Role of India in the creation of the European colonies
Order Description
PROMPT
Write an essay based upon the documents below (and any other sources from the course that you may
wish to use) upon the following prompt:
Analyze the role of Indians in the creation of the European colonies.
Required Document 1: Don Juan de Oñate, Letter from New Mexico to the Viceroy
Required Document 2: Samuel de Champlain, The Journal of Samuel de Champlain, (1609)
from Topic 2
Required Document 3: Remarks by Chief Powhatan to John Smith, (ca. 1609)
from Topic 3
Required Document 4: Bacon's Declaration (1676)
from Topic 4
THE "RULE OF THREE" ANALYTICAL STYLE
You will need to use an analytical writing style in this class. The basic form of analytical
writing utilizes the "Rule of Three." Simply, the essay thesis should contain a minimum of three
points you will develop more in the body of the essay. Each of these pieces has its own paragraph
with a thesis and at least three key points/pieces of evidence supporting your analysis.
This is a 3-4 page essay length assignment. Your paper should begin with an Introduction paragraph
which sets the prompt in the historical context, the LAST sentence of the intro paragraph is the
thesis statement which lists the (minimum of) three points (X,Y,Z) that will be more fully
developed in the paper. The first paragraph of the body (paragraph 2) would discuss key point X
(this paragraph would have its own thesis as the first sentence, followed by three pieces of
evidence/analysis in support), then a paragraph on Y, and finally one on Z. An essay ends with a
conclusion paragraph - which sums up the argument you made and ties X, Y, and Z together. The
conclusion is NOT the place to introduce new arguments or evidence.
So Rule of Three means three key points in a thesis, a body with three paragraphs (one for each of
your key points), each paragraph has a thesis supported by three key pieces of evidence. Followed
by a conclusion. (If it sounds as if I keep repeating myself, I am. I want you to remember the
style you are to use in this course)