Multiple Choice -- 40%  [NOTE:  See quizzes and notes for lecture and textbook subjects.]

Essay -- 60%

Answer one (1) of the following questions with an extended essay that draws upon class lectures and assigned readings.  Be sure to answer all parts of the question you select.

[NOTE:  On your examination, you will have two choices from which you will select one.]

1. How did English political ideology shape politics in America between 1763-1815?
    [HINT:  Define the “organic” view of society, politics, and history.]

 Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.  

• What did the Court party believe was essential to England’s future?
• How did Cato’s Letters epitomize the Country party view?
• How did English political ideology shape the colonists’ view of the events of the revolutionary period?
• How did the fight between Democratic Republicans and Federalists recreate the Court versus Country battle?
• Who won in the United States, when, and why?

Be sure to give examples.  Remember to define your terms.

2. Did a “contagion of liberty” change life in America between 1763-1815?
    [HINT:  Explain the political language of slavery, tyranny, and freedom.]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.  

 
• How did the Revolutionary War foster a belief in equality?
• Why did women believe that the cause of liberty applied to them?
• How did the war change perceptions of slavery?
• Did Americans still want an established church?
• Did the newfound belief in liberty change politics?

Be sure to give examples.  Remember to define your terms.

 

 

 

 

3. Did the Revolutionary War cause a shift in American society from “social expectation” to “self-interest” between 1763-1815?
    [HINT:  Explain social relations during the colonial period.]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.  

• Why did the colonists react so strongly to the Proclamation of 1763?
• Why did so many protest the Stamp Act?
• How did the belief in “social expectation” explain why many colonists opposed the Revolutionary War?
• Why did some see the Constitution as a threat to self-interest?
• Finally, why did the battle between federalism and republicanism represent the last battle between “social expectation” and “self interest” in America?

Be sure to give examples.  Remember to define your terms.

4. Why did “republicanism” become so important to politics in America between 1763-1815?
    [HINT:  Define “republicanism.”]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.  

 
• How did the early leaders use history to define republicanism?
• Why did Jefferson believe virtue was so important?
• Why did he battle with Alexander Hamilton?
• How did the French Revolution change Jefferson’s views?
• Finally, what form of republicanism did Jefferson as president implement?

Be sure to give examples.  Remember to define your terms.

5. How did the Revolutionary War change the middle ground between 1763-1815?
    [HINT:  Explain the Americans desire for land.]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.  

• Why did some Indian tribes side with the English and some with the French?
• How did England plan to deal with their new middle ground?
• What impact did the “new” immigrants have on the backcountry?
• How did the new United States government deal with the Middle Ground?
• How did the drive for opportunity shape the middle ground after 1800?

Be sure to give examples.  Remember to define your terms.

NOTE:  Use your Blue Book to write your essay.  Material written on the test sheet will NOT be considered.  Stay cool and keep moving.

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