Explain why that concept is incorrect, and then argue why those continents could indeed be considered new worlds after 1492.

1. An outdated term for the colonial Americas is the “New World.” Explain why that concept is incorrect, and then argue why those continents could indeed be considered new worlds after 1492. Remember to use several specific examples from class and from your readings as you make your points.
2. In the 1760s, North American colonists reacted to the taxes placed upon them by England. However, it took several years before many colonists were calling for independence from the mother country. Using five of the acts or events below, explain how the colonists who came to support independence did so. How did those who eventually supported the Revolution go from insisting on their rights as English people and as viewing themselves as English, to envisioning and insisting upon breaking away from England?
Acts and Events
Seven Years War
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Boston Massacre
Sam Adams
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Intolerable Acts
Second Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence