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APUSH/Rodgers:SUMMERASSIGNMENT
TheAmericanPageantChapters1-6
GuidingQuestions:WriteresponsestotheseGQs.Youmaytypetheresponsesto
makesureyouprovidethoroughandthoughtfulanswers!!!
Chapter1:NewWorldBeginnings
1. WhatcausedEuropeanstobeginexploring?
2. DescribethecommercethePortugueseestablishedinAfrica.
3. Describetheenvironmentalimpactofthe“collision”ofthetwoworlds.
4. ConnecttheSpanishConquistadoresandcapitalism.
5. Describethe“BlackLegend.”WasthisanaccuratedepictionofSpanish
activityinthenewworld?
Chapter2:ThePlantingofEnglishAmerica
1. ExplainwhyEnglandwasslowtoenterthecolonizationraceandwhat
factorsfinallyledittolaunchcoloniesintheearlyseventeenthcentury.
2. DescribethedevelopmentoftheJamestowncolonyfromitsdisastrous
beginningstoitslaterprosperity.
3. DescribetheculturalandsocialinteractionandexchangebetweenEnglish
settlersandIndiansinVirginiaandtheeffectsoftheVirginians’policyof
warfareandforcedremovalonIndiansandwhites.
4. Comparethetobacco-basedeconomicdevelopmentofVirginiaand
MarylandwithSouthCarolina’srelianceonlarge-plantationrice-growing
andAfricanslaverybasedonWestIndianmodels.
5. Identifythemajorsimilaritiesanddifferencesamongthesoutherncolonies
ofVirginia,Maryland,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgia.
Chapter3:SettlingtheNorthernColonies
1. DescribethePuritansandtheirbeliefs,andexplainwhytheyleftEngland
fortheNewWorld.
2. ExplainhowthePuritans’theologyshapedthegovernmentandsocietyof
theMassachusettsBayColony.
3. ExplainhowMassachusettsBay’sconflictwithreligiousdissenters,aswell
asneweconomicopportunities,ledtotheexpansionofNewEnglandinto
RhodeIsland,Connecticut,andelsewhere.
4. DescribetheconflictbetweencolonistsandIndiansinNewEnglandandthe
effectsofKingPhilip’sWar.
5. SummarizeearlyNewEnglandattemptsatintercolonialunityandthe
consequencesofEngland’sGloriousRevolutioninAmerica.
6. DescribethefoundingofNewYorkandPennsylvania,andexplainwhy
thesetwosettlementsaswellastheothermiddlecoloniesbecameso
ethnically,religiously,andpoliticallydiverse.
7. Describethecentralfeaturesofthemiddlecolonies,andexplainhowthey
differedfromNewEnglandandthesoutherncolonies.
Chapter4:AmericanLifeintheSeventeenthCentury
1. Howdidthefactorsofpopulation,economics,disease,andclimateshape
thebasicsocialconditionsandwaysoflifeofearlyAmericansinboththe
SouthandNewEngland?
2. WhatwastheunderlyingcauseoftheexpansionofAfricanslaveryin
EnglishNorthAmerica?
3. Couldthecolonies“laborproblem”havebeensolvedwithoutslavery?
4. HowdidAfricanAmericansdevelopaculturethatcombinedAfricanand
Americanelements?Whatweresomeofthefeaturesofthatculture?
5. Howdidthenumbersandconditionofwomenaffectfamilylifeandsociety
inNewEngland,amongsouthernwhites,andamongAfricanAmerican
slaves?Compareandcontrastthetypicalfamilyconditionsandwaysoflife
amongvariousmembersofthesethreegroups.
6. Howdidtheharshclimateandsoil,sternreligionandtightlyknitNew
Englandtownshapethe“Yankeecharacter?”
7. Comparetheconditionsofseventeenthcenturysocial,economicand
religiouslifeinNewEnglandandtheChesapeakeregion.
8. HowdidtheSalemwitchepisodereflectthetensionsandchangesin
seventeenthcenturyNewEnglandlifeandthought?
9. InwhatwaysdidtheEnglishandAfricanswhocametoAmericainthe
seventeenthcenturyhavetoshapetheirsocietyandwayoflifetofitthe
conditionstheyfacedintheNewWorld?
Chapter5:ColonialSocietyontheEveoftheRevolution
1. ExplainhowAmericaseemedlikea“shininglandofequalityand
opportunity”comparedtoEurope.
2. Describehowthestructureofcolonialsocietydifferedinthenorthernand
southerncolonies.
3. Explainhowtheeconomiesofthesouthern,middleandNewEngland
coloniesdiffered.
4. WhatwerethedominantchurchesinAmericain1775?
5. WhatwasTheGreatAwakeningandwhattransformativerolediditplayin
Americansociety?
6. WhatwasthegreatestinfluenceonAmericanculture?Provideexamples.
7. DescribethesignificanceofBenjaminFranklin.
8. WhowasJohnPeterZengerandwhateventmakeshimamemorablefigure
intheAmericanhistoricalnarrative?
9. WhatwerethesignificantcontributionsAmericancolonistsmadeto
politicalscienceby1775?
10.Howdoesthetextdescribethe“strikingsimilarities”incolonialAmerica?
11.Doyoubelievethatcolonialsocietywasclose-knitandhomogenousora
placewhereinequalitieswereerodingthesocialorder?
Chapter6:TheDuelforNorthAmerica
1. Describethe“clashofempires”thatwasheatingupinNorthAmericain
theearly18thcentury.
2. ExplainthetensionsurroundingthelandoftheOhioValleybetweenthe
FrenchandtheBritish.
3. WhatroledidGeorgeWashingtonplayintheconflict?
4. WhowontheFrenchandIndianWar?Whatwasthesignificanceofthat
victoryforthecolonists?FortheBritish?FortheFrench?
5. WastheProclamationof1763agamechanger?Explain.
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