Mini Essay IDs describe one of the following IDs, highlighting the important points with examples, emphasizing the historical significance. Three of the following questions will appear on the exam.
1. The influence of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment on the American Revolution
2. Describe the trans-Atlantic economy, colonial trade restrictions and limitations (mercantilism) and their influence on the American Revolution
3. Describe the impacts of the wars for empire on American colonists; describe the Albany Plan of Union and its significance
4. Describe the roles of non-elites in the American Revolution (Id est: African Americans, Native Americans, women, and the "lower to middling sorts" or classes of colonists).