Short
Answer Questions
(assignment 8)
Notes:
1)
This assignment, like ALL assignments in this class, must be typed.
(EXCEPT THE CHART, WHICH CAN BE DONE BY HAND, AND CAN BE TURNED
IN BY HAND IN CLASS)
See handout on class expectations
2)
This assignment should be turned in by hand NOT DIGITAL DROPBOX
3) Don't miss the question after the
chart!!!
SHORT ANSWER CHART ON
TEXTBOOK AND AMERICAN COLONIES READING
1) The native peoples of the various New World regions colonized
by Europeans had significantly different political organization;
moreover, the commodities (what's a commodity?)
that Europeans could extracted/produce (or not) differed in these
regions. These differences shaped the nature of the colonial regimes
developed in the Caribbean, French North America, and New England.
To understand how, fill out the chart below. To compare these
regions you will have to refer back to the readings from pp. 102
- 106 from the textbook as well as to the on-line
reading from American Colonies.
Because we will take up the discussion later, this chart does
NOT cover the southern colonies --
such as Virginia. TURN IN THE CHART WITH
THE REST OF YOUR HOMEWORK. And remember, no one line from
the text will provide the answers -- you will have to do a bit
of an analysis.
Chart: worth 50 points Don't
miss the question after the chart!!!
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Nature
of Native political
organization before arrival of Europeans (e.g. "centralized
state," "independent villages," etc.) |
Environment
& climate of region relative to Europe (e.g. "colder,"
"about the same," "warmer") |
Commodities
available for production/extraction and sale in Europe.
There may not necessarily have been commodities for extraction
or production. |
Relationship
between Europeans and Native populations (e.g. "cooperation,"
"taking of land," "conquest") |
Nature
of migration to the region (e.g., "Largely families"?
"Largely single men"? "Significant numbers
of enslaved"? Other? Can be more than one of the above) |
| Caribbean
(including West Indies) |
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MesoAmerica
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French
North America
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single
men |
North
East Coast
(New
England)
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Moderate,
similar to Europe |
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.Don't
miss the question below
2) Why was the European impact in the “Atlantic World”
(that is, the "New World" of the Americas and Caribbean)
so much more devastating than Europe's impact in the other trade
world they expanded into at roughly the same time: the Indian
Ocean? To answer this question, you may need to look back to pp.
101- 115 of the textbook. Remember, no single passage will contain
the answer that you can then copy to somehow answer the question.
Instead, you will have to think analytically and synthesize information
from several parts of the textbook to respond to the question.
Finally, keep in mind the question does not
ask you to describe the differences in Europe's impact on the
two regions, but rather explain why those differences
emerged.
short answer question: (worth 50 points)