Directions: Short Essay Responses

Short Essay Responses: Please answer two of the four questions with details and examples taken from the readings. Be sure to include your own analyses using the book and the primary sources within it (if applicable). Please submit your answers on Canvas- Good Luck!!!!!!

Essay Questions:

1. A) What was a borderland? Compare the roles the French, Dutch, and Indians played in the borderlands of North America. In the seventeenth century, did any group have an advantage? Explain your answer. Please incorporate at least two key terms from the end of the chapter in your response. (CH1)
2. B) “Liberty of conscience,” wrote a German newcomer in 1739, was the “chief virtue” of British North America, “and on this score I do not repent my immigration.” Explain what he meant by that remark. What did immigrants find attractive about the British colonies? What liberties and freedoms were available to the newcomers? Please incorporate at least two key terms from the end of the chapter in your response. (CH3)
3. C) Discuss the debates that occurred over virtual representation. How did the leaders in London and the leaders in America view participation in governing the empire differently? Please incorporate at least two key terms from the end of the chapter in your response. (CH 5)
4. D) How did the colonists justify their protests and ultimate rebellion? What sources did they call on? What philosophies were influential? How was the language of freedom and liberty used? Please incorporate at least two key terms from the end of the chapter in your response. (CH 5)