Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire - Focus Questions

1. How did African slavery differ regionally in eighteenth-century North America?

2. What factors led to distinct African-American cultures in the eighteenth-century?

3. What were the meanings of British liberty in the eighteenth century?

4. What concepts and institutions dominated colonial politics in the eighteenth-century?

5. How did the Great Awakening challenge the religious and social structure of British North America?

6. How did the Spanish and French empires in America develop in the eighteenth century?

7. What was the impact of the Seven Years War on imperial and Indian-white relations?