Sources for America’s History: Printed Page 79

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

  1. Question

    Evaluate and synthesize the evidence from this chapter to support or challenge the argument that eighteenth-century colonists developed a growing awareness of their rights.

  2. Question

    What do the sources included in this chapter reveal about the role of economics as a cause in colonial political development during the eighteenth century?

  3. Question

    Compare the ways “Indians” are discussed in these documents. What might account for the differences you see?

  4. Question

    How do you assess the political, social, and economic impact of slavery in this period? What may have been some of the short- or long-term effects of the growth of this system during the period?