1700s History – Only do 2 questions!

Please complete this midterm by 10/19 at 11:59 pm and submit it as a word doc via Canvas. Choose two of the three topics below and construct a well-written, evidenced, and argued essay. Each essay must be at least 750 words and must include evidence from class materials and readings. 1)How would you define/describe the indigenous/English relations between contact and 1700? What were the major conflicts? What led to those conflicts? How did each group understand the other? Please provide 3 examples from different times or places. You must support your argument with any relevant assigned readings.

2)What role did religion play in the choices made by English colonists in the time period we have discussed? How did it influence major events as well as the lives of ordinary people? Please provide 3 examples from different times or places. You must support your argument with any relevant assigned readings.

3)We’ve talked repeatedly about the idea of the Atlantic World. What was it? How does the framework of the Atlantic World help us understand the experiences of indigenous, African, and English people in this time period? Please identify and explain three events or phenomena that illustrate the way in which elements of the Atlantic World collided and had widespread consequences. You must support your argument with any relevant assigned readings.