This assignment asks you to reflect on trade between Europe and the Indian Ocean and Chinese zones. When you answer, you should use evidence from the two primary sources. When you refer to a primary source, write at least one sentence that introduces it by indicating when it was written, who wrote it, and why […]
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Analyze the historical importance of your chosen document and how it helps you understand the larger historical events/processes at play in the textbook chapter(s) it is associated with.
The MINIMUM length requirement for your response is ONE FULL PAGE. Analyze the historical importance of your chosen document and how it helps you understand the larger historical events/processes at play in the textbook chapter(s) it is associated with. Remember to use specific details from the document to support your arguments.
Which of these New World colonial societies would you least like to have lived in and why?
The British Colonies in New England have always been given preference in tracing the origins of the United States of America. It should be obvious from the Textbook Chapters and Video Lessons that colonial America was an extremely diverse place filled with people that did not look like, think like, or act like Puritans in […]
What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the continent on minority groups?
The Civil Rights Movement Using the Internet, locate and read Martin Luther King Jr’s “Have a Dream” speech given in Washington D.C., August 1963. Copy and paste the following keywords into your Google search bar: “Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.” Feel free also to locate and incorporate additional scholarly sources to respond […]
What role does religion play in the antislavery arguments made by Wheatley and Haynes?
Answer question: What role does religion play in the antislavery arguments made by Wheatley and Haynes? in an ANALYTICAL ESSAY, using the sources provided. Sources are the documents: A Poem to the Earl of Dartmouth, 1772
What shape did that search for rebirth take and for which groups of people?
Rebirth of a Nation Analysis In his book Rebirth of a Nation, historian Jackson Lears claims that “the political has always been personal.” He argues that politics, culture, and economics have historically been rooted in the personal decisions and emotions of people. He concludes that the greatest of these desires is the desire for rebirth, […]
What might partipants do to help in their community or in a larger context?
Based on the New York Times article “Drug Gang Killed Students, Mexican Law Official Says” by Randal C. Archibald, Nov 7, 2014. You will need to draw from the research questions: 1. What is the problem as you see it? 2. How doe the problem manifest itself locally, nationally, and globally? 3. What specific rights […]
How did this change support the war effort?
World War II continued the trend towards “total” warfare that began in WWI. Modern technology and the sheer scale of troop mobilization meant that non-combatants could no longer remain safely behind the lines. All civilians, including women and children, experienced changes in their daily lives throughout the duration of the war. Choose an aspect of […]
Who in this area had power-What kind of power?
Structures of Power For today’s class you are responsible for bringing in answers and examples from your area for our group discussion of sixth-century structures of power. Here are some questions to consider: Who in this area had power? What kind of power? Why? How was it obtained or transferred? Was power gendered? Was it […]
What were them most important factors in the U.S. winning the war against the British?
Part one Using our discussion as a starting point, write a reflection on our two questions. Remember to use material from this week’s topic pages. What do you think were the most important factors moving American colonists to seek a change with Britain; beliefs/philosophy, British actions, etc. What were them most important factors in the […]
