PART ONE

EARLY AMERICA

ESSAY QUESTIONS

THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAM QUESTIONS FOR YOUR NEXT UNIT TEST. TWO OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE RANDOMLY SELECTED; YOU WILL WRITE ON ONE OF THEM.

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

Pueblo Revolt (1680)

Salem witch craft trials (1692)

Stono Rebellion (1739)

2. This history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation, all having in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. Evaluate this accusation made against George III in the Declaration of Independence

3. Throughout the colonial period, economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns. Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to economic and religious concerns.

4. Evaluate the relative importance of THREE following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776:

Parliamentary taxation

Restriction of civil liberties

The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas

5. How did the colonists justify declaring their independence from Great Britain? How unified was the colonists in their desire for independence? What were some of the colonists reservations to independence? Explain.

6. Trace the growth of colonial political unity from the end of the French and Indian war to the Second Continental Congress

7. Why did the Second Continental Congress create the Articles of Confederation to be the document that it was and why did they replace it?

8. What is the rough outline of the Constitution look like? What are some of the key (and unique to in the eighteenth century) elements?

9. A society is characterized by similar values, mutual interest, shared institutions, and a common culture. consider the following Question: To what extent would it be accurate to say that the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies had merged to create a single American soicety by the outbreak of the Revolution?