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| Define mercantilism and trace its implementation in relation to England's North American colonies after 1650. Were the Navigation acts a burden or a benefit to these colonies? |
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| Compare and contrastt he factors that led to the establishment of the Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) in relation to those that resulted in the founding of the New England and southern colonies. What were the most important differences and similarities? |
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| What were the major reasons for the political and social upheavals in Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland during the 1670s and 1680s? What impact did all of this turmoil have on the long-term development of the colonies? |
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| What were the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, and how did they affect colonial society, culture, and politics? How did these movements relate to the "Europeanizing" of the colonies? |
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| Describe the ongoing military conflict among the British French, and Spanish in the Americas from the 1690s to the 1750s. What competing interests were at stake, and why did the British ultimately emerge triumphant in 1763? |
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