SSU American History Wars & Ways of Life and Cultural Achievements Discussion

Your responses to questions should be 5-8 sentences, with well-constructed answers containing specific historical examples.

1. How did the civilizations of Mesoamerica and the tribal cultures of North America (the modern-day US and Canada) differ in their ways of life and cultural achievements?

2. How did other types of servitude, such as European serfdom or indentured servitude in the colonies, compare to slavery?

3. Contrast the economic experience of the early French settlers in North America with the early English settlers in North America. How did each group of settlers struggle to make money? Did they succeed? If yes, how? If no, why not?

4. How is the story of the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine a microcosm of European settlement all across North America?

5. How did the English Civil War and subsequent Restoration affect the English “New World” Empire?

6. What were the effects of the consumer revolution on the colonies?

7. How did the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening offer opposing outlooks to British-Americans? What similarities were there between the two schools of thought?

8. How did Bacon’s Rebellion affect the growth of slavery in Virginia? (note: this question is not looking for a summary of the rebellion but the effect of the rebellion on slavery).

9. Discuss how EITHER the Mecklenberg Resolves OR Common Sense presented revolutionary ideas.

10. Describe the treatment of Black people during the Revolutionary War? Were promises made by the white Americans kept at the end of the war?