Pursuits of happiness the social development of early

Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British
Colonies and the Formation of American Culture, The University of North Carolina Press , 1988
 John Demos, The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story of Early America,
Knopf Doubleday
Publishing Group, 1994
a) Briefly explain the main point of the author’s historical argument in the selected passage.
b) Provide ONE piece of historical evidence that is not included in the passage and explain how it
supports the historian’s argument.
c) Briefly relate the historian’s argument to the theme of Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture.
Learning Objective: ID-1
Learning Objective: WXT-1
Learning Objective: CUL-1
Learning Objective: CUL-4
Historical Thinking Skill: Historical Argumentation
Historical Thinking Skill: Appropriate Use of
Relevant Historical Evidence
Historical Thinking Skill: Interpretation
Key Concepts: 2.1.III
Key Concepts: 2.3.I
Key Concepts: 2.3.II

Map of European Territorial Claims in the 18 th Century
5. Use this image and your knowledge of United States history to answer a, b, and c.
a) Choose ONE of the groups from the map and explain how imperial goals influenced its pattern of
colonization.
b) Compare your answer in (a) to that of ONE of the other groups from the map.

c) Choose ONE goal from either the group in (a) or the group in (b) and briefly assess the extent to
which the group was successful in meeting that goal.