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'''Answer 6 out of 8 questions''':

'''Answer 6 out of 8 questions''':

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1.  Two important trials or series of trials occurred between 1690 and 1730.  What where they, and why were they significant?

1.  Two important trials or series of trials occurred in the colonies between 1690 and 1750.  What where they, and why were they significant?

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2.  What do you think were the two biggest causes of the Revolutionary War, and why?

2.  What do you think were the two biggest causes of the Revolutionary War, and why?

3.  Look at the map of the American colonies in the lecture.  Which northeastern state was not one of the original 13 colonies, and what significant event happened there?

3.  Look at the map of the American colonies in the lecture.  Which northeastern state was not one of the original 13 colonies, and what significant event happened there?

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4.  The "Tea Party" today takes its name from what event?  Explain how that event connects to the views of the Tea Party Movement today.

4.  The "Tea Party" today takes its name from which event?  Explain how that event connects to the views of the Tea Party Movement today.

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5.  Explain and discuss the Great Awakening, and its effect in uniting the colonies.

5.  Explain and discuss the Great Awakening, and its effect in uniting the colonies.

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6.  What was the significance -- and the outcome -- of the French and Indian War?

6.  What was the significance -- and the outcome -- of the French and Indian War?  Should it have a different name?

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7.  Describe several of the laws passed by Britain in the time period leading up to the Revolutionary War, and their effect on the colonies.

7.  Describe several of the laws passed by Britain during the time period leading up to the Revolutionary War, and their effect on the colonies.

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8.  "But where says some is the King of America? I'll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain...let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING."  When and who do you think wrote that for the ordinary colonist?  Explain.

8.  "But where says some is the King of America? I'll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain...let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING."  When and who do you think wrote that for the ordinary colonist?  Explain.

== Honors Questions (answer any 3) ==

== Honors Questions (answer any 3) ==

H1.  Look at the map of the 13 colonies in the lecture and describe what you find interesting or revealing about it.

H1.  Do you find political cartoons to be effective?  Discuss in the context of the cartoon illustrated in the lecture, and note what you find to be effective or ineffective about it.

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H2.  Pick out any mystery of your choice prior to or during this period and suggest an explanation for it.  Examples are at:

H2.  Pick out any mystery of your choice prior to or during this period and suggest an explanation for it.  Examples are at:

H3.  "All political issues are actually economic issues."  Discuss this in the context of the conflicts leading up to the Revolutionary War, with reference to at least one specific dispute.

H3.  "All political issues are actually economic issues."  Discuss this in the context of the conflicts leading up to the Revolutionary War, with reference to at least one specific dispute.

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H4.  Identify two similarities, and two differences, between colonial America and England around 1770.

H4.  Identify two similarities, and two differences, between the cultures of colonial America and England around 1770.

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H5.  Discuss any of the debate or discussion topics from the lecture.

H5.  Discuss any of the debate or discussion topics from the lecture.