Hines’ History Spot

APUSH - Ch2/3 discussion questions (posted below) are due on Monday and the document readings from The American Spirit and corresponding SOAPSTone analysis are due Tuesday. Please remember you have a colony report due on Monday Aug. 25. BTW - There was a 6 pt curve on the test Friday.

APWH - PERSIAN chart for the 4 ancient civilizations is due Monday and SOAPSTone analysis for The Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi’s Code is due Tuesday.

APUSH – CH. 2 and CH. 3 Discussion Topics and Questions

Ch.2

1. What did England and the English settlers really want from colonization? Did they get what they wanted?
2. How did Spanish success in the New World influence English colonial efforts? How did different events in England and Europe affect England’s colonies in the New World?
3. Were the English colonizers crueler or more tolerant than the Spanish conquistadores? How did these interactions affect both white and native societies?
4. Was the development of African slavery in the North American colonies inevitable? Discuss the role of the encomienda system and the sugar colonies in introducing slavery to the southern colonies.
5. How did the reliance on plantation agriculture affect the southern colonies?

Ch. 3

1. How did the Puritans reconcile their own religious dissent from the Church of England with their persecution of dissenters like Hutchinson and Williams?
2. How were government and religion (church and state) related in New England and the middle colonies? How does this compare with more recent understandings?
3. The Dutch had a powerful presence in the East Indies, so why were they less successful in the West Indies and North America? What is the lasting influence of the Dutch in English North America?
4. Compare the founding of the New England colonies with the middle colonies. Compare the N.E. and middle colonies with the South.
5. In what ways were the middle colonies more open and diverse than N.E.? In what ways were they less democratic?
6. Which colonies were most affected and least affected by events in the Old World?
7. What were the push and pull factors for immigrants coming to each region of English colonies?