AP US History Summer Assignments
Summer 2015
Assignment # 1
1. Read Chapters 1-2 in textbook The Enduring Vision
2. Answer the following essay question: Why were the English interested and capable of
settling the New World in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?
Assignment # 2
1. Read Chapters 3-4 in textbook The Enduring Vision
2. Answer the following essay question: How diverse was colonial life between the three
regions of the English Thirteen colonies: New England, the middle colonies (New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware), and the southern colonies?
Assignment # 3
1. Read Chapter 5 in textbook The Enduring Vision
2. Answer the following essay question: Between 1607 and 1763, how did the British North
American colonies develop experience in and the expectation of self-government and
individual freedoms?
Assignment #4
The following are terms are used in your textbook. Identify, describe, and/or define each in your
own words and hand in those definitions on the first day of school. Be sure to know and
understand the terms since they will be used frequently throughout the course. Some of the terms
will have multiple definitions, so be sure to use the logical choice in relation to U.S. History.
1. Jingoism
2. Antebellum
3. Radical
4. Yeoman farmers
5. Republicanism
6. Philanthropist
7. Fiscal
8. Hierarchy
9. Aristocracy
10. Gentry
11. Subsidies
12. Monopoly
13. Militant
14. Surplus
15. Deficit
16. Fundamentalism
17. Conservative
18. Liberal
19. Monetary
20. Repeal
21. Isolationism
29. 29. Martyr
22. Internationalism 30. 30. Inflation/
23. Partisanship
Deflation
24. Agrarian
31. 31.Entrepreneurship
25. Speculation
32. 32. Idealism/Idealist
26. Mainstream
33. 33. Disillusionment
27. Autonomy
34. 34. Ideology
28. Repudiation
35. 34. Geopolitical
28.Disenfranchised 36. 35. Evangelical
/Enfranchised 37. 36. Demographic
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Please see the reverse side
Important Logistical Information
1. All work must be typed. All essays must be double-spaced, Times New Roman
font, size 12. Minimum of five paragraphs each, which includes an opening and a
conclusion.
2. Do not rely solely on the textbook to answer the essay questions. The best essays
will be those that demonstrate knowledge beyond that which is in the textbook.
HOWEVER, DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. All work must be in your own words.
3. All questions about the assignments or the class can be e-mailed to me at the
following address: sean.sullivan@clover.k12.sc.us.
4. Meet the deadline. Late work will not be accepted.
Have a great summer!!!