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