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Don Palm History Department and the International Studies Program |
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first midterm for History 310 |
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Midterm, Hist. 310 2/05 The midterm has three parts. Each part will count one third of the exam grade. This exam will count as 25% of your course grade (just a reminder). I. The first part of the exam is a take-home essay question on your reading in Voices of Freedom. The essay should be typed, double-spaced, and approximately four pages. Use correct grammar and spelling, and follow the basic essay structure of thesis, argument, and conclusion. When you quote from the book(s) or make reference to a passage, use this format for your footnotes: Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999), 125. That is the Chicago Manual system. If you have any questions about footnotes, please feel free to ask. 1. One of the excerpts speaks of freedom as, "to be freed in person and estate, from arbitrary violence and oppression ...." When you consider the reality of the colonies, from the first Spanish colonies through the British colonies of the 1750s, did the new European 2. Was the definition of freedom simply a reflection of the needs and opportunities found in each colony? Consider that from two directions: 1) How did the definition of freedom reflect the specific problems and needs of various colonists? And 2) In reading these excerpts, do you see overarching ideas or concepts that the colonists saw as universal rights? [N.B., read the description of the assignment very carefully be sure to fulfill the requirements.] II. The second part of the exam will be three identifications like those we have written in class as quiz topics. I will give you a list of five topics, from which you will choose three. Write a complete paragraph about each, describing the topic and its significance. Expect the topics to represent a selection from all of the chapters assigned thus far from your textbook. (See the back of this sheet for a complete list of the possible topics.) III. The third part of the exam will be an in-class essay. From the following questions I will choose two at random. You will write on one question. Again, remember that a good essay opens with a clear thesis. A. "There simply was no way contact between Europeans and Americans could have ended with a result other than the devastation (and virtual elimination) of one group or the other on the American continents." Evaluate that statement. What were the elements that led to devastation of populations? What were elements that led to conflict? What were examples of conflict? Were there any strategies that avoided conflict? Could those strategies have worked in the long run? B. Several factors, including for instance geography, climate, economic opportunities, and the founding principles, may have contributed to the differences among the original English colonies. Focusing on the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Virginia, which was the most important factor? Write an essay in which you describe the key differences and explain the ways those differences developed. Also discuss at least one other region of the early English colonies (using a colony in that region as an example). C. Although the English colonies were founded (and grew successful) with very distinct colonial identities, by 1775 they had come to feel some sense of common identity. How and why did they come to a common society and culture? Were there any limits to their common identity (continuing differences)? Possible Identifications for first midterm Remember think in terms of facts and significance. Try to answer the basic questions (who, what, when, where), and then 'so what?' Think about where the author uses each example, and how. Conquistadores Good luck and much success! Sacramento
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