Company John Smith Indentured Servants John Rolfe Headright System Hernan Cortes Virginia company Peter Stuyvesant Joint-Stock Company Henry Hudson Hunting, gathering, fishing, farming William Penn Migration and Settlement (MIG) William Bradford Christopher Columbus Champlain John Smith Dutch West India Company Conquistadors Mayflower John Rolfe Massachusetts Bay Company Pilgrims Voyageurs Lord Baltimore New England colonies Bartolome De Las Casas Middle Colonies James Oglethorpe Mid-Atlantic Colonies Hernan Cortes Southern Colonies Mestizos America in the World (WOR) Great Puritan Migration Lord Baltimore Yeomen Benjamin Franklin Middle Passage Huguenots Headright system Conquistadors

5 Culture and Society (CUL) Separatists John Calvin Old and New Lights The Elect Protestant Reformation Half Way Covenant Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams Thomas Hooker John Cotton William Penn Visible Saints Conversion Predestination Antinomianism Quakers Calvinism Puritans Protestant Ethic Jeremiads The Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards George Whitefield Salem witchcraft trial Politics and Power (POL) Dominion of New England House of Burgesses Spanish Armada Separatists King Philip's War Restoration Walter Raleigh Queen Anne s War King William s War Primogeniture Maryland Act of Toleration Fundamental Orders Navigation Laws Mayflower Compact Bible Commonwealth New England Confederation General Court Bacon s Rebellion IV. Howard Zinn = A People s History of the United States Read chapters one through three in the textbook (online is fine) then answer the three questions for each chapter. Note, each answer must have at least three complete sentences answering the question, quotes from the text may be used if appropriate for the response. Only three or four words of text should be used as evidence to support your answer (do NOT quote whole phrases, sentences or paragraphs). A. Chapter One questions 1. According to Zinn, what were three problems that led to the clash between Europeans and Indians? 2. How did the Spanish and English differ in the motives to annihilate the presence of Indians from their native lands? Give three specifics to support your answer. 3. Explain why Zinn believed many treat men like Columbus as heros. B. Chapter Two questions 1. Describe slavery in Africa and compare it to slavery in Colonial America. 2. According to Zinn, why is racism NOT a system occurring from natural causes, but rather a system designed by men? Include evidence from the text. 3. How prevalent was slave rebellion in the British Colonies, and why was it feared more than any other issue facing the Colonists, except perhaps the

6 joining of white and black servant classes together in revolt? Give evidence from the reading. C. Chapter Three questions 1.According to Zinn was Bacon s rebellion an important event in the development of colonial society in British North America? Why? 2. What was it like in British North America for new indentured servants from England, Ireland and Germany? 3. According to Zinn, why was the development of a middle class in the American colonies crucial to the upcoming fight for independence from Britain? V. Documents: A. Document Analysis Section Document 1. Join or Die by Benjamin Franklin. Appeared in Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754 Refer to document 1 to answer the following prompt: To whom was Franklin speaking when he illustrated this cartoon? Why would they be his audience? What was his call to action to these people? Why? Document 2 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "The Constitution of the United States," Amendment 1.

7 Refer to document 2 to answer the following prompt: What led to the drafting and ratification of the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Be sure to include the context of the document in your answer. Document 3 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this....that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Lincoln, Abraham. "The Gettysburg Address." November 19, 1863 Refer to document 3 to answer the following prompt: How does the position (meaning job) of the author of this speech affect the meaning of this document? Be sure to include specific historical evidence in your answer.

8 Document 4 "The Union as It Was", Thomas Nast in Refer to document 4 to answer the following prompt: What message is Nast trying to convey to his audience? Be sure to use specific details from the cartoon and your knowledge of American History in your answer.