1. What strategies did Charles II and James II employ to try to gain more centralized control over England's American colonies? What did James hope to accomplish by creating the Dominion of New England?

2.How did the long era of imperial warfare beginning in 1689 affect the colonies, Native Americans, and relations between them?

3.What was the South Atlantic System, and how did it shape colonial society?

4. How did the institution of slavery develop, and why did it develop differently in the Chesapeake, the Carolina low country, and the West Indies?

5. Trace the developments outlined in the section entitled "Politics and Power" from 1660 to 1750 on the thematic timeline. What pattern of political evolution do you see in colonial interactions with Britain?