Homework
Instructions
Pick one of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic:
Option I: Exploration and Effects on Native Americans
1. Explain what motivated the European world powers to explore the Americas.
2. Describe the economic effects of exploration based on the Colombian exchange.
3. Analyze the effects of exploration on Native Americans.
4. Based on research, analyze if Europeans might be held accountable for transmitting Old World diseases to people in the Western Hemisphere.
Option II: Slavery vs. Indentured Servitude
1. Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies.
2. Describe in what ways the practice of slavery was different between each colonial region in British North America.
3. Analyze the differences between slaves and indentured servants.
Option III: Women in Colonial America
1. Pick two colonies (New England, Middle, or Southern colonies) and explain how women's roles differ in the two colonies of your choice.
2. Describe what legal rights women held during the colonial period.
3. Analyze how Native women's lives were different from colonial women's lives.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.