HOW TO ADDRESS A DBQ•AP means Address the Prompt!•You are a lawyer, creating a stand and then proving it using the evidence from the Exhibits A-G

•Don’t tell me what a documents says, tell me WHAT IT MEANS! (how does it prove your point)

•Do not use extensive quotes….I know the Docs, don’t waste valuable time

•Always check the context, and, if you can, take a sentence or two to explain that context.

•Remember, there can be more than one “right”

answer…you are being graded on how well you prove your point•Thesis, not Topic

•Analyze, Analyze and Analyze….Why Something Happened

•Remember, the Prompt is a key for you to talk about the ongoing Dynamics and Themes (Conflicts!)we stress in class….cite those themes, define and explain them!

PART I: LETS GET STARTED…THE

PROMPT

Many Times the Prompt consists of two parts. A

statement (which may or may not be accurate…a

trick to get you to address COMPLEXITY),

followed by the actual question. The issue of territorial expansion sparked

considerable debate in the period 1800–1855. (The

statement)

Analyze this debate and evaluate the influence of

both supporters and opponents of

territorial expansion in shaping federal government

policy.

Use the documents and your knowledge of the years

1800–1855 in your answer.

OR

Or sometimes it is a single sentence question.

"From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided

the United States with an effective government."

Using the documents and your knowledge of the period,

evaluate this statement.

It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal

and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and

stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate

defeat of the Treaty of Versailles.

Using the documents and your knowledge of the period

1917-1921, assess the validity of this statement.

Using this last prompt, lets begin to look at how

to construct a response….Let’s build an answer,

then prove why it is a good answer…

Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960's in

the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for

African American civil rights.

Use the documents and your knowledge of the history of

the 1960's to construct your response.

Although New England and the Chesapeake region were

both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700

the regions had evolved into two distinct societies.

Why did this difference in development occur?

Use the documents AND your knowledge of the colonial

period up to 1700 to develop your answer.

First, let’s take a second and quickly brainstorm in preparation for the

question

Write down all the key words that you remember about

colonial Virginia.

Jamestown, John Smith, Dying Times, gold and tobacco, rich

landowners, indentured servants, rivers, Governor Berkeley,

Indians, hierarchy, enfranchisement, Bacon’s Rebellion

Write down all the key words that you remember

about New England

Puritans, Pilgrims, The Great Migration, John Winthrope and a

City on a Hill, ordered society, community=unity, Charter of

Massachusetts, the General Council, New England Town Platte,

Congregationalism, Half-way Covenant, God is a God of Order,

Education, Ministers, Boston

First, you may have noticed that I have

already highlighted some words in red.

Let’s talk about why we need to be real

careful in reading the prompt. Remember, the prompt

is a key to open a door

that lets you talk about

a particular conflict or

dynamic in American

History.

What is the thing that

the writer is implying

doesn’t make sense, or

seems odd?

Although New England and the

Chesapeake region were both

settled largely by people of

English origin, by 1700 the regions

had evolved into two distinct

societies.

Why did this difference in

development occur?

Use the documents AND your

knowledge of the colonial period

up to 1700 to develop your answer.

Right!…these two regions

were settled for two

different reasons…what

were they? What two

themes then come into

play?America, or in this case, the

World, can be a better place

Freedom of Economic Opportunity

Although New

England and the

Chesapeake region

were both settled

largely by people of

English origin, by

1700 the regions

had evolved into

two distinct

societies.

Why did this

difference in

development occur?

Use the documents

AND your

knowledge of the

colonial period up

to 1700 to develop

your answer.

Now, we have identified that that it seems

strange that people from the same country

and culture can make two, so different, sub-

cultures. We are thinking that it may have

something to do with the reason behind the

settlement of the two regions.

Know this….the AP Assessor will spend less

than 3 minutes reading your essay…..I

know, NOT FAIR…you spend a year

learning to construct them and then an

hour of stress writing……but….guess

what…they know what they are doing. Here

is why……

They spent a great deal of time at a table

with other history people going over all

the possible answers, primed themselves

and know exactly what to look for…

It is your job, from the opening line

of your first paragraph to convince

them you know what you are

doing!

