UNIT ONE ESSAY QUESTIONS
UNIT ONE 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.
1. The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess the change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775
Land acquisition
Politics
Economics
2. Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following:
Foreign relations
Economic conditions
Western lands
3. The American Revolution should really be called the "British Revolution" because marked changes in British colonial policy were responsible for final political division than were American actions. Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1763 – 1776
4. 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.
5. To what extent was the United States Constitution a Radical Departure from the Articles of Confederation?
6. Evaluate the relative importance of THREE following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776:
Parliamentary taxation
British military measures
Restriction of civil liberties
The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas
7. Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values
8. Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.
9. Trace the growth of colonial political unity from the end of the French and Indian war to the Second Continental Congress
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.
1. The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess the change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775
Land acquisition
Politics
Economics
2. Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following:
Foreign relations
Economic conditions
Western lands
3. The American Revolution should really be called the "British Revolution" because marked changes in British colonial policy were responsible for final political division than were American actions. Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1763 – 1776
4. 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.
5. To what extent was the United States Constitution a Radical Departure from the Articles of Confederation?
6. Evaluate the relative importance of THREE following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776:
Parliamentary taxation
British military measures
Restriction of civil liberties
The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas
7. Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values
8. Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.
9. Trace the growth of colonial political unity from the end of the French and Indian war to the Second Continental Congress