ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
Homework Assignment
Henretta: Chapter Three
The British Empire in America

 Directions: Read Chapter Three, and answer the following questions in complete sentences.  Your responses must be either typewritten or hand-written in black or blue ink.

1.        What policies and practices allowed Pennsylvania to develop into a model colony marked by peace and prosperity?

2.       What effects did the Glorious Revolution have on the American colonies?

3.       Why were the Navigation Acts implemented by Great Britain on its New World colonies, and how were they received?

4.       In what ways did the South Atlantic system stimulate the English economy?

5.       In what ways did the South Atlantic system stimulate the economy of the northern colonies?

6.       How did slaves create a uniquely African American culture in the American colonies?

7.       How did Britain crack down on the American colonies to end the era of salutary neglect?

8.       What was the interaction between elitist and democratic elements in American colonial politics?

9.       How did Walpole's policies undermine Britain's system of empire?

10.   Read: American Voices, Philip Fithian: Sadism under Slavery in Chapter 3 of the text. After reading the document, write a brief paragraph-length response to each of the following questions.

   Planters relied on various incentives to get work from their African slaves. A few used rewards, providing cooperative laborers with food, leisure, and relatively good treatment. Many more planters wanted to maximize their profits and relied on force, extracting work by whipping recalcitrant laborers. Some brutal owners and overseers were so determined to demonstrate their power that they went much further, as described by Philip Fithian, a young Princeton college graduate who was employed as a tutor by Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest Virginia planters.

a. What do the overseers' methods reveal about southern society? How does fear play a part in slave-planter relations?

b. Does Fithian sanction the barbaric treatment of slaves by their masters and overseers?
c. Does Fithian take a proactive stance against the cruel acts of George Lee's overseer? Why or why not?