1. 1. Explain why there were no major witchcraft scares in the Chesapeake colonies and no uprising like Bacon’s Rebellion in New England. Consider the possible social, economic, and religious causes of both phenomena.
2. 1. In 1860, the institution of slavery was firmly entrenched in the United States; by 1865, it was dead. How did this happen? How did Union policy toward slavery and enslaved people change over the course of the war? Why did it change?
3. How did plantation crops and the slavery system change between 1800 and 1860? Why did these changes occur?
4. 1. What made Native American peoples vulnerable to conquest by European adventurers? Name 3-5 detailed examples.