A.P. U.S. History: Summer Assignments, two assignments August 3, 2:30 p.m.; place in Mr. Schropp s mailbox.

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1 A.P. U.S. History: Summer Assignments, You have two assignments to complete over the summer. Both assignments are due August 3, 2:30 p.m.; place in Mr. Schropp s mailbox. Feel free to me with any questions. 1. Assignment #1: Pre-Colonial America -a small portion of the AP exam focuses on pre-colonial America, from You will cover that material in the summer assignment listed below. We will briefly discuss this material the first or second day of class. -Answer/identify the questions/terms accompanying each set of pages. Answer the questions completely; define the terms completely. If the instructions are to note something, write down the significance of whatever is to be noted. Read all of the pages, even if a few paragraphs are not accompanied by a term/question. Some of the questions are simple one or two word responses, other questions require 2-3 sentence responses. Read pp 11-17; : 1) Marco Polo 2) why did sailors refuse to sail south along the coast of West Africa? 3) In what year did the Portuguese develop techniques to combat these obstacles? 4) What valuable resource could be found south of the Sahara? Where was there a flourishing Islamic university? 5) paragraph beginning The Portuguese promptly set up : Briefly describe two characteristics of the Arab-African slave trade before Portugal became involved 6) How many Africans were enslaved in last half of 15 th century? How many more after the discovery of the Americas? 7) Read where it begins Columbus Comes Upon a New World: Briefly explain the contributions of the following to the opening of the New World to colonization: Portugal, Spain, Printing Press 8) Christopher Columbus: where was he from, and for what country did he sail? 9) On what date was land sighted in the Bahamas? 10) Why did Columbus call the natives Indians? 10)What were the contributions of the following continents to the new, interdependent global economic system: Europe, Africa, the New World (the Americas) 11) The Columbian Exchange is the phrase used to describe the products flowing to the and from the New/Old world. Take a few minutes to study the chart on p ) What fraction of crops grown world-wide originated in Africa? 13) Columbus returned to Hispaniola in 1493: what islands make up Hispaniola? 14) Which North American tribes adopted the horse? 15) a s revolution hit the European diet, fueling slavery 16) List three brutal diseases brought to the new world by Europeans 17) the Taino natives of Hispaniola dwindled from million to within years of Spanish arrival 18) What sexually transmitted disease was introduced by the natives to Europe? 19) Treaty of Tordesillas 20) conquistadore 21) Vasco Nunez Balboa 22) Ferdinand Magellan 23) Juan Ponce de Leon 24) Francisco Coranado 25) Hernando de Soto 26) Francisco Pizarro 27) briefly explain the impact silver had on the European economy 28) what purpose did the West Indies serve for the Spaniards 29) encomienda system, Bartolome de Las Casas 30) Briefly explain the advantages Hernando Cores gained over the Aztecs 31) Tenochtitlan 32) What gifts did Moctezuma send to Cortes? Moctezuma believed Cortes was a. 33) What happened on June 30, 1521 and August 13, 1521? 34) the Aztec population shrunk from million to million by the early 1600s 35) mestizo, malinchista, Dia de la Raza 36) The Spread of Spanish America: list three contributions to the new world made by the Spanish 37) Note the foreign threats to Spain: English (John Cabot) and French (de Verrazano and Cartier) 38) St. Augustine, FL: why was it founded? 39) note Don Juan de Onate and the Pueblo Wars, Battle of Acoma; what city and province were founded in ) p. 22: what was the central institution in colonial New Mexico? 41) Pope s Rebellion 42) Robert de la Salle 43) Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 44) Father Junipero Serra 45) mission Indians 46) Black Legend: note the destruction and contributions of the Spaniards 47) note the last sentence on p. 23: And in the last analysis How did Spanish actions in the New World differ from those of the English? 2. Assignment #2: Source Readings: Christopher Columbus and Bartolome De Las Casas A. Read the primary source written by Christopher Columbus. In a paragraph of 5-7 sentences, summarize his comments on both the islands and the natives. B. Read the primary source written by Bartolome De Las Casas: In a paragraph of 5-7 sentences, answer the following question: What are the similarities and differences between the comments made by De Las Casas and the comments made by Columbus?