Although New

England and the

Chesapeake

region were both

settled largely by

people of English

origin, by 1700

the regions had

evolved into two

distinct societies.

Why did this

difference in

development

occur?

Use the

documents AND

your knowledge

of the colonial

period up to 1700

to develop your

answer.

1st sentence: The “Grabber”

•Simple, ho-hum…., snoozing Assessor

Answer: By 1700 two distinct cultures

developed in the American Colonies. One

in the New England region and the other

in the South, first settled around

Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and

Maryland.

•More involved, showing you understand the

importance of the questions…Makes the

Assessor pay attention!

•Answer: To this day, Virginia is famous

for its hospitality, genteel manners,

important families and well-preserved

farming mansions, called Plantations.

New England on the other hand, is

famous for its little villages, neatly laid

out and small picturesque farming

communities filled with highly

opinionated, independent minded New

Englanders

Although New

England and the

Chesapeake region

were both settled

largely by people of

English origin, by

1700 the regions

had evolved into

two distinct

societies.

Why did this

difference in

development occur?

Use the documents

AND your

knowledge of the

colonial period up

to 1700 to develop

your answer.

Most engaging, shows you understand how

important this dynamic is in American

History….makes the assessor smile!

When we think of Virginia, we visualize

a small elite group of American

“nobles”, planters, overseeing huge

landed manors worked by white serfs,

called indentured servants, and later,

black slaves. A society dominated by

men of privilege, who know they are the

born, rightful leaders of their white

and black underlings. Contrast this

with Massachusetts and Connecticut,

the heart of New England. Small,

intimate villages, centered around the

all important church. A people of

strong beliefs, hard working families

and a morally surety. How can two so

contrasting societies claim to have

come from the same family, the same

mother?

Although New

England and the

Chesapeake region

were both settled

largely by people of

English origin, by 1700

the regions had

evolved into two

distinct societies.

Why did this

difference in

development occur?

Use the documents

AND your knowledge

of the colonial period

up to 1700 to develop

your answer.

Now, lets get the next TWO ideas in….we

need to give the opening some

context…just enough to set the stage for

the thesis, or answer you are going to

propose of the Question: WHY THE

DIFFERENCE. Remember this?

Right!…these two regions were

settled for two different

reasons…what were they? What

two themes then come into play?

So, write the next two Sentences…one

about the motives for the Settling of

New England and one about the settling

of Virginia and Maryland.

Key Terms: Great Migration, Gold,

Tobacco, Land Grants and Charters,

Puritans, Indentured Servants,

Gentlemen Farmers, City on a Hill,

etc.

SO, THIS IS WHAT THE OPENING LOOKS

LIKE

Opening sentence….the grabber that lets the

assessor know why this prompt address

something really important in American

History…why are we who we are

Context sentence(s) ……New England was

settled….

Context sentence(s)….. The Chesapeake region,

centered in Virginia was settled….

Now we are ready for your Thesis….why you

think New England and the Chesapeake region

ended up so different from each other, even

though they were both settled by English people.

Although New England

and the Chesapeake

region were both settled

largely by people of

English origin, by 1700

the regions had evolved

into two distinct

societies.

Why did this difference

in development occur?

Use the documents AND

your knowledge of the

colonial period up to

1700 to develop your

answer.

Now, write your own Thesis

So, it could look like this………

To this day, Virginia is famous for its hospitality, genteel manners, important families and well-preserved farming mansions, called Plantations. New England on the other hand, is famous for its little villages, neatly laid out and small picturesque farming communities filled with highly opinionated, independent minded New Englanders.

