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European Relations with native North Americas.

Europeans (primarily Spanish, English and French) arrived in North America in the sixteenth century and encountered indigenous people with vastly different societies, religious worldviews, economies and technologies. In general, the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica as conquerors (seeking gold, silver and forced labor), the English came to the Eastern seaboard as colonizers (seeking land and agricultural production) and the French arrived as collaborators (seeking trade and interchange with the Indians).

In this writing assignment, write an essay comparing the relations between native North Americans with the English to the relations between natives and the French.

INSTRUCTIONS:

In order to prepare you may use the following readings and/or other sources:

• Review and identify the sections of Chapter 2 of The American YAWP () that address the topics that are relevant to this essay.
• Read the linked articles and use at least one of them for your essay to support your discussion:

Click here to access the articles:

• Jaenen, 1.
• Belmessous, 1.
• Greer, 1.

Find at least 2 additional sources online or in the JSTOR database, or in Google Scholar (if you use ChatGPT or any other AI source, please provide a citation DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!).

• Identify and incorporate at least three additional outside sourcea to support your discussion. In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources.

PREPARE AND SUBMIT:

Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 1200 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:

Grading Criteria:

• Analysis and discussion (25%) Does your paper have a clear, singular, specific argument that answers the question?
• Evidence (25%) Do you use all of the relevant evidence to defend your argument? Do you have properly formatted citations and a list of references?
• Organization (25%) Does your paper have a logical structure and use clear topic sentences and transitions?
• Formatting and Clarity: (25%) Do you have information on identity and purpose on a cover page at the top of your essay? Is your prose efficient, crisp and polished, free of excessive passive voice or distracting spelling or grammatical errors?

Formatting:

• 12-pt., Times New Roman font, double-spaced
• 1 margins
• 1200-1500 words (4-5 full, double-spaced pages)

All written work must comply with standard English rules, such as proper capitalization, grammar, and spelling. The assignment must be submitted by the deadline listed on the calendar.

Reminders

• Use Microsoft WORD to write the essays. The acceptable submission file types are .doc, .docx, and .rtf.
• Prepare the assignment as a Word Document, double-spaced, and using a standard font of 12 points.
• Paragraphs in an essay are not numbered. Any questions that are associated with an assigned reading are there to serve as a guide for your discussion.
• Please do not use headings, subheads, numbered paragraphs, or bullet points. These are not proper formating for a college essay and they raise suspicions of plagiarism with ChatGPT.
• Pay attention to proper formating for the cover page, in-text citaions, and the final list of references. You can easily find formatting guidelines on google or YouTube.
• Your discussion should incorporate all of the information from the documents and or textbook, and outside sources as one essay.
• Students are required to research and incorporate into their discussions additional sources that relate to the content. Recommendations can be found at the end of the textbook chapter in Additional Reading.
• All statements must be supported, and all sources must be identified and cited, and included in your reference list. This also applies to the textbook. Failure to do so constitutes Plagiarism, and the college has strict policies and penalties for failure to comply. Under the Resources, you will find links to sites that review how to format a paper or essay. I recommend that students use APA or Chicago Style to format their essay. Students should ask their instructor which format style they prefer you to use.
• Proofread your work. Make sure that you have looked for all of the spelling and grammatical errors and corrected them, and that you have organized your work into coherent paragraphs.