Answer SIX, short answer questions for 35 points each for a total of 210 points. Short answer responses may not exceed 350 words per question (roughly 1.5 pages double-spaced) and should start with a thesis statement in bold and provide specific, detailed evidence to support the argument. Use concrete, specific evidence and analysis. Be sure to address all parts of the prompts as well
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1. Identify, analyze, and assess the major causes, benefits, and consequences (immediate and long-term) of European exploration from the 15th-18th centuries.
2. Discuss the role of religion and religious dissent in the settlement of the 13 colonies.
3. According to Ronald Takaki, the British constructed concepts of civilization and savagery in Ireland and America. Compare and contrast the British experiences with the Irish and indigenous peoples of America. How did this contribute to formation of an American-identity?
4. What were the cultural misunderstandings between the British colonists and indigenous peoples? Identify and assess three events that demonstrate these misunderstandings.
5. Compare and contrast the utopian ideals of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Massachusetts Bay. How did these founding ideals shape and influence life within the colony.
6. What did King Philips War, Bacons Rebellion, and the Salem Witch trials demonstrate about English ideas of race, gender, and class in 17th Century America?
7. Identify and assess the key elements, events, and laws establishing race-based slavery in the American colonies prior to the American Revolution.
8. Identify, analyze, and assess the major elements of the 18th Century that helped unify the American colonists. Which two were the most significant and why?
9. Explain why the American Revolution occurred through three, significant pieces of legislation imposed upon the colonists and the colonial reaction to these laws. What motivated the British? What motivated the colonists?