It is important to understand that people came to these two regions for very different purposes. The people who shaped New England were Puritans, religious immigrants from England looking to establish an ordered, unified community, dedicated to living the vision of building a Godly society. The Chesapeake, dominated by Virginia, with its capital at Jamestown, from the very beginning was an economic venture…..people came to get ahead. Some of Virginia’s first families were Gentry class, looking to live like the nobility of England, with huge tracts of land. Others, sold away their rights and their freedoms to just get to Virginia, in hopes that one day, they could own their own land and build their own futures. Later, other came who were owned, with no futures, by the planter class.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these regions. One population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for all, while the other was built by individuals seeking their own private economic dreams.

Please identify the three parts of the opening paragraph

Now…how do we use the documents and prior knowledge to prove this?

LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE

THESIS: DIFFERENCES IN THE REGIONS ARE

THE RESULT OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES FOR

COMING

What will this evidence look like

As each group works to accomplish its purposes, the face problems and create solutions that reflect this difference in purpose

Either: We are Marching to Zion: Building the Godly, ordered Society

v.

How can I get more money, even at the expense of

others.

We will highlight and notate each document when we find this evidence to support our thesis

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these regions. One

population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for all, while the other was

built by individuals seeking their own private economic dreams.

Document A

Source: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity

(Written on board the Arbella on the Atlantic

Ocean, 1630)

God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence

hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, [that]

in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high

and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and

in subjection.... [Yet] we must be knit together in this

work as one man. We must entertain each other in

brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge

ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others'

necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce

together in all meekness, gentleness, patience, and

liberality. We must delight in each other, make others'

conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn

together, labor and suffer together, always having

before our eyes our commission and community in the

work, our community as members of the same body.

So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of

peace.... We must consider that we shall be as a city

upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that

if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we

have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his

present help from us, we shall be made a story and a

by-word through the world. We shall open the

mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God....

shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy

servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into

curses upon us.

Context: Winthrop, Puritan governor

Occasion…starting the new colony, the Landing and

establishing

•God’s ordered, righteous city will be a place where men

work together to help each other

•God’s, ordered and righteous city will be a place where

the concern for others is as important as our own welfare

•This is will be a new place, and experiment in righteous

living that the whole world will look to and judge if God is

right

This unity, sense of

cooperative community is

different than England, and

much different than the

purposes for the Virginia

colony

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these regions. One

population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for all, while the other was

built by individuals seeking their own private economic dreams.

Document B

Source: Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for New England John Porter, Deputy Clerk to

Edward Thoroughgood Weymouth the 20th of March, 1635

1. Joseph Hull, of Somerset, a minister, aged 40 years

2. Agnes Hull, his wife, aged 25 years

3. Joan Hull, his daughter, aged 15 years

4. Joseph Hull, his son, aged 13 years

5. Tristram, his son, aged 11 years

6. Elizabeth Hull, his daughter, aged 7 years

7. Temperance, his daughter, aged 9 years

8. Grissel Hull, his daughter, aged 5 years

9. Dorothy Hull, daughter, 3 years

10. Judith French, his servant, aged 20 years

11. John Wood, his servant, aged 20 years

12. Robert Dabyn, his servant, aged 28 years

13. Musachiell Bernard, of Batcombe, clothier in the county of Somerset, 24 years

14. Mary Bernard, his wife, aged 28 years

15. John Bernard, his son, aged 3 years

16. Nathaniel, his son, aged 1 year

21. Timothy Tabor, in Somerset of Batcombe, tailor, aged 35 years

22. Jane Tabor, his wife, aged 35 years

23. Jane Tabor, his daughter, aged 10 years

24. Anne Tabor, his daughter, aged 8 years

25. Sarah Tabor, his daughter, aged 5 years

26. William Fever, his servant, aged 20 years

27. John Whitmarke, aged 39 years

28. Alice Whitmarke, his wife, aged 35 years

29. James Whitmarke, his son, aged 5 years

30. Jane, his daughter, aged 7 years

31. Onseph Whitmarke, his son, aged 5 years

32. Rich. Whitmarke, his son, aged 2 years

74. Robert Lovell, husbandman, aged 40 years

75. Elizabeth Lovell, his wife, aged 35 years

76. Zacheus Lovell, his son, aged 15 years

77. Anne Lovell, his daughter, aged 16 years

78. John Lovell, his son, aged 8 years

79. Ellyn, his daughter, aged 1 year

80. James, his son, aged 1 year

81. Joseph Chickin, his servant, 16 years

82. Alice Kinham, aged 22 years

83. Angell Hollard, aged 21 years

84. Katheryn, his wife, 22 years

85. George Land, his servant, 22 years

86. Sarah Land, his kinswoman, 18 years

103. John Hoble, husbandman, 13 years

104. Robert Huste, husbandman, 40 . . .

Context: New England Manifest, height of the Great Migration

What seems to be the connection between these passengers?

