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PERIOD 2 AP Exam Practice 143

They often misinterpret and distort both the values and the practices of those they
deal with, but from these misunderstandings arise new meanings and through them
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new practices — the shared meaning and practices of the middle ground. . . . The world
of the pays d’en haut, then, is not a traditional world either seeking to maintain itself
unchanged or eroding under the pressure of whites. It is a joint Indian-white creation.”

Richard White, The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and
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Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815, 1991
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1. Using the excerpts, answer A, B, and C.
(A) Briefly describe one major difference between McDonnell’s and White’s histori-
cal interpretations of the relations between Native Americans and Europeans.
(B) Briefly explain how one historical event or development that is not explicitly
mentioned in the excerpts could support McDonnell’s interpretation.
(C) Briefly explain how one historical event or development that is not explicitly
mentioned in the excerpts could support White’s interpretation.

“The day after, I went to visit the governour at his house, and among other discourse I
told him I tooke notice of several ships that were arrived at Boston, some since my being
there, from Spain, France, Streights, Canaries and other parts of Europe, contrary to your
Majesties lawes for encouraging navigation, and regulating the trade of the plantations.
He freely declared to me that the lawes made by your Majestie and your parliament
obligeth them in nothing but what consists with the interest of that colony, that the
legislative power is and abides in them soley to act and make lawes by virtue of a charter
from your Majesties royall father, and that all matters indifference are to be concluded
by their final determination, without any appeal to your majestie, and that your Majestie
ought not to retrench their liberties, but may enlarge them if your Majestie please . . .
yet they did believe your Majestie to be their very good friend, for that your Majestie had
several letters expressed by your kindnesse to them . . .”

Letter from Edward Randolph to the King of England, 1676

2. Using the excerpt, answer A, B, and C.
(A) Briefly describe the historical situation described in the excerpt.
(B) Briefly explain how one specific historical event or development between 1607
and 1676 led to the historical situation depicted in the excerpt.
(C) Briefly explain how one specific historical event or development between 1676
and 1754 resulted from the historical situation depicted in the excerpt.
3. Answer A, B, and C.
(A) Briefly describe one specific historical change in relations between Native
Americans and British North American colonists in the period 1607 to 1754.
(B) Briefly describe one specific historical continuity in relations between Native
Americans and British North American colonists in the period 1607 to 1754.
(C) Briefly explain one way in which Native Americans resisted British colonization
in the period from 1676 to 1754.

4. Answer A, B, and C.
(A) Briefly explain one example of how enslavement changed over time in the
British North American colonies from 1619 to 1754.
(B) Briefly explain one similarity in enslavement between two regions of the British
North American colonies from 1619 to 1754.
(C) Briefly explain one difference in enslavement between two regions of the British
North American colonies from 1619 to 1754.

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