American History Homework Two Answers - Model
American History Homework Two Model Answers
1. What do you think were the three most important causes of the American Revolution.
2. Who used the phrase "taxation without representation," and why?
3. What was the Boston Tea Party?
4. Do you blame anyone for the Salem Witch Trials? Explain.
I actually blame two people: the doctor who examined the girls, and Tituba, the Indian slave. The reason I blame the doctor is because he essentially started the whole problem by saying that the cause could be "supernatural." Instead, he should have said that the cause for the girls ailments were unknown instead of blaming it on something that was far more dangerous then it really was. For Tituba it sounds as if she were simply vying for attention. Since she was a slave it would be very likely that she was treated as an invisible being. However, the stories of "voodoo and witchcraft" that she told may in fact be true to the Indian tribes, but that would work only if she had been raised by the Indians and heard these stories for herself, not made them up as she went. The "witchcake" may just have been Indian tradition, too. But when she later "confessed" to being a witch, it was either all in her head, or she simply wanted attention. Attention that would come with the high cost of human life. (Kara H.)
5. True or false: colonies having more religious freedom had less conflict with the King. Explain your answer.
6. Briefly discuss (in a few sentences) any of the debate or discussion topics from the lecture, or mysteries (see H3 below for the link).
7. Explain the meaning of the political cartoon on the right. As with all cartoons, pay particular attention to all of its details. Provide a rough estimate for its date.
"[I]f you flip the snake to be vertical, every colony segment is in its proper place as it would be on a map." (Kara H.)
H1. Look at the map of the 13 colonies in the lecture and describe what you find interesting or revealing about it.
H2. Explain how Britain taxed the colonies, and whether you think it was right for Britain to do so.
H3. Pick out any mystery of your choice prior to or during this period and suggest an explanation for it.
H4. Identify key differences between colonial America and England in their cultures, their laws, their economy, or anything else.
H5. Discuss any of the debate or discussion topics from the lecture.