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Summer Assignment 2015
AP US History
Pre-requisite: B or better in World History and Geography 1500 A.D. to Present or Honors World History and
Geography 1500 A.D. to Present
Expectations: This course provides a year-long college level survey course in US History. It would be more accurate to
call it “American Civilization” because in addition to the facts, figures, and wars of US History, the student will learn the
art, culture, songs, dress, and numerous other elements of American societal development. Solid reading, writing, test
taking skills and a desire to devote personal time to homework and study are needed to be successful in “APUSH”.
Emphasis on themes developed by the AP College Board will be traced throughout the year and a long time change that
helped shape our present American culture will be studied. The themes include:
Identity
Work, exchange, and technology
Peopling
Politics and Power
America and the World
Environment and Geography
Ideas, Beliefs and Culture
Please Purchase:
5 Steps to a 5 A.P. U. S. History - available on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble - Please make sure it is the 2015 edition
that matches the New Exam
Suggested reading list:
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph Ellis
1776, David McCullough
The Age of Jackson, Arthur M. Schlesinger
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
Battle Cry of Freedom, James McPherson
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, Cokie Roberts
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Suggested websites: Explore the AP US History Website from the College Board and read up on the course overview,
description and test. Link: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-united-states-history
http://www.historyteacher.net/ - one stop research site!
www.apstudent.com – a helpful place to check out AP info!
Digital US History – great reference site for everything US!
Milestones in US History - timeline
APUSH Unit Notes – accompanies textbook
Lectures On Line – This site accompanies your Textbook
APUSH Question of the Day – daily practice for the multiple choice portion of AP Exam
Words to the Preamble - every student should have this memorized!
Founding Fathers Rap - - explains the Constitution!
Summer Assignments: - All MUST neatly handwritten or typed
Two (2) summer assignments are required for this course. Both assignments are due the FIRST CLASS
MEETING. Each DAY (not date) late is a 10 point deduction. If you are unwilling to do this assignment, you
MAY want to re-examine your enrollment in this course.
Assignment #1
I. There will be an Open Book Test the second class meeting on this assignment. Read the first 4 chapters in
in the textbook, take notes for each chapter (format for notes follows – please use 8 ½ x 11 paper –
minimum 3 pages per chapter). Define the following terms:
1 – Exploration, Discovery, and Settlement, 1492-1700
1. North American Land Bridge
2. Iroquois
3. Renaissance
4. Compass
5. Printing Press
6. Ferdinand and Isabella
7. Protestant Reformation
8. Henry the Navigator
9. Nation – states
10. Christopher Columbus
11. Amerigo Vespucci
12. Papal line of demarcation
13. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
14. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
15. Ferdinand Magellan
16. Hernan Cortes
17. Francisco Pizarro
18. Conquistadores
19. Encomienda system
20. Asiento system
21. John Cabot
22. Giovanni de Verrazano
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23. Jacques Cartier
24. Samuel de Champlain
25. Father Jacques Marquette
26. Robert de la Salle
27. Henry Hudson
28. Joint-stock company
29. Father Junipero Serra
30. Virginia Company
31. Jamestown
32. Captain John Smith
33. John Rolfe
34. Pocahontas
35. Royal colony
36. Puritans
37. Plymouth colony
38. Separatists
39. Pilgrims
40. Mayflower
41. Mayflower Compact
42. Massachusetts Bay Colony
43. John Winthrop
44. Great Migration
45. Virginia House of Burgesses
46. Columbian Exchange
47. Aztecs
48. Incas
49. Roanoke Island
2 – The Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire, 1607–1754
1. Corporate colonies
2. Proprietary colonies
3. George Calvert, Lord Baltimore
4. Act of Toleration (1649)
5. Sir William Berkeley
6. Bacon’s Rebellion
7. Indentured servitude
8. Headright system
9. Slave trade
10. Middle Passage
11. Roger Williams
12. Anne Hutchinson
13. Antinomianism
14. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
15. Halfway covenant
16. New England Confederation
17. Metacom(Metacomet)
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18. King Phillip’s War
19. Restoration colonies
20. Quakers
21. William Penn
22. Holy experiment
23. Frame of Government (1682-1683)
24. Charter of Liberties
25. James Oglethorpe
26. Mercantilism
27. Navigation Acts
28. Dominion of New England
29. Glorious Revolution
30. Triangular trade
31. Calvinism
Assignment #2
Choose ONE of the THREE below and write a five paragraph essay using MLA format. Be sure your thesis
statement is clear! This is to be TYPED and should include proper citations and bibliography. Please print it
out and send a copy via e-mail to your AP US History Teacher:
1) Compare and contrast the ideas and influence of Jonathan Edwards and George
Whitefield.
2) How did the 1730s mark an important shift in colonial religious history?
3) Describe the trend in ethnic diversity in the English colonies between 1607 and 1775
Teachers:
Nansemond River High School—Michelle Collins, michellecollins@spsk12.net
Lakeland High School---Daniel Waller, danielwaller@spsk12.net
King’s Fork High School—Brittany Collins, brittanycollins@spsk12.net
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Chapter Title:
Name:
Class: AP US / World History
Notes/Details:
Main Ideas / Questions
Summary / Reflection
Page ______ of _________ this chapter