What prior knowledge can be applied

•Entire congregations came

•91% of New England immigrants came as families

•The little Commonwealth

•Would be easy to organize towns and villages along family lines

•Families seek order, stability and help each other

•These are all going to create this new society, the City on the Hill

We can see the unity, stability and

order, purpose of Puritan society,

is built on large, unified families,

that will create a stable and

mutually support culture

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these regions. One

population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for all, while the other was

built by individuals seeking their own private economic dreams. Document C

Source: Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for Virginia

Ultimo July, 1635

These underwritten names are to be transported to Virginia, embarked in the Merchant's Hope, Hugh

Weston, Master, per examination by the minister of Gravesend touching' their conformity to the Church

discipline of England, and have taken the oaths of allegiance and supremacy:

Edward Towers 26 Allin King 19

Henry Woodman 22 Rowland Sadler 19

Richard Seems 26 Jo. Phimps 28

Vyncent Whatter 17 Daniel Endick 16

James Whithedd 14 Jo. Chalk 25

Jonas Watts 21 Jo. Vynall 20

Peter Loe 22 Edward Smith 20

Geo. Brocker 17 Jo. Rowlidge 19

Henry Eeles 26 Wm. Westlie 40

Jo. Dennis 22 Jo. Smith 18

Tho. Swayne 23 Jo. Saunders 22

Charles Rinsden 27 Tho. Bartcherd 16

Jo. Exston 17 Tho. Dodderidge 19

Wm. Luck 14 Richard Williams 18

Jo. Thomas 19 Jo. Ballance 19

Jo. Archer 21 Wm. Baldin 21

Richard Williams 25 Wm. Pen 26

Francis Hutton 20 Jo. Gene 24

Savill Gascoyne 29 Henry Baylie 18

Rich. Bulfell 29 Rich. Anderson 50

Rich. Jones 26 Robert Kelum 51

Tho. Wynes 30 Richard Fanshaw 22

Humphrey Williams 22 Tho. Bradford 40

Edward Roberts 20 Wm. Spencer 16

Martin Atkinson 32 Marmaduke Ella 22

Edward Atkinson 28

Wm. Edwards 30 Women

Nathan Braddock 31 Ann Swayne 22

Jeffrey Gurrish 23 Eliz. Cote 22

Henry Carrell 16 Ann Rice 23

Tho. Tyle 24 Kat. Wilson 23

Gamaliel White 24 Maudlin Lloyd 24

Richard Marks 19 Mabell Busher 14

Tho. Clever 16 Annis Hopkins 24

Jo. Kitchin 16 Ann Mason 24

Edmond Edwards 20 Bridget Crompe 18

Lewes Miles 19 Mary Hawkes 19

Jo. Kennedy 20 Ellin Hawkes 18

Sam Jackson 24

Context: Immigrants for Virginia

Same year as the ship that landed in New England

What do these people have in common?

Prior Knowledge:

•Mostly male

•Mostly single

•Mostly young

•The ideal indentured servant

•Headrights given up, 5-7 years of labor

•High demand for cheap labor

•Uneducated and poor

•They live and hope for the chance to get their own land

•They will only get the cheapest land, land on the frontier

•The will always be remembered as former indentured servants

•Occupy much lower status than the elite planter/landowning class

Here, we see the strong desire for economic

freedom, but there is no inherent social

structure, very little opportunity for the stability

of families…..their social status and age will

make a competitive and sometimes violent

society. Most dangerous animal on the planet is

the young, single male human.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these regions. One

population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for all, while the other was

built by individuals seeking their own private economic dreams.

