EACH ANSWER SHOULD CITE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXTBOOK
Each answer is worth 50 points. Be sure to answer two (and only two) questions.
Part 1
A. Using the textbook, videos, and course materials, explain why a dispute over Britain’s tax policy led to the Revolutionary War.
Why did this war ultimately lead to the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution? Explain as well which themes you think to be most relevant to these developments.
B. Using the textbook and video lectures, discuss the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary period in the United States.
How did the Revolution and the ideas associated with it, among other factors, change the status of Americans of different status ranging from white men and women to Native and African Americans?
How do the themes of democracy, mobility,and difference play into these issues?
A. Using the textbook and the videos, why did politicians and voters in the late 18th century and early nineteenth century break into political parties?
What were the issues (and personalities) that divided them, and how do the themes of democracy, difference, capitalism, and mobility play into these developments?
B. Using the textbook and the videos, compare and contrast the Democratic and Whig Parties?
What divided these policies? How did they differ in terms of mobilization, states-rights, executive power, Indian Removal, and economic development? Historians have referred to this period as the “era of the common man” do you agree?
