Problem
A. In your own words, explain the difference between history, the past, and historiography.
B. Why is Haiti rarely included in the narrative of Atlantic Revolutions? What does Trouillot mean when he argues that this treatment is not the result of the politics of individual historians, but rather represents a structural issue, "archival power at its strongest?"
C. What is a revolution and how is it different from a rebellion, insurrection, etc.? Why do some historians argue that the American Revolution wasn't very revolutionary?
D. What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it set the stage for the "rise of Europe" and the modern world system?
E. Explain Eric Williams' argument that "slavery created racism, racism didn't create slavery." What evidence does he provide for this thesis?
F. What was mercantilism, how did it work, and how has it contributed to lingering global inequalities?
G. Explain the origins of the Enlightenment. Why do some historians argue that Western History's focus on the Enlightenment is Eurocentric?
H. According to Donald Wright in The World and a Very Small Place in Africa, what is World Systems Theory and how is it related to globalization?