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3 A.P. U.S. History: Summer Assignments Mr. Schropp: You have two assignment to complete over the summer. You should also read ahead in preparation for the start of school. Here are the two things you need to do this summer, one is mandatory, the other is your choice. These assignments are elaborated on further down the page. Both assignments are due August 3, 2:30 p.m.; place in Mr. Schropp s mailbox. These questions will be returned to you the first day of class. You will use them during class discussion. Assignment #1: Mandatory Reading Due August 1, 2:30 p.m., Mr. Schropp s mailbox. Answer/identify the questions/terms accompanying each set of pages. Answer the questions completely; define the terms completely. If the instructions are to note something, write down the significance of whatever is to be noted. Read all of the pages; even if a few paragraphs are not accompanied by a term/question. The Southern Colonies pp ; skip The Indians New World pp ; skip The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland America, pp The New England Colonies-pp ; The Middle Colonies-pp Questions/Terms The Southern Colonies: 1) Virginia Company 2) Main attraction of New World 3) Significance of VA Company Charter 4) rights of Englishmen 5) James River 6) May 24, ) Note the early years of Jamestown- a nightmare 8) Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the Powhatan 9) Lord De La Warr 10) the chieftan Powhatan 11) Lord De La Warr s Irish tactics 12) John Rolfe s marriage to Pocahontas 13) Second Anglo-Powhatan War and Peace Treaty of 1646; note census of ) the three D s 15) bottom right-p. 31-note impact of disease 16) p : Virginia: A Child of Tobacco; Note John Rolfe and impact of tobacco 17) 1619-Dutch ship and African slaves; why so few slaves in 1650? 18) House of Burgesses in ) Maryland: Catholic Haven: Lord Baltimore, reason for settlement 20) p. 34: note the huge estates; tobacco; Maryland Act of Toleration-who wasn t religiously free? 21) Colonizing the Carolinas, p. 36: note the formal creation of Carolina in 1670; Lords Proprietors; what did they hope to do? 22) close ties with sugar islands of West Indies; Indian slave trade 23) 1707-Savannah Indians 24) Significance of rice 25) Charlestown; note trouble with Catholic Florida 26) The Emergence of North Carolina: note the early settlers of North Carolina 27) note independence and rebellious spirit of North Carolina s early settlers; similarities with Rhode Island 28) Georgia-p. 39: last to be settled-note the date; note the buffer colony 29) note the high minded philanthropists: why did they begin the Georgia colony? 30) James Oglethorpe 31) Savannah as a melting pot 32) Carefully read the paragraph titled Plantation Colonies The New England Colonies 1) note significance of Martin Luther; John Calvin: note his beliefs about God and salvation; predestination 2) paragraph beginning: The most devout Puritans: visible saints; separatists 3) why did King James I want to get rid of Puritans? 4) 1608-note experience of Separatists in Holland 5) Mayflower

4 1602: how many Separatists on board? 6) Plymouth Bay, Virginia Company, squatters 7) Mayflower Compact-read carefully 8) 1621-Thanksiving Day; beaver and Bible 9) William Bradford-read carefully; note his quotation, bottom right of p ) 1691-merger with MA Bay 11) The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth: More moderate Puritans and Charles I, ) 1629-non-Separatist Puritans: where did they want to go? Did they want to separate from England? 13) Great Migration of 1630s 14) John Winthrop-read carefully 15) read paragraph beginning: Massachusetts also benefited note Winthrop s City upon a Hill quote 16) Building the Bay Colony: freemen- who can and cannot vote note how many voted compared with England; Congregational Church; note the democratic elements of the town governments 17) Did Governor Winthrop trust the common people? 18) visible saints and the purpose of government 19) Note the influence of religious leaders in Massachusetts; John Cotton; note how the power of the preacher was NOT absolute 20) The Puritans were a worldly lot note the Protestant Work Ethic; Connecticut=Blue Law State 21) Trouble in the Bible Commonwealth: the Bay Colony and Quakers 22) Anne Hutchinson; antinomianism; Roger Williams; carefully note these individuals and their beliefs 23) Read The Rhode Island Sewer VERY carefully: Roger Williams, great freedom in Rhode Island 24) New England Spreads Out: Hartford, Thomas Hooker, Boston Puritans; Fundamental Orders 25) New Haven; note the Puritan influence in New Haven and Hartford 26) Maine settled in 1623; how long was it a part of Massachusetts; when did New Hampshire get its freedom? 