As Englishmen encountered Native Americans during the early-17th century, why did they feel themselves superior to what they quickly termed "Indians?...

As Englishmen encountered Native Americans during the early-17th century, why did they feel themselves superior to what they quickly termed “Indians?” In what ways did Englishmen justify their supposed superiority, and how can one argue these explanations were based on faulty (mis)conceptions? [Hint: think in terms of religion, culture, economy, gender norms, geography and flora/fauna]

Until the late-17th/early-18th century, why was slavery not seen—typically—as posing any moral qualms? Why, by the late-17th century, did Africans become increasingly associated with slavery, and what role did Enlightenment thought play in the increasingly racialized institution of slavery?

Though the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment seem to contradict each other in various ways, why can one argue both developments had similar consequences for hierarchal authority? Also, while an abundance of consumer goods during this period increasingly made colonists identify themselves as “British,” in what ways did this consumer revolution complicate previous patterns of deference.

How might one argue that the Seven Years War (French and Indian War) began a process that ultimately led to the American Revolution? What was this process, what were the various view points, and why and when did the imperial crisis turn to a conflict of independence?