Essay exam 1

Below are two questions. Prepare essays for each question and upload them into Canvas as a Microsoft Word or PDF document. Only one of your essays will be chosen and assigned a grade. Because you do not know in advance which essay will be chosen, it is important to prepare high quality essays for both questions.

Please submit both essays as one document

Explain the way English settlers constructed their labor systems in the Chesapeake from the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 through the seventeenth century. How did these labor systems work and why did they change?

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What were the main characteristics of the African slave trade and what is your assessment of the process?

Your essay should have an introduction with a clear argument, a well-developed body with ample supporting evidence, a conclusion that provides some final analysis, and be between five and seven paragraphs (paragraphs should be at least five sentences in length but often longer). Your argument is your brief answer to the question while the body of the essay is used to provide detailed historical examples to support your argument. Although analysis of the material should be woven into the body of your essay, the conclusion is where you will be able to show that you have thought about the material in a critical and analytical way (rather than simply regurgitating information). Also, remember that any information included in your essay should be pertinent to answering the question asked of you.