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Steven M. Gillon10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Gillon argues that the Puritans massacre of a Pequot village during the Pequot War in 1637 set several kinds of precedents. How and why?
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What made the Articles of Confederation as “truly dysfunctional”? How did the various groups attempting to fix the problem approach it?
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Discuss some of the effects that the gold rush had on the United States. What negative impacts did it have? Positive impacts? Which outweighs the other and why?
