In your midterm essay, answer the following questions using the terms provided. Remember, that you are trying to write a cohesive essay while explaining concepts to someone that may not have knowledge of this area of history.
This must be written as a continuing essay, and may not be written in sections. This means you have to make smooth transitions and add explanatory paragraphs to make those transitions when necessary.
Each term must be used appropriately. (Appropriate means that its placement in the essay makes sense and it is properly explained.) The essay should be about 2-3 double spaced pages.
The history of the United States has its beginnings in the period of technological invention and innovation throughout Europe, as well as the discovery of the New World. This discovery defined a new cross-Atlantic economic system, and eventually led to the founding of the United States, among the other nations in North and South America. Once European colonistsspecifically the British in the thirteen coloniesestablished their place in the trade networks and in opposition to the British monarchy we see the formation of a new nation. This essay asks you to trace these prominent themes: exploration, economy, liberty, and nation building.
The Prompt:
Why did Europeans initially embark on exploration expeditions? How did finding the New World shape an emerging economic system based on exploitation and human violations, specifically in the British colonies? How did notions of liberty change among the British, their colonists, and slaves up to the American Revolution? How did liberty and rebellion come to shape the new nation? What were limits of the new United States government and how was it challenged?
The Terms:
Printing press
Mercantilism
Tobacco
Triangular Trade
Stono Rebellion
Republicanism (not the political party)
Liberalism (not todays meaning)
Daughters of Liberty
Articles of Confederation
Shayss Rebellion
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