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American History Homework One
Instructor: Andy Schlafly
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This course has two tracks: Honors and regular. The Honors track is for those who want to excel on a College Board exam, or are very interested in history and want to learn more about it. The Honors track will also address issues of bias more than the regular track. Students can try the Honors track and then drop back to the regular track later if they like.
1. List by sequence when each European nation settled in the New World.
2. What inspires you the most about Christopher Columbus?
3. Identify and describe two settlements that did not survive.
4. Explain how William Penn was remarkable.
5. Compare and contrast the Puritans and the Pilgrims.
6. Why do you think Virginia produced four of the first five Presidents of the United States?
Honors Questions
Answer two out of these three questions (in addition to the questions above):
H1. Establishing a colony based on a particular religion or religious ideal might encounter which problems? Do you think it can survive and thrive? Give one or more examples.
H2. Explain what the Massachusetts Bay Company did, and how it was financed and managed1
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H2. Pick out a mystery of your choice prior to or during this period and suggest an explanation for it.