Instruction
CHAPTER 3:
write a two-page essay that describes the major social and political crisis in the colonies in the late 17th century. This was a time of great upheaval as the land was being transformed, the social landscape was changing and the political dynamics took on a strict racial overtone. Even among Europeans, race and class origins determined the outcome of people's lives. This chapter goes into this complicated history with facts and interpretations that are still hotly contested today. For example, who is entitled to social privileges due simply to wealth, and to what extent do we allow the lower economic classes to wallow in the muck? The Black Lives Matter movement, reconciling slavery, Native American rights, Latino rights and nativist sentiment that always pushes back on these equity-minded forces are hard to ignore on a daily basis to this day.
For this week, write an essay where you quote Foner at least twice in your response. Think about how the book points to different points of view on the same subject across the social spectrum during the 1600s. The quotes in the essay have to be MLA FORMATTED within the essay!
In short, your essay should briefly describe how the major social crises of the late 1600s affected African Americans, Anglo Americans and Native Americans differently. Make sure to use these keywords: Metacom, King Philips War, Society of Friends, Bacons Rebellion, Mercantilism and Plantations
Focus on each of these three social groups separately as you go through the major issues during this time chronologically. I have included a few short videos as resources.
CHAPTER 4:
Write a one-page minimum essay that describes the "Atlantic Trade" and resistance (rebellion) to slavery. Quote Foner twice in this essay. Make sure you use MLA formating. Example: (Foner 27).
Make sure to include these keywords: the middle passage, Stono Rebellion, Atlantic slave trade.
Tips for academic essay writing. Make sure you write an introductory paragraph that tells me exactly where your writing is going with a clear thesis statement, then go there. End your first paragraph with something like, In this essay I will be covering the different components of early American slavery.
Also, make sure you come up with a unique title that describes what you wrote about, the contents of the essay not just a generic title like, "Chapter 4 Essay." How about something like "So Far From Home, So Close to Allah."
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