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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...