Read Benjamin Franklin's 1751 essay, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind," and write a three-page (approximately 1,000 word) reaction paper, being careful to site supporting evidence from the essay and your readings. You will probably find the rubric that was distributed on the first day of class helpful.
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- Class ID #: 4342224
- Class Enrollment Password: AEH2011
Reading Assignment:
For Wednesday's class please read Chapter Two and consider the following questions:
- In the colonial period (1607-1787), how many came to America and how many of those were free?
- What does the first census of 1790 tell us about colonial immigrants?
- Who went to Virginia and why? How did the do there?
- What role did indentured service play? What are two reasons it was replaced by African slavery?
- Who established the Maryland colony?
- How and why was the immigration and settlement pattern of New England so different from that of Virginia and Maryland?
- Who were Miles Standish and John Winthrop?
- What was the role of Puritans in the "Great Migration" of the 1630s?
- What documents and arrangements were required to immigrate to America from England, and what was the cost and duration of the journey?
- How did English colonial migration set the character of what would become the United States?
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