Colonial Citizens

Write a 3-4 page essay on one of the following questions.

A. The 18th century witnessed a great transformation as the colonies and colonial citizens established new cultures and lifestyles. What were these changes and how did the 1st Great Awakening with ministers like Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield indicate different reactions? How did Benjamin Franklin’s ideas about success and the paths to success reflect changing notions about wealth and social position?

B. The American Revolution was the product of a building feud between colonials and British administrators. How did British attempt to reform the American Empire contribute to the growth of the Revolutionary movement? What kinds of taxes did the British impose and what were the reactions to those measures? How did these riots against British policies reflect growing problems for the British Crown?

C. Historians have paid special attention to the ideas of “republicanism” as helping to formulate the revolutionary movement. What was republicanism and how did it justify the Revolution? In particular, how did the Declaration of Independence reflect republican values? How were women part of the revolution, both in idea and action?

Full title: The behaviorist approach to psychology was dominant for much of the first half of the twentieth century. How did it achieve this dominance and why was the approach eventually supplanted by the information processing / cognitive approach? 3000 word essay excluding references, based on the attached PDF file that provided the main points which will have to be expanded. Short reading list is also included, as the starting point.

Question 2

Full title: The behaviorist approach to psychology was dominant for much of the first half of the twentieth century. How did it achieve this dominance and why was the approach eventually supplanted by the information processing / cognitive approach? 3000 word essay excluding references. Short reading list is also included, as the starting point.

Question 3

Provide a critical analysis of The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin. Please cite from the book, and include any outside sources/references. MLA format. Some questions that came up during lecture (scattered around in the attached document): some have to bear fixed costs to benefit the masses- what are the incentives for people to bear these large fixed costs- how did he explain fixed cost would be covered? what about this notion of fixed costs? how do these costs get covered? addressing these kinds of things in the paper what do you think government’s role is, what is actual role of gvt plays very specific role in society, then add on what’s the role of government in analysis going to be in the future (zero marginal cost)