Sources for America’s History: Printed Page 99

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

  1. Question

    What were the major sources of conflict affecting colonial American society during the middle decades of the eighteenth century?

  2. Question

    To what extent did religion unite or divide colonial society?

  3. Question

    Why was colonial unity so difficult to achieve in these years?

  4. Question

    How and to what extent did considerations of class define or enhance the conflicts of this period?