Great Awakening

For Wednesday/Thursday, 9/30-10/1:  Enlightenment and Great Awakening:  Read 84 – 105
1.      What was the Enlightenment, and how did it affect the British American colonies?
2.      What was the Great Awakening, and why was it important?

Know the significance of the following: Enlightenment; proprietary colony; royal colony; charter colony; established church; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Rhode Island; Great Awakening; Jonathan Edwards; George Whitefield; Deism.

The Middle Colonies

For Tuesday, 9/29:  Read 52-65.        
1. What distinguishing characteristics did Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey hold in common in terms of their economy and society?  Have any of these characteristics survived to today?  Are they a part of American culture, society, economy, and/or politics?
2.  How was Pennsylvania different from all the other colonies?
3.   What was the Dominion of New England and why might it be important to the long-term history of the colonies and the American revolution?

Know the significance of the following:

William Penn; Holy Experiment; Society of Friends (Quakers); Peter Stuyvesant; Iroquois; Benjamin Franklin.

Also: From time to time I will post parts of the documentary New York by Ken Burns so that you can see the correlations between what we are studying in class and the great city you live in. Below is the first part (1/8) of Episode 1.   I ask that you watch the first three parts of Episode 1 by Wednesday. I think it will give you some real insight into colonial life in your city.

 www.youtube.com/embed/vAl7M0Le1Kg

Papal Visit Articles

Pope Francis Brings "Tough Love" to America
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/pope-francis-america-congress-visit/

Five Things to Look for During Papal Visit
http://ncronline.org/blogs/faith-and-justice/five-things-look-during-papal-visit

Pope to Challenge Congress on Immigration
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/25/pope-congress-immigration/32274119/

Pope Francis and Climate Change
http://ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2015/05/14/pope-francis-climate-change-making-huge-bets/

Highlights and Explanations from Pope Francis's Address to Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/24/us/pope-francis-address-congress.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=b-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

The Puritan Mission in New England

Wednesday, 9/23: Read 43-52.
Thursday/Friday 9/24-25: Read 76-82.
1.    What was the Puritan mission?
2.  How were the Puritans different from the Pilgrims (Separatists)?
3.   How did the New England economy, society, culture, and government differ from the southern colonies?  Why were these differences present?
4.   What long-term affects did the New England colonies have on American society, culture, economy, and politics?

Know the significance of the following:

Pilgrims; Puritans; Separatist; Non-Separatists; Church of England; John Winthrop; Calvinism; Anne Hutchinson; Roger Williams; “elect” or “saints”; Thomas Hooker; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut; Old Deluder Act; King Phillip’s War; Salem Witch Trials; Dominion of New England

The Southern Colonies

For Thursday/Friday , 9/17-18:  England’s First Colony:  Read 25-33.
1.      What events and new ideas enabled English colonization of the Americas?
2.      Was Jamestown a success?

For Monday,  9/21 The Chesapeake Colonies & The Carolinas:  Read 33-39, 66-76

1.      In what ways were Maryland and Virginia the same and different?
2.      What affect did tobacco have on Chesapeake economy, culture, and society?
3.      Why was Bacon’s Rebellion important?
4.      What important precedents do you see developing in Virginia by 1700?
5.      Describe the development of slavery in the southern British colonies.
6.      How were the Carolinas different from the Chesapeake colonies?
7.      Can you see any long-term affects that the southern colonies had on American society, culture, economy, and politics?

Know the significance of the following: joint stock company; headright system; John Smith; John Rolfe; House of Burgesses; Bacon’s Rebellion; James Oglethorpe.

Columbus, Historiography and the Columbian Exchange

Monday/Tuesday, Sept.14-15:
Read Course Outline.

Read the section on Christopher Columbus from Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (distributed in class).  Answer the following reflection questions in your notebook.  Be ready to discuss them in class.

1. What do you think of Christopher Columbus after reading Zinn's article?  Is this a different opinion than you had before the reading?  Does this change your perspective on American history?
2. What do you think of Howard Zinn?  Does he write good history?

Wednesday, Sept. 16: 
Read Chapter 1 in your textbook.  You do not need to take notes on this chapter, but informally answer these questions in your notebook.
1. How was Native American culture different from European culture?
2. What happened when the New World and Old World collided?  How did it affect the Old World and the New World?
3. Why did Europeans win the conflict with native people so decisively?
4. What kind of culture developed in the Spanish colonies?

The podcast below is a great interview of Charles Mann about his book, 1493, which discusses how Columbus' discovery of the new world radically changed both the Old World and the New World by exchanging germs, plants and animals between the two.

 http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=138924127&m=139024924