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Answer one of the following questions thoroughly, using at least 300 words and specific details. Discuss the development of Spain’s Empire in the Americas. What was the initial impetus behind Spanish expansion? What advantages did Spain have in its conquest of the Native American peoples? What was the impact of Spanish colonization on America and on the European world? Describe the major events and changes that affected English politics and society between Henry VIII’s break with Catholicism, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Glorious Revolution. How did the Reformation affect England? What were the main causes and consequences of the English Civil War? What were their long-term repercussions for Britain and America? Trace the development of the first British colonies in North America. What specific problems did the Roanoke and Jamestown colonists face? Why did the Jamestown colony survive? How were Plymouth and the Northern colonies different from Virginia? How did events in England and Europe affect American colonization? What set British colonies apart from those of other European empires? Recount the development of New England and the Middle Colonies. How did the colonies develop and why were they founded? How did they differ from each other both in their origins and in their growth? What was the role of religion and religious dissent in the northern colonies? Describe the Salem witch-hunt and its place in both the history of New England and of the Great European witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries. Why did the Witch-hunts happen? How did the Salem panic resemble the earlier witch-hunts? What factors led to the panic and who were its principle victims? Why did witch-hunting ultimately come to an end in Europe and America? Discuss the interaction between Native Americans and European colonists. What were the most important causes of conflict between them? Did Indians derive any benefits from European colonization? How did the actions of the European colonial powers differ in their treatment of Native Americans? Describe the development of the Atlantic slave trade and of the system of slavery in the American colonies. How did the slave trade begin? How was it carried out (be sure to discuss the Triangle Trade)? What was the impact of slavery on the Thirteen Colonies and how did it differ from the rest of the Americas?
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Identify and describe the significance of ONE of the following terms (approximately one paragraph): CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY/ABSOLUTE MONARCHY PARLIAMENT HENRY VIII PROTESTANT REFORMATION/MARTIN LUTHER ELIZABETH I ANGLICAN CHURCH/PURITANS SPANISH ARMADA/PIRATES/PRIVATEERS JAMES I CHARLES I/ENGLISH CIVIL WAR/OLIVER CROMWELL ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S DAY MASSACRE/CHARLES IX EDICT OF NANTES/HENRY IV CARDINAL RICHELIEU LOUIS XIV RESTORATION/CHARLES II MERCANTILISM/NAVIGATION ACTS/ADMIRALTY COURTS/WRITS OF ASSISTANCE EXCLUSION CRISIS/JAMES II MONMOUTH’S REBELLION/WILLIAM OF ORANGE/GLORIOUS REVOLUTION ENGLISH DECLARATION OF RIGHTS SECOND HUNDRED YEARS WAR SIR EDMOND ANDROS JOHN LOCKE/TWO TREATISES ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT/RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
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