• Syllabus

3: Colonial government in the New World (1500–1800)

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Sub sections and their related questions

Political organization in Spanish and Portuguese America: viceroyalty system, captaincy system; Habsburg and early Bourbon rule; the Braganza rule

• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: To what extent was Habsburg and early Bourbon rule successful in addressing the problems of...
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: Compare and contrast political organization in Spanish America and British North America.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.5:

  Evaluate the rule of the Braganza in Portuguese America.

• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.5:

  Evaluate the importance of the captaincy system to the political organization in Spanish America.

Political organization in British and French North America: corporate, royal and proprietary; charters

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: With reference to either British or French North America in the period from 1500 to 1763, to what...
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: Compare and contrast political organization in Spanish America and British North America.
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5:

  “Colonial government successfully established royal authority.” Discuss with reference to British and French political organization in their North American colonies.

Colonial American economies; encomienda, yanaconaje and Mita; plantations; organization of trade; mercantilism; role of gold, silver and sugar

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.05: “Colonial governments successfully overcame the economic challenges that they experienced.” Discuss.
• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Evaluate the role of gold, silver and sugar in the economic development of colonial America.
• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: Evaluate the factors that contributed to the success of colonial American economies.
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Evaluate the importance of plantations in colonial American economies.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Evaluate the impact of mercantilism on one colonial government in the New World.
• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Discuss the economic impact of mita and encomienda in Spanish America.
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.5: Evaluate the impact of European mercantilist policies on colonial American economies.

Bourbon reforms and Pombaline reforms: reasons, nature and impact

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Discuss the reasons for the introduction of the Pombaline reforms in Portuguese America.
• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Discuss the nature and impact of the Bourbon reforms.
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: Discuss the reasons for, and impact of, the Pombaline reforms.

Limits of state power and resistance to authority

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.06: Evaluate the reasons for resistance to governmental authority in the New World.
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.6: “Resistance to colonial authority was mainly motivated by political concerns.” Discuss.

Anglo-French rivalry in North America to 1763; Anglo-French relationships and alliances with indigenous peoples; French and Indian Wars

• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.6:

  Examine the impact of Anglo-French rivalry on North America up to 1763.