AP/Honors American Studies 2011 Summer Assignments - U.S. History OVERVIEW OF ASSIGNMENTS Why do we assign summer work?

First, we want to give you a sense of the level of reading and thinking we will expect from you when you begin the course. Second, we want to lighten the load you will face when you begin your sophomore year. Over the summer, you will need to complete the following history-focused assignments. When you have completed the steps below, you will have done what you need to do for history before the first day of school in August. HISTORY (items attached) 1. Read the attached pages (this is also available online) copied from the text packet America Past & Present 2. Complete the study guide assignment for Establishing Colonies in the New World according to the directions. 3. Read Serving Time in Virginia from After the Fact (a secondary source for the class you can pick up a copy from the school store or the chapter is available online) and answer the attached questions. 4. Read The Arrival of the English by Richard Hakluyt. As you read this primary document, begin by taking notes in the margin. a) What enticements awaited prospective colonists in the New World? Then, focus on analyzing the document b) What are two to three conclusions you can make about the author? c) What are two to three conclusions you can make about the time period? Answer these three questions on a separate sheet of paper.

AP/H American Studies Summer Assignments U.S. History Unit 1 Study Guide: Establishing Colonies in the New World Unit 1 Text Packet America Past & Present Directions: Using the attached packet from America Past & Present, read carefully and use the study guide below to identify important concepts. What we suggest is that you define the term and then brainstorm the short & long-term effects of this person/event/topic. Another way to think of the effects is what we call the so what why is this important in history? What is its impact? As teachers, we do not collect a completed study guide from you. What students have discovered is that the most successful students regularly complete a detailed study guide with a special emphasis on the so what. On the first day of school, we will discuss this information in class. There will be a test over the Establishing Colonies in the New World unit that includes the information from this reading assignment. Heres an example of how to collect data and analyze a term The term is the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) From our primary text, Created Equal - Within months of Columbus return, the pope in Rome issued a papal bull, or decree. This pronouncement, titled Inter Caetera, viewed the world as the rightful inheritance of Christianity, ignoring the rights of non-Christians in all lands, whether known or unknown to Europeans. It brashly divided the entire world between two Christian powers, Spain and Portugal, by drawing a line down through the western Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole. For 180 degrees west of the line, the Spanish alone could continue to seek access to Asia. East of the line, on the other half of the globe, Portugal would have a monopoly in developing the route that Dias had opened around the Cape of Good Hope. The two Iberian powers affirmed this division of the earth in the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), which put the line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Within years, both parties realized this agreement placed Brazil on the Portuguese side of the demarcation line, so Portugal quickly claimed the region. But by then, the Portuguese had already focused their attention on the African route to Asia, following da Gamas successful voyage to India in 1497. Despite their new foothold in the Americas, they left further Atlantic exploration to other European countries. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) divided the world in half between Spain and Portugal to explore and conquer (most of the Americas were given to Spain line allowed for Brazil to be given to Portugal) So what? The popes goal was to end conflict between two greatest exploring nations of the time and to claim these lands for Christianity So what? Other European countries (notably, the French, Dutch, and English) challenged the popes authority by trying to establish their own colonies in the Americas Terms: Lost Colony of Roanoke John Winthrops role and impact Massachusetts Bay Colony William Berkeleys role & impact Pilgrims Puritans Glorious Revolution effects both in Europe and the Americas joint-stock company Virginia Charter London Company

Jamestown Virginia Company John Smiths role & impact tobacco in the Virginia colony Houses of Burgesses headright system indentured servants Lord Baltimore/George Calvert Maryland colony Act concerning Religion (1649) Mayflower Mayflower Compact Plymouth Colony Great Migration city on a hill Congregationalism Laws & Liberties Roger Williams role & impact Antinomianism & Anne Hutchinson Thomas Hooker Rhode Island colony Essential Question (This is an overarching question that you want to be able to answer after studying the unit. Some units will have one question; others may have two to three. ) As the English established colonies in the New World, what were the key similarities and differences between the Chesapeake (Virginia) and New England (Massachusetts) colonies?

AP/H American Studies Name: ________________________ After the Fact: Serving Time in Virginia (page numbers will vary depending on which edition of the book you receive this is also available online) After the Fact is one of our supplemental texts. While we do not read all of the chapters, we will read several during the year. 1. On the first few pages, the authors bring the account of John Smith into question how historically accurate were his journals?

2. In borrowing an approach from sociologists, recent historians have studied documents and determined that a reconstructed examination of Virginian society is in order. Describe what the evidence revealed.

3. Jamestown investors had high hopes for a sound return on their investment. What factors made this unlikely?

4. Despite ongoing immigration to Virginia, how did Sam Argall describe what he found in 1617?

5. How did investor Sir Edwin Sandys try to entice settlers to Jamestown? How did he hope this would affect profits?

6. While Sandys plan continued to draw people to Virginia, the profits were still limited Why?

7. Why was tobacco a benefit and a threat to the Virginia colony?

8. Review the differences between indentured servants and slave labor. In 1619, a Dutch merchant sold slaves to Virginians, but this commodity was slow to develop why?