Assignment
Essay Topic:
For each of the following periods of time during the establishment of our nation, describe fully, the POLITICAL, SOCIAL, and ECONOMIC environment of the period. What were the major events and national changes which shaped our country? How did the events of this era lead us into the next era? These questions should be examined thoroughly so that you describe fully the environment of American society during the subject period.
1. 1607 - 1760 Colonial Period
2. 1760 - 1783 Insurrection and Revolution
3. 1784 - 1850 Founding and Growth of the Republic
4. 1850 - 1877 Civil War and Reconstruction.