Question 1

Discuss the ways in which the colonists became increasingly integrated into the British empire from roughly 1700 to 1763.

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Question 2

As Europeans continued to settle the North American continent during the 1700s, Indians constantly struggled to maintain their independence and identities. Illustrate the common obstacles the Indian communities faced and the ways they tried to unite to overcome their hardships during the eighteenth century. Consider the Indians in California during the Spanish missionary period, the Creeks during the early settlement of Carolina, the Indians in Pennsylvania, and the Indians during and after the French and Indian War (including Pontiac's Rebellion).

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Question 3

Explain the impact of the Seven Years' War on colonial society. Pay particular attention to how the war and its outcome shaped colonial identities as well as to the relationship between colonists and Indians.

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Question 4

Explain the impact on colonial life of the religious revival movement known as the Great Awakening. Be sure to discuss its social as well as religious effects. What do you imagine some of the Great Awakening's "significant political consequences" alluded to by Eric Foner might have been?

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Question 5

The eighteenth century witnessed a considerable expansion of the public sphere. Define what is meant by "public sphere," and describe the various ways in which the colonists participated in it. Be sure to include in your discussion not only who was participating but also who was excluded.

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Question 6

Britons believed that wealth, religion, and freedom went together. Explain why they believed that those three things went hand in hand. Do you agree with this statement? What evidence is there that proves the statement's validity?

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Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-the Middle Passage

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Question 8

While slavery was expanding in British America, so too was freedom. Compare the simultaneous expansion of freedom and slavery. How was the concept of race increasingly important in this process?

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Question 9

The Enlightenment had a profound impact on the thinking of American colonists. Explain the essential ideas associated with the Enlightenment and the implications of these new ideas on American thought and society.

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Question 10

Explain what one historian meant by this statement: "The growth and prosperity of the emerging society of a free colonial British America . . . were achieved as a result of slave labor."

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Question 11

The slave experience was diverse in British America. Describe how slavery evolved in the various regions of British America. What liberties, if any, were extended to slaves in the northern colonies, the Chesapeake region, and the rice kingdom of South Carolina and Georgia? What was the impact of the Stono Rebellion?

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Question 12

In Cato's Letters, the authors declare that "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech." To what extent did freedom of thought and freedom of speech exist in eighteenth-century British America?

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Quiz 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire, to 1763