27) Puritans Versus Indians: why so few Indians when the Puritans arrived? 28) Wampanoags and Squanto 29) 1637: Pequots, Mystic River, Narragansetts, Pequot War-note the results; praying towns 30) Massasoit, Metacom, King Philip, King Philip s War 31) Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence: 1643: New England Confederation, note who was NOT in the Confederation 32) Andros Promotes the First American Revolution: Dominion of New England: why did the colonists dislike this? Navigation Laws 33) Sir Edmund Andros: what did he do that angered colonists? 34) Glorious Revolution of : what happened to Dominion of New England? 35) What happened to Massachusetts in 1691? Salutary Neglect The Middle Colonies 1) p. 56: Dutch East India Company 2) Henry Hudson 3) New Netherland and Dutch West India Company 4) Note the freedoms offered by New Amsterdam 5) This picturesque Dutch colony note the patroonships 6) upper right hand corner of p. 57: Wall Street; skip to Dutch Residues in New York 7) New Netherland lay under what country s menacing shadow? 8) In what year did the English take control of New Netherland, firing a shot? 9) Note the Dutch influences which remained in New York 10) Penn s Holy Experiment in Pennsylvania: Why were Quakers so offensive to the English authorities? 11) William Penn-note his personal history 12) List three colonies that already had Quakers prior to the settlement of Pennsylvania 13) How did William Penn come into possession of Pennsylvania ( Penn s Woodland )? 14) Note the best advertised of all the colonies; who was attracted to Pennsylvania? 15) Quaker Pennsylvania and its Neighbors: 1681; Philadelphia 16) Why a period of such good relationships with the Indians? 17) Note the liberal structure of Pennsylvania 18) Note the ethnic diversity of Pennsylvania 19) Note the early economic success of Pennsylvania 20) p. 62, left hand column: note the early settlement of Delaware 21) Read The Middle Way in the Middle Colonies carefully. Assignment #2: Optional-Read Ahead Here is the schedule for the start of the school year. -First Day of School: Go over syllabus; return summer assignments -Second Day of School: Discussion of three sets of readings: The Southern Colonies-pp ; skip The Indians New World pp ; skip The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland America, pp ; The New England Colonies-pp ; 52-55; The Middle Colonies-pp Third Day of School: Slavery: pp ; 66-71, Fourth Day of School: Colonial Society: pp. 73, (skip The Halfway Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials, pp ); 84-85; 88-90; Fifth Day of School: Colonial Religion-pp ; 95-97

5 Take notes on the readings. You should create a note taking system that suits you. Whatever format you choose, make sure you separate concepts (bid ideas) from facts. The first line of a paragraph in a textbook is usually the concept; the rest of the paragraph consists of facts that support the concept (big idea). As you read, write down big ideas, and facts that support those big ideas. The first sentence of a paragraph, the topic sentence, is a big idea. Do NOT write in complete sentences. Create your own note taking techniques and abbreviations. See the example below: Sample Note Taking Technique pp New England Colonies -driven not by wealth but by religion Protestant Reformation and Puritans -Luther s Reform. Spread thru Europe -John Calvin of Geneva -huge affect on Am. -Calvinism: God omniscient, people weak, sinful elect are chosen by God to go to heaven (predestination); good works can t get you to heaven -can t live wild lives and go to heaven: sings of conversion = sanctified good lives; Visible saints -Church of England-Henry VIII-1530s - Puritans -from poor areas in England, like Calvinism, want to purify Church of Eng. -Separatists-only want true believers to be in Church -James I runs out Separatists Pilgrims Go to Plymouth -flee to Holland: kids corrupted or Dutchified -VA Company-Seps. go to Am. -Mayflower-1620-only ½ made it alive; Mile Standish-tough Indian fighter -Plymouth Bay-did not land at Plymouth Rock -squatters-no legal right to be there -Mayflower Compact: not a Const.; agmt. To form a got. By majority rule; town meetings set up to make rules winter: tough; 44/102 made it thigns improve, Thanksgiving Day in N.E. -Beaver and Bible help survive -William Bradford: governor of Plymouth, 30x; feared the godly experiment would go bad b/c of non-believers Plymouth merged with MA Bay