HIST405N Week 1 Assignment Latest 2020 September

HIST405N United States History

Week 1 Assignment

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4

Lesson

Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Optional Resources to Explore

Feel free to review the library guide for scholarly sources and videos at the following link:

Link (website): History Library Guide (Links to an external site.)

Introduction

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources

To advance critical thinking and writing skills

To compile a response to the prompts provided

To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

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.

Make sure to use your course text and incorporate an additional scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library in your response.