Unit+2+--+Birth+of+a+Nation


 * Essay 1** -- To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer, be sure to address the political, social, and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.


 * Essay 2** -- In what ways did the French and Indian War alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?


 * Essay 3** -- Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776: parliamentary taxation, restriction of civil liberties, British military measures, the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas.


 * Essay 4** -- Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women in the period from 1775 to 1800.


 * Essay 5** -- Analyze how the ideas and experiences of the revolutionary era influenced the principles embodied in the Articles of Confederation.


 * Essay 6**-- Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to the following: foreign relations, economic conditions, domestic crises, Western lands.


 * Essay 7** -- "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation, all having, in direct object, the establisment of an absolute tyranny over these states." Evaluate this accusation made against George III in the //Declaration of Independence//.


 * Essay 8** -- Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American politics in the 1790s.


 * Essay 9** -- The Bill of Rights did not come from a desire to protect the liberties won in the American Revolution, but rather from a fear of the powers of the new federal government. Assess the validity of this statement.


 * Essay 10** -- Settlers in the eighteenth-century American backcountry sometimes resorted to violent protest to express their grievances. Analyze the causes and significance of each of the following: March of the Paxton Boys, the Regulator movement, Shays' Rebellion, the Whiskey Rebellion.


 * Essay 11** -- To what extent was the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation?


 * Essay 12** -- "The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional American political elite." Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1781 to 1789.


 * Essay 13** -- The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to the following in the period between 1763 and 1775: land acquisition, politics, economics.


 * Essay 14** -- Analyze the reasons for the Anti-Federalists' opposition to ratifying the Constitution.


 * Essay 15** -- Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials' resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values.


 * Essay 16** -- Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.


 * Essay 17** -- Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1783.


 * Essay 18** -- Analyze the ways in which the political, economic, and diplomatic crises of the 1780s shaped the provisions of the United States Constitution.


 * Essay 19** -- Analyze the ways in which the ideas of the Enlightenment contributed to the origins of constitutional government in the United States.