Cause and Effect Assignment, Coursework Example

Historical topic: What is Beringia and how did it lead to human habitation in the western hemisphere? What attracted the “first Americans” to this part of the world? Where is Beringia now and why did it “disappear?”

Cause: Beringia disappears

Effect: People could no longer cross into what is now Alaska.

Historical topic: Discuss how the crusades and technological advances such as the compass and astrolabe were important for the eventual European discovery of America.

Cause: The invention of the compass.

Effect: New explorations were made crossing the Atlantic for the first time and could develop cartography. It is also apparent that rivers flow north or south.

Historical topic: What was the Colombian exchange? What were the positive and negative consequences of this exchange for both the new and old worlds?

Cause: The Colombian exchange

Effect: Colombia exchanges saw widespread cultural meshing. Slaves were exchanged, communicable diseases, foods, and animals..

Historical topic: Describe the significance of disease, acquired immunity and the death of many native Americans when they came into contact with Europeans. What was the implication of these massive deaths of native Americans for European colonization of the new world and do you think that these deaths were somehow “immoral” or “amoral?”

Cause: Small pox spread

Effect: Many Indians died.

Historical topic: Discuss the ways how a small number of Spaniards were able to defeat the Aztec empire.

Cause: Spaniards defeat the Aztec

Effect: Spanish became the language of region and owned by the

Historical topic: What did the Spaniards find in the new world that made them the richest nation in Europe, how did the Spaniards solve the problem of labor shortage in the new world and why was there rampant inflation in Europe from this newfound wealth?

Cause: Finding gold

Effect: Too much gold to support the small amount of good set to meet the lower demand

Historical topic: What was the protestant reformation and what were its main tenets or philosophical ideas? Describe the impact that the reformation had on the (Eventual) English colonization of America and also the impact that its ideas had on the (Future) United states.

Cause: Protestant reformation

Effect: US is divided between protestant and catholic Christianity

Historical topic: What internal and external problems was the Spanish empire encountering after 1550? Describe the event in 1588 that ended Spain’s monopoly over new world colonization and list the reasons why Spain failed in its objective to subjugate England.

Cause: Spain attacked Britain

Effect: Britain beat them with their superior navy and ships

Historical topic: Briefly describe the French and Dutch colonization of the new world (What areas they colonized, their main economic activities, relations with the native Americans, etc.)

Cause: Territorial dispute

Effect: The Dutch Anglo was

Historical topic: What were the reasons that motivated the English to migrate to America during the mid-sixteenth century? Discuss sir Walter Raleigh and the Roanoke colony and how this experience encouraged (Or discouraged) English colonization in the new world.

Cause: Roanoke discovery

Effect: Roanoke’s inhabitants mysteriously disappear

Historical topic: Describe the English settlement Jamestown and list the difficulties it faced and what were the reasons for its eventual success?

Cause: Lots of swamps and mosquitos

Effect: Malaria spread

Historical topic: Briefly discuss the house of burgesses and the reason it was created. What was the significance of the mayflower compact?

Cause: Mayflower compact

Effect: England still got money from the new colonies

Historical topic: Describe the experiences of the pilgrims & puritans (Their backgrounds, where they settled, their religious differences, etc.).

Cause: Puritan rule

Effect: The beginning of bible

Historical topic: What is meant by the phrase, “city on a hill” and how does it relate to the later concept of manifest destiny and American exceptionalism? (You can find the meaning of manifest destiny in the textbook index. American exceptionalism is the idea that the united states is in some fundamental ways different from other nations.)

Cause: Manifest destiny

Effect: More land for the colonies

Historical topic: Briefly discuss the (Founders) Rationale for creating the colonies of Maryland, Carolina and Georgia.

Cause: Maryland, Carolina, Georgia created

Effect: Drew lines around colonies with similar qualities

Historical topic: What was bacon’s rebellion and what were the causes and implications of this rebellion (Describe the conditions that existed in the coastal areas versus the backcountry)?

Cause: Bacon’s rebellion

Effect: Governor Berkley threatened at gun point

Historical topic: Describe the practice of indentured servitude (Reasons why people became indentured servants, their quality of life, etc.). What impact did slavery have on the institution of indentured servitude in the late seventeenth century and why were slaves from Africa suddenly more desirable at this time?

Cause: Slaves were already slaves in Africa, which was how they were traded for goods

Effect: Large amounts of black slaves all around the colony.

Historical topic: What were the main tenets of Quakerism and what impact did these ideas have on the Pennsylvania colony? Was Pennsylvania society and government able to retain its Quaker philosophy and character as it developed and prospered, why or why not?

Cause: Discontent and adopting and shunning new cultures LED people to seek places as where they could live in harmony under a certain religion

Effect: Quakerism was able to find its own place in Pennsylvania

Historical topic: What is meant by the term, “yankee” culture and how did this more recent culture differ from the original culture found in the early English colonies?

Cause: Yankee’s along new England; They had railroads and the new of ever thing

Effect: The yankee looked down on the south plantation

Historical topic: Describe the Salem witch trials and the reasons why this event occurred. What event in the 1950s paralleled the Salem witch craze and what do politicians mean today when they call something a “witch hunt?”

Cause: Salem witch trials burning hundreds of innocent

Effect: The red scare parallel it, however the was proof and people were actually guilty in the red scare, most notaly Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Historical topic: Describe the economic and social characteristics of the three regions of the English colonies (New England, middle and southern) During the 18th century.

Cause: Plantations of cotton could only be grown in the south

Effect: Each specialized and a division of labor occurred across the country

Historical topic: What was the Stono rebellion? What changes did the south Carolinians make as a result of this rebellion?

Cause: Big rebellion

Effect: Requirement that all men wear guns to local activities

Historical topic: Who were the Paxton boys and the regulators? What can you infer about these events in relation to the social tensions that existed in the colonies during this period?

Cause: Paxton boys brought new things to the colonist

Effect: Colonists already had their own means and didn’t like taxes

Historical topic: Discuss the English-American relationship during the first half of the 18th century and the policy of salutary neglect.

Cause: Now-American  fled from tyranny and tax

Effect: Afraid it will be just the same here as over in England