Exam Questions:
Here are the three essays. Remember you need to write about two of them.
- Which type of European colonization system do you believe had the most significant impact on the history of North America: Spanish, French, or British? In your answer, describe the colonization and settlement practices of all three empires and explain why you believe your choice had the largest impact.
- Do you think that the formation of a racially-based slave labor system was inevitable (meaning it was bound to happen) in colonial Virginia? Why or Why not? In your answer, describe the political, cultural, and economic, factors that affected the development of the slave system and the choices made by Virginians that brought the slave system into being.
- To what extent do you feel that the British colonists in North America saw themselves as united as a single cultural, economic, and political entity just prior to the American Revolution? In your answer discuss what factors you feel united the colonists and what factors separated them from each other between 1700 and 1775. {Hint: Be sure to consider the entire time period and to think about the people who did not support resistance to British taxes. You don’t want this answer to become a boring list of taxes and other acts of Parliament.}
