Compare and Contrast the Economic, Social, and Political development

1.Compare and Contrast the Economic, Social, and Political development of New England and the Chesapeake Bay Colonies.

2.Columbus deserves the credit and should be celebrated for his discovery of America. To what extent do you agree with this statement? this statement for the 1600s.

3.Evaluate the extent to which trans-Atlantic interactions from 1600-1754 contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change in labor systems on the British North American colonies.

4.Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?

5.Early encounters between American Indians and European colonists led to a variety of relationships among the different cultures. Analyze how the actions taken by BOTH American Indians and European colonists shaped those relationships in TWO of the following regions. Confine your answer to the 1600s: New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New York and New France.

6.Choose two of the following and analyze their impact on colonial North American development between 1620 and 1776: Puritanism, the Enlightenment, the 1st Great Awakening.

7.“Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.” Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600s.

8.Compare and contrast the ways in which TWO uprising or acts of social unrest reflected tensions in colonial society.