Date, describe, and provide the significance of FIVE (5) of the following terms:

House of Burgesses Stamp Act three-fifths clause

Puritans Battle of Saratoga Whiskey Rebellion

Bacon’s Rebellion Articles of Confederation Marbury v. Madison

French and Indian War Shays’s Rebellion War of 1812

Part II. Essay. 50 %

Write a well-organized essay that addresses/answers ONE (1) of the questions/problems below. Your essay must include: (1) a thesis paragraph that restates the question/problem AND provides your answer to the question/problem; (2) the main body of your essay containing enough specific evidence and information to support your thesis; and (3) a concluding paragraph that restates the problem and your thesis. Each paragraph must be at least three sentences in length and begin with a topic sentence that alerts the reader to the content of a paragraph’s supporting sentences.

1. Compare and contrast the colonial development of Virginia and Massachusetts. To address this question properly, your essay must include discussions of the following: (1) the reason(s) for each colony’s founding; (2) their political, economic, social, and religious characteristics; and (3) how colonial Virginia and Massachusetts each contributed to a unique American identity. In your conclusion, assess the relative success or failure of each colony with respect to its original goals.

2. Discuss the American Revolution. To answer this question properly, your essay must include discussions of the following: (1) three ideologies of the 17th and 18th centuries that influenced both European and colonial English men and women; (2) Great Britain’s imperialist legislation from 1763-1774 and the American colonists’ various responses to it; and (3) a brief recapitulation of three turning points in America’s War for Independence.

3. Bitter political strife between Federalists and Republicans characterized American government throughout its first twelve years under the Constitution of 1787. (1) Discuss one source of that strife by analyzing the crucial differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787. (2) Compare and contrast the ideologies and domestic policies of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists with those of Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans. (3) Finally, describe the most important factors that contributed to the Republican ascendancy in 1800.