Assignment: American Study Short Essays
PART 1
Write a short essay describing the context for, definition of, and significance/after-effect of each item, in terms of 17th-century (1600s) English-American colonial history:
the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624
the "starving time", 1609-1610
headrights vs. indentured servitude, 1618-1690s
Separatist Brethren ("Pilgrims" in Plymouth Colony, 1620+) vs. Puritans (1629+ to Massachusetts Bay Colony)
"religious freedom"
the "Mayflower Compact", Nov. 1620
Thanksgiving (1619+ in Jamestown, 1621+ in Plymouth)
Rhode Island Colony, fd. 1644
indenture (1610s-90s) vs. slavery (big after 1690s; abolished in U.S. 1865)
anti-miscegenation law, 1691-1967
PART 2
ESSAY: Compare and contrast the two types of English colonies in the Chesapeake (Jamestown/Virginia, 1607+), and New England (Plymouth, 1620+, and Massachusetts Bay, 1629+).
PART ONE SHOULD BE SHORT ABOUT 2 PARAGRAPHS
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.