What social and political tensions existed in pre-revolutionary Northern colonies?

Spring 2019 Midterm: The following set of focus questions are the ones I will look to for the exam. I will pick three of these seven below and you will chose two essays to respond to in the bluebook provided.

Look through the chapters and assigned readings again as you prepare for the exam.

1) How does C.L.R. James explain the ways that African slaves in the Americas responded to their labor status?

2) Explain the significance of Bacon’s Rebellion.

3) Describe the cultures that slaves created in North America. Were they able to assert any control over their lives?

4) What does Peter Kalm’s commentary on “Unfree Labor in Pennsylvania, 1753” tell us about working conditions in this region? How does it contrast with work systems in the south?

5) What role did slavery play in the Northern colonies? How did the life conditions for slaves in the North differ from those in the South?

6) What were the conditions faced by women in Northern colonies?

7) What social and political tensions existed in pre-revolutionary Northern colonies?