Study Guide (Rykken Not Mine)

AP AMERICAN HISTORY

FUN WITH EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY!

The information contained in this packet needs to be read PRIOR to the

start of class in January. Consider this a streamlined version of American

history to 1800 that roughly corresponds to the first ten chapters of KCB.

If you have the Remini book (A Short History of the United States), this

reading will supplement his first two chapters. In addition, actively use

the AP Test Prep book as you work on this preliminary assignment – you

will find it helpful.

Note the assignment at the end of the document concerning the first

REVIEW TEST that you will take. You are expected to turn in the

assignment during the first week of class in late January.

NOTE CONCERNING THE CLASS WEB SITE

Along with this reading I strongly recommend that you become familiar

with the class web site. You will find the link on the Social Studies

Department web page. In particular, I suggest the following things:

• Read through each of the links on the left side of the CLASS

ORGANIZATION grid

• Complete the REVIEW QUIZZES that correspond with the

information in this document (Topics 1-7). The link for the quizzes

is located on the bottom left of the CLASS ORGANIZATION grid.

Rykken/Early American

Exploration: Europeans Arrive!

Explorers in the late 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries began the European phase of American

history. Their "discoveries" dispelled rumors of a northwest passage and settled ancient

questions of world geography. Contact between Europeans and Native Americans would have

a dramatic effect on Europe, but a devastating impact on those who were wrongly called

"Indians."

KEY CONCEPTS RELATED TO EUOPREAN COLONIZATION

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The rise of the nation-states in Europe was a factor in stimulating explorations in the

New World.

Spain and Portugal initially colonized the Western Hemisphere.

The Dutch colonized the Hudson River Valley, the French settled in parts of Canada

and the Ohio...