Unit+I+Exam+Questions

**US History** **Ms. Mayer/Mr. Weiss** **Unit I Exam** **Spring 2011**  ===CHOOSE ONE of the following questions to answer to the best of your ability in a formal argumentative essay. === ===Be sure to ORGANIZE your argument coherently, and be sure to cite as much SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE as you can in support of your argument. And finally, be sure to EXPLAIN how your facts prove your case. ===

===For this first essay you will need to incorporate at least TWO primary source documents. === ===(You will also need to develop a detailed outline of your argument and of the evidence you will use. This outline should include a thesis statement and topic sentences of each of your supporting paragraphs. The outline should be submitted along with your essay and primary sources on exam day.)=== 

**1) Explain the emergence of distinct (from each other) colonial economies and societies in the New England and Chesapeake regions in the 17th and 18th centuries.**

 **2) In 1754 the British colonists in North America were reasonably content with their relationship with the mother country. By 1774, however, that relationship had soured to such an extent that revolution by the “American” colonists was fast approaching. Account for the rapid deterioration of the relationship between England and her North American colonies.** 

**US History**  **Ms. Mayer/Mr. Weiss**  **Unit I Exam**  **Fall 2010**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**CHOOSE ONE of the following questions to answer to the best of your ability in class next Friday. Be sure to ORGANIZE your argument coherently, and be sure to cite as much SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE as you can in support of your argument. And finally, be sure to EXPLAIN how exactly your facts prove your case. Good luck...enjoy...if you have questions, ask them.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**1) Explain the emergence of distinct (from each other) colonial economies and societies in the New England and Chesapeake regions in the 17th and 18th centuries.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **2) In 1754 the British colonists in North America were reasonably content with their relationship with the mother country. By 1774, however, that relationship had soured to such an extent that revolution by the “American” colonists was fast approaching. Account for the rapid deterioration of the relationship between England and her North American colonies.**

===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3) New for 2011! To what extent do women's roles change in the British North American colonies during the pre-Revolutionary period? Account for any changes (or lack thereof) that you see. ===