Fall 2013 / Carroll History 1100.4 Mid-term Examination Study Guide I. Essay. (70%) The mid-term examination will include two (2) essay questions drawn from the following array. You will be asked to respond to one (1) of the two questions with a well-organized essay about 750 words in length. Your essay must rely on assigned textbook readings and documents, lectures, and discussions in weekly group meetings. 1. Discuss the causes of the American Revolution. Your presentation should at least take into account colonial economic and trade patterns; experiences with and ideas about government and representation; sociocultural transformations through 1775; and changes in imperial policy after the French and Indian War through July 1776. 2. What were the differences between the two kinds of bound labor that arose in the colony of Virginia from 1607 through about 1720? Why did slavery displace indentured servitude in this period? 3. To what extent did the United States Constitution reflect revolutionary democratic republican ideals? Your response should at least take into account the structure of federalism that the Constitution and Bill of Rights established. II. Short Identification. (30%) The mid-term examination will include six (6) items drawn from the following array. You will be asked to identify and state the significance of three (3) of those items with a well-written paragraph about 75 words in length for each item. Your short ID’s must rely on assigned textbook readings and documents, lectures, and discussions in weekly group meetings. Discourse on Western Planting Triangular trade Mayflower Compact John Locke “Wilderness Zion” Glorious Revolution Samuel Adams Deserving poor The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Daniel Shays’s Rebellion Common Sense Virtual representation The Fundamental Orders [of Connecticut] John Carroll The Declaration of Independence The Northwest Ordinance French and Indian War Alexander HamiltonSentiments on a Peace Establishment Battle of Saratoga English Bill of Rights Boston Tea Party Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion Virginia Declaration of Rights Mercy Otis Warren Ratification debates United States Bill of Rights Anne Hutchinson New Lights Virginia Act Establishing Religious Freedom IMPORTANT NOTICE: BRING ONE (1) ENTIRELY BLANK 11” X 8.5” BLUE BOOK TO CLASS FOR THE EXAMINATION. RESPONSES WRITTEN ON BLUE BOOKS WITH MISSING SHEETS WILL BE