Austin Community College History Questions

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Read: Chapter Three: British in North
America
■ Audiobook
■ Chapter Three Lecture
■ PPT
1. Choose only ONE of the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses should be in
your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting the text or assigned
videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow the quote to demonstrate how it
is germane to the short answer question. Responses should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
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Describe the Atlantic Economy. What were its origins? How did Europe, the
Americas and Africa play a role in the triangular trading system that emerged in
the seventeenth and eighteenth century, with the Atlantic Ocean as the highway
for trade?
How were some Native Americans enslaved in the Americas? Why did Native
American slaves ultimately not provide American colonies with a significant labor
force?
Describe African societies and the institution of slavery in Africa. How and why
did Africans come to supply European colonies in the New World large numbers
of slaves? Where did most African slaves sent to the New World go and why?
2. Choose only ONE of the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses should be in
your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting the text or assigned
videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow the quote to demonstrate how it
is germane to the short answer question. Responses should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
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What was the Middle Passage like for African slaves? How profitable was the
slave trade for the Europeans involved in it?
How did slavery come to be connected to ideas about race in colonies such as
Virginia and South Carolina? How did new laws in the late seventeenth and early
eighteenth century contribute to the way people thought about race?
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How tumultuous political events in seventeenth century England such as the civil
war of the 1640s and the Glorious Revolution of the 1680s impact the English
colonies in the New World?
3 . Respond to the the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses should be in
your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting the text or assigned
videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow the quote to demonstrate how it
is germane to the short answer question. Responses should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
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What was Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia? What were its causes and
consequences?. How did Bacon’s Rebellion contribute to the transition away from
indentured servants to race-based slavery?
Read:
Chapter Four: Colonial Society
Chapter Four Lecture
■ PPT
■ Audiobook
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1. Choose only ONE of the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses
should be in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting
the text or assigned videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow
the quote to demonstrate how it is germane to the short answer question. Responses
should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
1. Describe the “consumer revolution.” How did it change the lives of American
colonists? What were some of the positive and negative results of the
“consumer revolution”?
2. What ways did colonists pay for goods during the “consumer revolution”?
Why did they have problems with currency?
3. How was the “consumer revolution” linked to the growth of port cities in the
American colonies? What role did slavery play in the economies of these
cities, including northern cities?
4. Compare and contrast the gang system of labor and task system of labor
used for slaves.
2. Choose only ONE of the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses
should be in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting
the text or assigned videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow
the quote to demonstrate how it is germane to the short answer question. Responses
should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
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How did the Great Awakening change religious life in the American colonies?
Who were some of the major figures involved in this religious revival?
How did the Great Awakening contribute to the growth of individualism in the
American colonies?
Choose only ONE of the prompts below:
Be sure to provide specific examples from this text in your responses. Your responses
should be in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the content. Quoting
the text or assigned videos is encouraged, but an explanation should precede or follow
the quote to demonstrate how it is germane to the short answer question. Responses
should be at least 1-2 paragraphs:
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How did the Seven Year’s War (also known as the French and Indian War)
play out in North America? How did the British ultimately win the war?
What was the cause of Pontiac’s War? How did Pontiac’s War and the Seven
Year’s War led to changes in British policy towards the American colonies?