1. How did Native American culture change prior to the eighteenth century?
Chronicle all of the major transformations in Native American life up until the eighteenth century (1700). Make sure to advance an argument about the most significant reasons for change.
2. What is the most important factor that shaped the lives of enslaved people in colonial America?
Analyze how the treatment of enslaved people varied over time and space in British North America and advance an argument that explains those variations.
3. How did the Consumer Revolution change American life?
Explore both the causes and consequences of the consumer revolution and give an argument as to how it changed American life.
4. How did the Americans win the war?
Give us the military history of the war and in so doing identify the most significant factor(s) in the ultimate American victory.
5. How radical was the American Revolution?
Discuss all of the radical and non-radical changes, as well as the advances and backlashes from the rise of the Revolution until the election of Thomas Jefferson.
6. Did early America draw more from the vision of Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson?
Be sure to outline the visions of both men and explain how the key developments in the early republic drew from one or both of them.