American History Before 1877
You are required to answer only one question in each section. Be sure to include as much information as possible to support your answer. Each answer should be 3-5 full paragraphs in length – at least 2 pages each. Be sure to cite your sources – at least 3 sources per section.
SECTION 1
1. Explain why there were no major witchcraft scares in the Chesapeake colonies and no uprising like Bacon’s Rebellion in New England. Consider the possible social, economic, and religious causes of both phenomena.
2. What factors made Native American peoples in the Americas vulnerable to conquest by European adventurers? Give at least three examples of how different Europeans interacted with Indians during the Colonial Era.
3. What was the role of the colonies in the British mercantilist system? Define the Navigation Acts and their long-term impact on the Atlantic Triangle Trade.
4. How did the Great War for Empire begin? How did its outcome change the relationship between England and its American colonies?
