Need to reword the statement by taking a position and then showing in the thesis statement the focus of the paper.
Include the focus of body paragraphs:
A Topic of Paragraph
B Topic of Paragraph
C Topic of Paragraph
Colonial Period
1. “The English founded colonies to escape oppression in England.” Assess the validity of this statement.
The statement, “The English founded colonies to escape oppression in England.” Is not valid because the English colonies were founded for either (A) economic motivations, (B) religious idealism, and to (C) enlarge the British Empire.
The statement “The English founded colonies to escape oppression in England” Is partly valid in regards to (A) middle and (B) southern colonies, (C) New England however, is and exception to this rule.
2. “The British colonies were so antagonistic to each other that they were unable to unite to face the attack of common enemies.” Assess the validity of this statement.
3. “Before 1763 British mercantilist policy, while restricting colonial economic development, allowed colonial political life to develop unhampered by the Mother Country.” Assess the validity of this statement.
4. “The colonial wars fought between the British and the French for domination of the North American continent created a sense of national spirit among the British colonies and created a basis for later unity.” Assess the validity of this statement.
The colonial wars fought between the British and French did not bring unity to the American Colonies, in fact it brought rebellion to colonies due to the end of (A) salutary neglect which included the (B) quartering act, and (C) stamp acts.
5. Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in British North American colonies prior to 1700.
6. Though there where many differences