Document D

Source: Articles of Agreement, Springfield,

Massachusetts, 1636

We whose names are underwritten, being

by God's providence engaged together to

make a plantation...do mutually agree to

certain articles and orders to be observed

and kept by us and by our successors ....

1. We intend by God's grace, as soon as we

can, with all convenient speed, to procure

some Godly and faithful minister with

whom we purpose to join in church

covenant to walk in all the ways of Christ.

2. We intend that our town shall be

composed of forty families.... rich and poor.

3. That every inhabitant shall have a

convenient proportion for a house lot, as

we shall see [fit] for everyone's quality and

estate ....

5. That everyone shall have a share of the

meadow or planting ground ....

Context: Height of Great Migration, City on the Hill is a

vivid desire. Articles of Agreement implies what idea?

You can tie in the idea of the elect voting on ministers and

town policies at Town Meetings of all citizens..pure

democracy flourishes in NE…unheard of in Chesapeake.

•What is first on the list and how does this relate to purpose

•The Little Commonwealth is the basis for a stable,

communal society, God is the God of order.

•We are a community….Puritan view of Gods society..we

share the work, the wealth and the suffering together

We still see the divinely

inspired purpose is strong in

the minds of Puritans….God,

order, family and community

united in one purpose…a truly

unique society….

Document E

Source: Wage and Price

Regulations in Connecticut, 1676

Whereas a great cry of oppression

is heard among us, and that

principally pointed at workmen

and traders, which is hard to

regulate without a standard for

pay, it is therefore ordered that . .

. [prices and wages] be duly set at

each of our General Courts

annually, . . . [A]II breaches of

this order to be punished

proportionable to the value of the

oppression. . . . This court . . . in

the interim recommends [that] all

tradesmen and laborers consider

the religious end of their callings,

which is that receiving such

moderate profit as may enable

them to serve God and their

neighbors with their arts and

trades comfortably, they

do not enrich themselves

suddenly and inordinately (by

oppressing prices and wages to

the impoverishing [of] their

neighbors . . . live in the practice

of that crying sin of oppression,

but avoid it.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these

regions. One population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for

all, while the other was built by individuals seeking their own private economic

dreams.

Context: how many years after the Great

Migration and why is this important to

think about? Does the need for such a

law show a weakening of the City on a

Hill Purpose. This is a good place to also

talk about the Halfway Covenant as a

sign of the weakening purpose

What is the great Sin…how does relate to

the Puritan purpose of settling NE?

What does the new law do and how does

the law reflect that purpose?

What is meant by referring to the

“religious end” of their calling….how does

this relate to the Puritan Purpose and

how is this different than everywhere else

What is the “sin of oppression”

We are now 40 years after the enthusiasm of the City on

the Hill, and New Englanders are finding they have to

make a living, and profits are nice. But, the Puritan

dream of an ordered, stable and cooperative society is

still the goal of the government. While weakening, this

unique purpose is still defining New England economics,

political and social life.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these

regions. One population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for

all, while the other was built by individuals seeking their own private economic

dreams.

Document F

Source: Captain John Smith,

History of Virginia, 1624When the [large ship] departed, . . . those of

us that had money, spare clothes, credit to

give bills of payment, gold rings, fur, or

any such commodities, were ever welcome

to [purchase supplies. The rest of us

patiently obeyed our] vile commanders

and [bought] our provisions at fifteen

times the value yet did not repine but

fasted, lest we should incur the censure of

[being] factious and seditious persons Our

ordinary [food] was but meal and water so

that this little relieved our wants, whereby

with the extremity of the bitter cold frost

more than half of us died. The worst

[among us were the gold seekers who] with

their golden promises made all men their

slaves in hope of recompenses. There was

no talk . . . . but dig gold, wash gold, refine

gold, load gold. . . . Smith, perceiving [we

lived] from hand to mouth, caused the

pinnace [small ship] to be provided with

things fitting to get provision for the year

following. [Two councillors] Wingfield and

Kendall, . . . strengthened themselves with

the sailors and other confederates [and

planned to go] aboard the pinnace to alter

her course and to go for England. Smith

had the plot discovered to him. Much

trouble he had to prevent it, till with store

of saker and musket shot he forced them to

stay or sink in the river; which action cost

the life of Captain Kendall. These brawls

are so disgustful, as some will say, they

were better forgotten.

