Study Guide for US History
AP American History Free Response Essays
Each day will have a specific essay question. For the 1st Quarter ONLY, you are to simply write a detailed outline of what you would include in your essay. From the 2nd Quarter on, you are to write both a detailed outline and the essay with it. The date listed will be the day the assignment is due.
September 16, 2009
Compare the cultures that could be found in the New World prior to the Europeans. Why were some groups more advanced than others throughout the same region?
September 17, 2009
Compare the experience of the French, Spanish, and English in colonizing the New World. What common perception of the region did they share? Discuss the differences in their relationship with Native Americans.
September 21, 2009
Why did England colonize the New World later than the rest of Europe? What political and religious conditions had created a century of conflict in England? What factors finally pushed the English west, across the ocean?
September 22, 2009
Describe the social, economic, and political changes which occurred in Europe and led to the exploration and colonization of the New World.
September 23, 2009
Describe the process by which early Portuguese traders acquired slaves in West Africa.
September 24, 2009
Explain how the economies and social structures of New England, the Chesapeake, and the middle colonies differed from one another.
September 28, 2009
Compare and contrast the English colonies of the Chesapeake with their counterparts at Massachusetts Bay. What were their similarities and their differences?
September 29, 2009
Describe the Puritans. What were their beliefs? Why did they leave England for Massachusetts Bay? What did they hope to accomplish in the New World? How did the dynamics of their faith affect their New World existence?
September 30, 2009
In what ways was Pennsylvania unique in colonial America? What role did religion play in explaining that uniqueness?
October 1,
Each day will have a specific essay question. For the 1st Quarter ONLY, you are to simply write a detailed outline of what you would include in your essay. From the 2nd Quarter on, you are to write both a detailed outline and the essay with it. The date listed will be the day the assignment is due.
September 16, 2009
Compare the cultures that could be found in the New World prior to the Europeans. Why were some groups more advanced than others throughout the same region?
September 17, 2009
Compare the experience of the French, Spanish, and English in colonizing the New World. What common perception of the region did they share? Discuss the differences in their relationship with Native Americans.
September 21, 2009
Why did England colonize the New World later than the rest of Europe? What political and religious conditions had created a century of conflict in England? What factors finally pushed the English west, across the ocean?
September 22, 2009
Describe the social, economic, and political changes which occurred in Europe and led to the exploration and colonization of the New World.
September 23, 2009
Describe the process by which early Portuguese traders acquired slaves in West Africa.
September 24, 2009
Explain how the economies and social structures of New England, the Chesapeake, and the middle colonies differed from one another.
September 28, 2009
Compare and contrast the English colonies of the Chesapeake with their counterparts at Massachusetts Bay. What were their similarities and their differences?
September 29, 2009
Describe the Puritans. What were their beliefs? Why did they leave England for Massachusetts Bay? What did they hope to accomplish in the New World? How did the dynamics of their faith affect their New World existence?
September 30, 2009
In what ways was Pennsylvania unique in colonial America? What role did religion play in explaining that uniqueness?
October 1,