AP US History (Mr. Palmieri)
Semester One, Unit One: North American and Colonial Societies to 1763
We will investigate the land and peoples of North America that inhabited what would become the United States. We will
study colonization attempts by Europeans in North America and the interaction between Native Americans and
newcomers. Colonial societies will be explored, with attention to the social, economic, and political characteristics of the
original 13 British colonies.
All questions on both textbook reading and document reading should be completed (written out) when you come to class
on the day with which they are listed. Vocab words should also be defined. Assignments are due on the day with which
they are listed. Readings begin and end at blue or brown section headings on the pages listed.
Wednesday, August 12: Welcome and Introduction
Review syllabus and Unit One guide, review summer assignments, assign US Geography for quiz
Thursday, August 13: US History in a World History context
DUE: Notes and questions on Taylor, American Colonies, chapters 1-4 and 9
Friday, August 14: Native American Societies
US GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
Notes on Taylor, American Colonies, chapters 1-2
Monday, August 17: Native Americans and Puritans
Taylor, American Colonies, chapter 9, We Shall Remain Video and questions
Tuesday, August 18: Spain in the Americas
Notes on Taylor, American Colonies, chapters 3-4
Wednesday, August 19: France and the Netherlands in North America, p. 40-44
1. Why did the French, Spanish, and Dutch establish colonies in North America? What similarities and differences can
you identify?
2. Who were the Iroquois? Describe interactions they had with other Native Americans.
3. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: Huguenots, Jesuits
Thursday, August 20: Colonists in the Chesapeake and Native Americans, p. 44-53
4. What were the similarities and differences between Jamestown and Maryland?
5. What was indentured servitude? Why was it established and what were the problems with it?
6. Give the reasons for Bacon’s Rebellion and its significance.
7. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: Walter Raleigh, Roanoke Island, Powhatan, Virginia Company, John Smith, John Rolfe, House of Burgesses,
William Berkeley, Toleration Act (1649)
Friday, August 21: Puritan New England, p. 53-58
8. Who were the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Puritans of Mass Bay Colony? Discuss commonalities and differences
9. Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson? What do their stories tell you about Mass Bay colony?
10. What did John Winthrop mean when he said “We must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill”?
11. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: Plymouth, William Bradford, Mayflower Compact, John Winthrop, Salem Witch Trials, Massasoit, town meeting
Monday, August 24: Puritan New England, in TAYLOR, American Colonies, p. 166-178
12. Take a least a page of notes on important ideas and concepts in the reading. You can identify some key terms but also
focus on main ideas that are discussed in the reading.
Tuesday, August 25: Politics on both sides of the Atlantic, p. 66-74
13. What was mercantilism? What laws did England pass to implement mercantilism in the American colonies?
14. What was the reaction in the colonies to these laws and what responses did the English government make?
15. What characterized the early economic development of South Carolina?
16. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II and the Restoration, Glorious Revolution, Sir Edmund Andros,
Navigation Acts, Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, Quakers
Wednesday, August 26: The Slave Trade and Southern Society, p. 74-85
17. Describe the South Atlantic system (also called the triangular trade). Include the role of sugar in this trade.
18. How did slavery in the Chesapeake change in the 17th century? What were the differences in conditions under
slavery in the West Indies, Chesapeake, and South Carolina?
19. Characterize the African-American culture that developed under slavery.
20. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Document 3-7, The Secret Diary of William Byrd II (1709-1711) Read the document. Answer the follow-up question in
the book that you find most interesting. Write a question for which you are curious about your classmate’s insights.
Vocab: Middle Passage, Gullah, Stono Rebellion
Thursday, August 27: The Atlantic Economy, p. 85-93
21. Summarize the information conveyed by the map on page 86 in your own words.
22. Define Salutary Neglect and its effect on American colonies.
23. How did the American colonies compete with British economic power and what was the British reaction?
24. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: Triangle Trade, War of Jenkins Ear, Molasses Act of 1733, Currency Act of 1751
Friday, August 28: The Growing Colonies
CHAPTER 3 QUIZ
Monday, August 31: Colonial Society, p. 96-107
25. Take a least a page of notes on important ideas and concepts in the reading and in the handout. You can identify some
key terms but also focus on main ideas that are discussed in the reading.
Document 4-2, The Obligations of a Wife (1712) Read the document. Answer the follow-up question in the book that you
find most interesting. Write a question for which you are curious about your classmate’s insights.
Tuesday, September 1: Religion and The Great Awakening, p. 107-115
26. What was the Enlightenment and what was its impact in America?
27. What was the Great Awakening and what were its social, political, and religious effects?
28. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Document (handout) Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) Outline CAPP (Context, Audience, Purpose, and
Point-of-View) for the document.
Vocab: Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Old and New Lights, Halfway Covenant
Wednesday, September 2: The French and Indian War, p. 116-121
29. What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
30. What was Pontiac’s Rebellion and what did the British do in response?
31. Write a question that you are curious about from what you have read.
Vocab: Albany Conference, Benjamin Franklin, Iroquois Confederacy, Proclamation of 1763
Thursday, September 3 (EXDAY): Conflicts within and between Colonies, p. 120-125
32. Take a least a page of notes on these three conflicts in the colonies: the Paxton Boys, the S.C. Regulators,
and the N.C. Regulators. Include causes, effects, similarities and differences amongst the three.
Tuesday, September 8: Unit One Review
Wednesday, September 9: Unit One TEST