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Alan TaylorAmerican Colonies: The Settling of North America
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Choose one of Taylor’s stated historiographical methods in the Introduction. Does he succeed in implementing it? Use textual examples.
2.
What role did the environment play in the colonization process? How can ecological history inform our understanding of this period?
3.
How did early colonization projects (e.g., Hispaniola, the Canary Islands) prepare imperial powers for the colonization process on the mainland?