Context: Written several years after the first years of Jamestown (1607).

John Smith, a military man, eventual had to take the colony over and force

rules that allowed everyone to survive better/facts you may want to tie in:

Smith is writing this to enlarge his role. Half the new colonist died every

year. Jamestown was located in unhealthy bottomlands. The colony went

broke and the King eventually had to take over…why?

Whom did everyone seem to be looking out for…cite evidence for your

answer. If you had no money, how could you buy things at 15 times their

value?

Why were the gold seekers hurting the colony?

Mutiny…what does this say about the order, stability and cooperation in

the colony

What was causing the “brawls”

The settlers of Jamestown show every evidence of being out for

themselves, and only themselves. These folks are showing the

worst of the pursuit of economic dreams…at the cost of your

neighbor. Much is made of how badly they treated the Native

Americans, but they treated each other just as bad. Price

gouging, lying, forced or manipulated servitude, mutiny, and

worse, watching your neighbor die when you had the means to

help created a competitive, survival-of –the fittest atmosphere

that is a perfect breeding ground for a competitive, dangerous,

violent society…just waiting for an authority to come and

“force” order on them.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these

regions. One population was drawn from families seeking to create a better world for

all, while the other was built by individuals seeking their own private economic

dreams.

Document G

Source: Governor Berkeley and His

Council on Their Inability to Defend

Virginia Against a Dutch Attack,

December 1673

We thought it our duty . . . to set forth in

this our Declaration, the true state and

condition of this countryin general and

our particular . . . disabilit[y] to . . .

[engage in] war at the time of this

invasion [by the

Dutch]. . . . [We] therefore do most humbly

beseech your majesty and your most

honorable council to consider that

Virginia is intersected by so many vast

rivers as makes more miles to defend than

we have men of trust to defend them. For

by our nearest computation we leave at

our backs as many servants (besides

Negroes) as there are freemen to defend

the shores and all our frontiers [against]

the Indians. . . . [This] gives men fearful

apprehensions of the danger they leave

their estates and families in, while they

are drawn from their houses to defend the

borders. Also at least one third [of the

freemen available for

defense] are single freemen (whose labor

will hardly maintain them) or men much

in debt, . . . [whom] we may reasonably

expect upon any small advantage the

enemy may gain upon us, . . . [to defect] to

them in hopes of bettering their condition

by sharing the plunder of the country

with them.

Context: this is very important because it allows you to

demonstrate prior knowledge to show what kind of society

Virginia had become in the 50 years since Smith wrote.

•A royal colony, run directly by the King’s nobleman

•Berkeley, a former Cavalier (supporter of the monarchy)

encourage noble friends to migrate…these become the planters

and were his Council.

•Berkeley was a firm believer in the English hierarchy, so this

system of landed nobles dominating a much larger population of

poorer whites and black slaves was his ideal. Stable and

ordered, yes…cooperative…hmmm…what evidence of

“cooperation” between social classes does the document show?

•What is Berkeley’s greatest fears as he tries to organize his

colonist to resist a threatened Dutch invasion?

•What does this show us about Virginia class structure?

•American theme…everyone deserves respect….idealized in

NE, how does this ideal play out in Virginia

•What do you think the planters get out of this whole system

The self-destructive chaos of 50 years before, seemed to

have been resolved with the imposing of King’s rule in

Virginia. However, Governor Berkeley’s concerns are

more directed at betrayal by his own people than fear

of a Dutch attack. This veneer of order lays on top of a

strict class system that seems to have bred distrust and

fear of each other…a fear Berkeley expresses when he

talks of his own poorer people robbing and deserting to

the Dutch to achieve their economic dreams.

