Short Essay
For this assignment you will be given a choice of topics on which to prepare 3 to 5 typed pages. These are not research papers and will not require extensive use of libraries or materials external to the course, although you may incorporate external materials, using proper citation and accreditation, as approved by your instructor.
Please choose one question from the list below for your essay:
1. Do you think that religion or economics was the more important motive for the voyages of discovery? Why?
2. How did the scientific revolution change the way that people saw their place in the universe?
3. Do you think that King Louis XIV's efforts to reform the French government were successful? (Why/Why not?)
4. Did the industrial revolution improve life for ordinary people in 19th century Britain?