American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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Objectives

1. The disagreement among historians concerning the origins of slavery.

2. The sources of colonial labor, including indentured servants, women, and imported Africans.

3. Immigration patterns and their effect on colonial development.

4. The ways in which factors of soil and climate determined the commercial and agricultural development of the colonies, despite crown attempts to influence production.

5. The emergence of the plantation system, and its impact on southern society.

6. The New England witchcraft episode as a reflection of the Puritan society.

7. The reasons for the appearance of a variety of religious sects in the colonies, and the effect of the Great Awakening on the colonists.

8. The beginnings of colonial industry and commerce, and the early attempts at regulation by Parliament.

9. The ways in which colonial literature, education, science, law, and justice were diverging from their English antecedents.

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