No word count, just 6 paragraphs required:
This is an argument-driven essay, so most importantly, the introduction MUST include a strong thesis statement (argument) that directly responds to the central question posed by the essay prompt. The thesis statement must be UNDERLINED so I can easily find it.
– 5 sentences intro
4 body paragraphs
10 sentences each paragraph
Underline thesis
Times new roman 12 font
Saved as word document
Conclusion: 5 sentences
Double spaced
ONLY use footnote as citations
Work one cite from American perspective reader
Define and bold ALL key terms:
(1) Virginia Company / Jamestown; (2) John Rolfe / Tobacco, (3) Puritans / Great Migration; and (4) Salem Witch Trials / Anne Hutchinson.
PROMPT:
During the first decades of the seventeenth century, England developed several distinct colonies. Each colonial region faced different and unique experiences. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the colonial experiences in the Chesapeake (Virginia) and New England (Massachusetts). In your essay, you need to explain: why the English settled these areas and who went there, what the colonists expectations were, how well the realities of settlement matched those expectations, and what their societies looked like, and how the colonists made their money. Your thesis statement (argument) must address the following central question: In what major way(s) were the colonial experiences in the Chesapeake and New England similar and/or different?
You must use the following key terms: (1) Virginia Company / Jamestown; (2) John Rolfe / Tobacco, (3) Puritans / Great Migration; and (4) Salem Witch Trials / Anne Hutchinson.
