1 Advanced Placement United States History Summer Assignment for the 2011 –12 school year Welcome to AP U.S. History! If you are in receipt of this information, then you have enrolled in AP U.S. History for the 2011‐11 school year. This is a demanding but rewarding course which will require that you do some preparation before you arrive in August. The enclosed packet contains a summer reading assignment covering the first three chapters of your AP US textbook. There are five general purposes for this preparatory work: 1. To get your juices flowing about American history, particularly our first topic of Colonial America. 2. To accelerate our movement through this topic. We have to complete our study of United States History by May 11 (AP Exam Date). If there is one topic that most of you have already had limited exposure to, Colonial America is it. Therefore, we will move quickly through this material. 3. To orient you to the workload you will have this year. Reading is your primary “homework” all year long. Successful assimilation of this information requires analysis and synthesis. I hope these assignments will give you a taste of these requirements. 4. To help you start thinking like an historian. How do we know what we know about the past? What evidence do we use to understand history, and how reliable is that evidence? Your active reading of the text will enhance your understanding. 5. To help you begin to focus on the American definition of freedom and liberty and how it has evolved through the years. We will be using the various definitions of freedom as an anchor to help us understand all of the diverse strands that make up American history. As you begin to focus in on these various definitions of freedom, ask yourself the following questions: What is freedom? Who is entitled to freedom? How have definitions of freedom changed over the course of the American past? 2 Learning Objectives As with all units of study, learning objectives will help focus your thinking and confirm your understanding. As you work through this assignment, think about answers to the following essential questions: What was the Columbian Exchange and was it a net positive or negative for the world? What changes were taking place in Western Europe that resulted in interest in colonization in America? How did England’s colonization of Ireland affect its colonization of the new world? What role did religion play in colonization in America? What were the major social, cultural, religious and economic differences between the colonies in America and how will this lead to sectional differences? What was the significance of Bacon’s Rebellion? How did Britain’s Glorious Revolution effect the development of America? How did Spain, France and England differ in their respective approaches to colonizing the Americas? How did British mercantilism affect the colonies? How did the meaning of freedom differ among the colonies? How did British definitions of freedom compare to Native American definitions of freedom? Assignment 1 – 1) Read the first three chapters in the textbook; Give Me Liberty 2nd Seagull edition by Eric Foner. Read these pages as an introduction to colonial America. As with all readings this year, keep in mind the learning objectives as they are the essential things you must know about U.S. History. Also, you have been given a list of key terms below for this unit. Look for them as you read, and get to know them. You can purchase this book, as well as the two primary source readers, from the Ursuline Web site, or you can purchase these books from other sources such as Amazon.com. The information needed to buy the books is as follows: Give Me Liberty! An American History, 2nd Seagull Edition [Paperback) Author ‐ Eric Foner • Paperback: 1264 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Second Seagull Edition (September 19, 2008) • Language: English • ISBN‐10: 0393932575 • ISBN‐13: 978‐0393932577 3 Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition [Paperback] Eric Foner (Editor) • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Third Edition (August 31, 2010) • Language: English • ISBN‐10: 0393935663 • ISBN‐13: 978‐0393935660 Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History Vol. 2, 3rd Edition [Paperback] Eric Foner (Editor) • Paperback: 362 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Third Edition (September 2, 2010) • Language: English • ISBN‐10: 039393568X • ISBN‐13: 978‐0393935684 2) Choose four of the essential questions listed above and write a descriptive paragraph for each that captures the essence of that question. This is due the first day of class. 3) This assignment should be typed and double‐spaced. 4) I strongly recommend that you condense the contents of each chapter into a one or two page synopsis for your review later. I also strongly recommend that you continue this process throughout the school year. These will not be collected but should provide a useful learning tool for you. I also strongly recommend that you compile a list of the terms found in each syllabus and define each term for review for tests and exams. Terms for the 1st unit are listed below. Terms Mercantilism Martin Luther Sir Humphrey Gilbert John Calvin Great Migration Henry VIII Christopher Columbus Church of England Smallpox Separatists Joint Stock Company Plantation model of Colonization African slave trade Fur trade Dutch West India Company Spanish Armada Enclosure movement Roanoke William Bradford John Smith John Winthrop Virginia Company Massachusetts Bay Colony Tobacco 4 Halfway Covenant Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson King Phillip’s War English Civil War Quakers Carolina Colonies Glorious Revolution Leisler’s Rebellion Restoration Colonies Patriarchal society Headright System Indentured servants Powhatan Indians Royal Colony Proprietary Colony Bacon’s Rebellion Mayflower Compact Georgia Colony Navigation Acts Dominion of New England Puritan community