Problem 1: What were the characteristics of the first British settlements in North America?
Problem 2: How did the British respond to labor needs in the colonies? How did these vary by regions? Did these change/evolve, and if so, why?
Problem 3: How did slavery develop in North America? How did it differ regionally?
Problem 4: During the 18th century, American slavery experienced a series of evolutions. Explain.
Problem 5: Why did the colonists become interested in personal liberties and constitutional rights?
Problem 6: What made the Great Awakening the key religious event of the 18th century?
Problem 7: What the causes, major developments, and outcome of the 7 Years War?
Problem 8: What evidence is there of a growing American identity during mid to late 1700s? What about the counter-argument?
Problem 9: I argued that the seeds of rebellion spread throughout the colonies. What ideas and issues fostered this resistance?
Problem 10: Between 1770-1776, what issues escalated tensions between the British and the colonists?
Problem 11: How did the two-sides respond to political and military crisis?