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2016-17 AP U.S. History Summer Assignments:
Fitzgerald, Pogatchnik, Snyder
Welcome to AP U.S. History. By enrolling in this course you are accepting the responsibility and the
workload of a college freshman. In this class you will be expected to read a college level textbook, analyze
primary documents, and write cogently.
The major emphasis of this class is to prepare you for the APUSH exam in May 2017, which gives you an
opportunity to earn college credit as well as show universities the level of academic rigor you opted for as a
tenth grader. You will learn the importance of taking notes over what you read, you will learn how to identify
critical information, you will learn how to analyze events to determine their significance in U.S. history, and
you will learn how to write a college essay. In essence, you will learn how to think, write, and breathe in an
intellectually stimulating, challenging, and rewarding level.
Words to the wise: Developing academic discipline especially as it comes to time management will serve you
well in APUSH. Last minute efforts reflect a lack of planning, discipline, and resolve. Do yourself a favor;
break this assignment into chunks, schedule specific work times and completion deadlines. You will be proud
of your effort and make a great first impression on your APUSH teacher.
Assignment (due: 1st day of school): September 6, 2016
1. Read chapters 1-3 in “Give Me Liberty!” by Eric Foner (including chapter introductions, primary
documents within each chapter)
2. Take handwritten Cornell notes based on the chapter study guides.
3. Bring these handwritten Cornell notes to class and be prepared to use them for an open notes exam the first
week of school.
Final Words of Wisdom: Students who understand politics, economics, & social struggles today have a better
understanding of politics from the past.
Recommendations: Discuss APUSH content with lots of people.
If you don’t already read the newspaper, you should start!
Discuss current events with your parents and friends. Plan your summer and get started this week!
Jon Pogatchnik - [email protected]
Kelsey Snyder - [email protected]
Shelia Fitzgerald - [email protected]
Chapter 1
A New World
Reading # 1
Tenochtitlan
Reading #3
pp. 6-17
North American Indians
Mound Builders (summarize)
Chaco Canyon
Native American Society
Gender Relations (summarize)
European Views of Indians (summarize)
Concept Question: What were the major
patterns of Native American life before
Europeans arrived?
Haciendas
pp. 27-40
Mestizos
Justification for Conquest (summarize)
Martin Luther
95 Theses
Pope Paul III
De la Casa
Reforming the Empire (summarize)
Exploring North America (summarize)
Spanish Florida (Summarize)
Results of the Pueblo Revolt (summarize)
Concept Question: What were the chief features
Reading #2
of the Spanish empire in America?
pp. 17-27
Christian Liberty (summarize)
Reading #4
Freedom and Authority (summarize)
Liberty and Liberties (summarize)
Caravel and exploration
Freedom and Slavery (summarize)
Chris Columbus in the New World
Johannes Gutenberg
Hernan Cortes
Columbian Exchange
Hispaniola
Concept Question: What happened when
the peoples of the Americas came in
pp. 40-48
Samuel de Champlain
New France and the Indians (summarize)
Henry Hudson
Dutch Freedom (summarize)
Religious Toleration
New Netherlands and the Indians (summarize)
Concept Question: What were the chief features
of the French and Dutch empire in North
America?
contact with Europeans?
Summaries/Concept Question should be 3-7 sentences in length and include 1 quote (SFI) that
supports the main idea of your summary.
Chapter 2
The Beginnings of English America (1607-1660)
Reading #1
Reading #4
pp.55-59
Virginia Company
Puritans
Roanoke colony
pp. 69-76
Moral liberty
Plantation
Development of English colonization (summary)
Spreading Protestantism (summary)
A Discourse Concerning Western Planting
Motives for colonization (summary)
Concept Question: What were the main contours of
English colonization in the seventeenth century?
Reading #2
indentured servant
John Winthrop
Pilgrims
Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
Great Migration
Puritan society (summary)
Concept Question: What made the English
settlement of New England distinctive?
Reading #5
pp. 59-63
pp. 76-84
relationships with Indians (summary)
Roger Williams
changes to land
captivity narratives
settlers in the Chesapeake overcome?
Pequot War
changes for Indians
Anne Hutchinson
Concept Question: What obstacles did the English
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Reading #3
Jamestown
pp. 63-69
Half-Way Covenant
Concept Question: What were the main
sources of discord in early New England?
Reading #6
John Smith
Headright system
House of Burgesses
Uprising of 1622
tobacco colony
dower rights
Concept Question: How did Virginia and Maryland
develop in their early years?
Magna Carta
pp. 84-89
The English Civil War
England’s debate on freedom (summary)
English liberty
Act Concerning Religion
Oliver Cromwell’s colonization policy
Concept Question: How did the English Civil
War affect the colonies in America?
Summaries should be 3-7 in length and include 1 quote (SFI) that supports the main idea of your
summary/concept question.
Chapter 3
Creating Anglo-America (1660-1750)
Reading #1
Mercantilism
Reading #3
pp. 94-101
Royal African Company
The five Iroquois Nations
Charter of Liberties and Privileges
Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
Pennsylvania
pp. 108-113
Glorious Revolution (summary)
The Salem Witch Trials (summary)
Concept Question: What major social
and political crisis rocked the colonies in
the late 1700’s and what effect did it
have on the colonies?
The Quakers
William Penn
Reading #4
Land in Pennsylvania
Concept Question: How did the English
empire expand in the mid-seventeenth
century?
Reading #2
pp. 101-108
Englishmen and Africans (Summary)
113-124
A diverse population (summary)
Religious Diversity (summary)
Regional Diversity (summary)
Concept Question: What social and
economic change occurred in the colonies?
Black Stereotypes
Reading #5
Slavery based on…
Slavery in the West Indies (summary)
Sugar
Legal status of Blacks
Chesapeake Slavery (summary)
Bacons Rebellion
CausesFacts-
Consequences of-
pp. 124-130
The Colonial Elite (summary)
Poverty in the Colonies (summary)
Women and the Household Economy
(summary)
North America at Mid-Century (summary)
Concept Question: How did patterns of class and
gender roles change in 18th century America?
Notions of Freedom (summary)
Concept Question: How was Slavery
established in America?
Summaries/Concept Question should be 3-7 sentences in length and include 1 quote (SFI)
that supports the main idea of your summary.