AP and Pre-AP US II Summer Assignment
Ms. N Van Ess    Mrs. S Harrington
2008-2009
Purpose:  to review key themes, ideas, and individuals from US I - 1607-1877
Readings:  Unger, Irwin and Robert R Tomes.  American Issues, Vol I to 1877: A Primary
	Source Reader in United States History.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:
	Prentice Hall, 2002.
1.2	John Winthrop		Why We Should Leave England
1.6	Venture Smith		An 18th Century Slave Describes His Enslavement
2.3	John Cotton		God Did Not Ordain Democracy Fit for Church
3.3	William Penn		William Penn Admires the Indians
4.4	Thomas Paine		Common Sense
4.9	Soame Jenyns		No Taxation Without Representation is an Invalid Argument
4.11	Abigail Adams		On Women's Rights
	Prince Hall		Prince Hall, a Former Slave
5.2	Patrick Henry		Virginia Should Reject the Constitution
5.4	James Madison		The Constitution Should be Ratified
6.1	Alexander Hamilton		The Report on Manufactures, December 5, 1791
6.2	Thomas Jefferson		Query XIX: Manufactures
6.7	G Washington		Farewell Address
8.1	Lowell Girls		The" Factory Girls" Tell Their Own Story
9.1	Andrew Jackson		Why I Vetoed the BUS Recharter
10.1	W L Garrison		Manifesto of a New Antislavery Movement
10.2	E C Stanton		The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
12.1	John Sullivan		Manifest Destiny
13.1	Harriet Jacobs		The Trials of Girlhood
14.1	John C. Calhoun		The South Defended
15.4	Abe Lincoln		The Emancipation Proclamation
			The Gettysburg Address
Assignment:  to read, outline, and take detailed notes on readings in preparation for class
discussion and essay writing.  Consider the following:  author, time period, place, main idea,
audience, purpose, and key quotes or phrases.
All students are expected to have assignment completed for Friday September 5, 2008.
Teacher will accept late assignments on the following Monday only (less one grade).
If assignment is not turned in, first marking period grade will be lowered by 10 points.
n.vaness@hackensackschools.org					s.harrington@hackensackschools.org