Instructions
Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic:
Option 1: Exploration and Effects on Native Americans
· Explain what motivated the European world powers to explore the Americas.
· Describe the economic effects of exploration based on the Colombian exchange.
· Analyze the effects of exploration on Native Americans.
· Based on research, analyze if Europeans might be held accountable for transmitting Old World diseases to people in the Western Hemisphere.
Option 2: Slavery vs. Indentured Servitude
· Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies.
· Describe in what ways the practice of slavery was different between each colonial region in British North America.
· Analyze the differences between slaves and indentured servants.
Option 3: Women in Colonial America
· Pick two colonies (New England, Middle, or Southern colonies) and explain how women’s roles differ in the two colonies of your choice.
· Describe what legal rights women held during the colonial period.
· Analyze how Native women’s lives were different from colonial women’s lives.
Requirements
· Length: 1-2 pages (not including title page or references page)
· Use standard essay writing process by including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
· 1-inch margins
· Double spaced
· 12-point Times New Roman font
· Title page
· References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)
· No abstract is required
· In-text citations that correspond with your end references
