In your American History course, you will utilize scholarly sources to address questions in the weekly assignments. Please be advised that History.com, Wiki, Wikipedia, or websites such as cliffnotes.com, studymode.com, coursehero.com, and the like are not deemed scholarly sources. Therefore, use your course text and an additional scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library in your response.
Below is a list of resources you must choose from:
- Textbook: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library resources below:
- Sources for the Week 1 Discussion are available by accessing this link.Links to an external site.
- The “Popular Data Bases” within the Library Guide for scholarly sources and videos via Search Popular History DatabasesLinks to an external site. or the History Library GuideLinks to an external site..
Initial Post Instructions
In preparation for the initial post, consider two (2) of the following settlements:
- Southern colonies
- Chesapeake colonies
- Middle colonies
- New England colonies
Then, in one (1) to two (2) paragraphs, address one (1) of the following options:
- Compare and contrast the settlement patterns.
- What forces and ideas shaped their origin?
- Examine the influence of religion on those settlements (e.g., Puritanism, Quakers, and the Anglican Church).