The Principal Cause of the Expansion of Presidential Powers in the 20th Century Has Been War and Diplomacy Rather Than Domestic Growth and Crisis."

"Although the thirteen American colonies were founded at different times by people with different motives and with different forms of colonial charters and political organizations, by the Revolution the colonies had become remarkably similar." Assess the validity of this statement.

The thirteen original colonies were very different at the time of their foundings, and by the eve of the American Revolution they were still diversified politically, with governments ranging from monarchical to democratic, unique culturally in terms of population make up and toleration, and specialized economically in terms of business because of the differing terrain.

Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in British North America prior to 1700.

In regards to colonies' development prior to 1700, religious toleration varied from section to section; excluding a few exceptions, New England colonies had very little religious toleration, the Middle Colonies had a high degree of religious toleration, and the Southern colonies permitted