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Robert Pierce

History 17A First Essay -- Summer session

First Exam--Summer

Part One--50%

You will be asked to answer one of the following:

1. List three ways in which the religious struggles in Europe from 1450 to 1700 shaped the development and exploration of America and give examples for each event.

2. Discuss the impact that European contact had on Native American life and the impact Native American life had on European life. Who, in your opinion, was the richer for the contact?

3. Describe how slavery developed and entrenched itself in the British North American colonies. Include a discussion of how racist ideologies developed.


Part Two--50%

You will be asked to Identify and give the significance of four of the following:

1. Berengia
2. Glorious Revolution
3. John Winthrop
4. mercantilism
5. The Black Death
6. Marco Polo
7. John Calvin
8. Powhatan
9. Middle Passage
10. War of Jenkins Ear
11. Anasazi
12. John Cabot
13. Oliver Cromwell
14. Anne Hutchinson


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