Discuss Takaki’s “two frontiers” of cultural contact in North America. How did the English in particular among Europeans plan and prepare for their efforts to colonize and conquer in North America? In what ways did Europeans and American Indians compete for power and territory in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions? Describe how Americans at the time of the Revolution (late 1700s) viewed their history with native cultures, using the attitudes of Thomas Jefferson in particular.

Discuss the process and consequences of kidnapping and enslaving Africans. How did Europeans justify their actions? In what diverse ways did Europeans and Africans interact in North America? How did Africans attempt to resist enslavement, at times even joining forces with disaffected Euro-Americans? Describe how white Americans at the time of the Revolution (late 1700s) viewed and treated African Americans in their midst, using the attitudes of Thomas Jefferson in particular.

Discuss the concept of immigration to the United States over the centuries. Identify and describe with examples from assigned readings Ravenstein’s three “laws of migration” as well as Daniels’ three “major immigration myths”. Describe the influx of Europeans and Africans to North America before the American Revolution. Should scholars consider kidnapped Africans part of the immigration story to the United States, since the freedom of choice to migrate was not a voluntary one?