Essay History

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Identification and Significance: Choose five of the following fifteen terms. Give answers that supply the “who, what, when, where, and why (significance)” for each term. To receive full credit, answers should be three to six sentences long (or one paragraph) and at the end of every identification you should place a parenthetical citation providing the text and page number your information is taken from. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET. USE ONLY YOUR TEXTBOOKS AND NOTES FROM CLASS.

Columbian Exchange encomienda House of Burgesses

indentured servant Bacon’s Rebellion Halfway Covenant

Stono Rebellion Stamp Act Congress Common Sense

Battle of Saratoga Shays's Rebellion three-fifths clause

Haitian Revolution Alien and Sedition Acts Virginia and Kentucky Resolves

Essay: Answer one the following essay questions. You must answer it completely, using examples from your reading and the videos. To receive full credit, your essay must be at least three pages in length (meaning it must spill onto the fourth page for full credit), and should include parenthetical citations, in each paragraph, showing where any information used was found. The essay is worth fifty points, or half of the exam grade. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET. USE ONLY YOUR TEXTBOOKS AND NOTES FROM CLASS.

Compare and contrast the colonial development of Virginia and Massachusetts. In your introduction, briefly explain the reason for each colony’s founding. Continue your essay with a discussion that addresses all of the following topics: (1) Indian relations; (2) indentured servitude; (3) the rise of colonial commerce; (4) colonial populations; (5) colonial economies; and (6) patterns of society. Your conclusion must analyze the success or failure of each colony with respect to its original goals.

Bitter political strife between the Federalists and Republicans characterized American government throughout its first twelve years under the Constitution of 1787. (1) Discuss one source of that strife by examining the crucial difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787. (2) Compare and contrast the ideologies and domestic policies of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists with those of Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans. (3) Finally, analyze the most important factors that contributed to the Republican ascendancy in 1800.