Multiple essay questions: structure and assessment approaches
This essay answers a number of questions regarding life in the early American colonies, from the influence of Puritanism to the effects of the slave trade. In doing so, it provides a much more robust depiction of the colonies than it usually seen. Understanding the complex cultural, religious, and political experience of those people living in the colonies provides a basis for a more in-depth consideration of American history as a whole, because many of the issues that characterize this history can be traced back to the colonies' earliest days.