It is this difference in motivation that led the growth of two new cultures in these

regions. One population was drawn from families seeking to create a better

world for all, while the other was built by individuals seeking their own private

economic dreams. Document H

Source: Bacon's "Manifesto: 'justifying

his rebellion against Virginia

Governor Berkeley in 1676'"

We cannot in our hearts find one single

spot of rebellion or treason or that we

have in any manner aimed

at subverting the settled government. .

. . All people in all places where we

have yet been can attest our

civil, quiet, peaceable behavior far

different from that of rebellion. . . . Let

truth be bold and all the world

know the real foundations of

pretended guilt. . . . Let us trace . . .

[the] men in authority and favor to

whose hands the dispensation of the

countr[y's] wealth has been committed.

Let us observe the sudden rise of their

estates ... [compared] with the quality

in which they first entered this

country. Let us consider their sudden

advancement. And let us also consider

whether any public work for our safety

and defense or for the advancement

and propagation of trade, liberal arts

or sciences is in any [way] adequate to

our vast charge. Now let us compare

these things together and see what

sponges have sucked up the public

treasure and whether it has not been

privately contrived away by unworthy

favorites and juggling

parasites whose tottering fortunes

have been repaired and supported at

the public charge.

Context: It is so important that you have already introduced

Berkeley’s role in creating an English hierarchy in Virginia…a few

privileged favorites sit on the council, make all the rules and get all

the financial benefits…this is the English nobility’s view of a stable,

ordered society. Next, you need to provide the context of Bacon’s

rebellion….the frontiersmen, sons of indentured servants pushed to

the poor and dangerous lands to the west while the nobility (planters)

control the rich bottom lands with easy access to sea and trade.

These men had been given permission to defend themselves against

Indian attacks that their new settlements provoke. When the

viciousness of Bacon’s militia threaten to provoke a wider Indian war,

Berkeley called them back. Bacon’s poor frontiersmen so this as yet

another oppression by the governor, they turned around and marched

to Jamestown to the force concessions on the governor (King John

and Magna Carta). Bacon died of disease and the “rebellion” fizzled.

This document is Bacon’s explanation as to why they are marching

on Jamestown

•What did Bacon say about being labeled as “rebels”

•Who does Bacon say the real criminals are?

•What evidence does he present?

•What does this show about the feelings of the lower class whites

towards the upper class whites?

•Compare this with the previous document which show feelings of

upper towards lower class.

The class tensions we saw in Berkeley’s letter to the King

comes to a head with the poor whites marching on

Berkeley’s capital in Bacon’s “rebellion”. The denial of

economic freedom to a majority of the poor whites by the

elites of Virginia erupt in violence…first toward Native

Americans, then a Civil War of poor against the planter

elites. Stability is a fragile thing is this society

PART III: FINALLY, THE WRITING!

As we practice, all the prep work we have just

modelled should take you 15-20 minutes

Now you have to put it together

You need to use the documents to support, or

“prove” the thesis you presented at the end of the

first paragraph.

At the end of each point, or document treatment,

include language to tie back to the thesis

This ………..shows clearly that the purpose of

the NE colonies is leading them down a very

different road than what was evolving in

Virginia.

THINGS TO THINK OF AS YOU BEGIN TO

WRITE

Did we see change over time…a big thing for AP DBQ’s

Did New England move away from their original purpose God’s ideal society….if so why

Did Virginia develop away from the economic free-for-all we see in the Jamestown doc…..if so, why

Be sure to include a conclusion, something more than simply restating the Thesis

The distinct British subcultures that developed in New England and the Chesapeake regions were the results of original purpose, and the particular people those purposes attracted to the colonies. These original settlers met differing economic and environmental conditions and adapted to these conditions. It is hard to believe these unique cultures developed in such close proximity. Even harder to believe, the grandsons of these original settlers would unite to make a new nation a century later.

Now…write it…..Good luck! Address the Prompt and Prove your Point!