Possible essay or short answer topics:

Describe the difference in goals between the Spanish, French and English involvement in the New World and why did this determine eventual English success?

Briefly describe the different British regulations which were imposed on their New World colonies. Why was this done and why did many colonists feel they were unfair?

Hint, in order:

1. Navigation Acts

2. Stamp Act

3. Quartering Act

4. Declaration Act

5. Revenue Acts (Townshed Acts)

6. Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

While the regulations mentioned in the possible essay question above certainly caused tension between the Colonies and England what other behaviors and events during this time made it difficult for these two groups to cooperate on the issues they faced?

While the 13 Colonies had less in common than usually thought why was there an even greater political/social divide between the larger, politically powerful, coastal cities and the back country citizens of many North American colonies?