putting it all together 53steP 3 Identify your evidence, and categorize your documents
Using your knowledge of the time period, brainstorm a list of facts that you
remember about this topic, including any of the documents from this chapter.
These facts are the evidence that you will present to support your argument.
Categorize the evidence by completing the chart below:Event Document Category(ies)Tobacco becoming a cash crop
(1610s)Doc. 2.2, John Rolfe, Letter on
Jamestown SettlementEconomicAttack by Pamunky chief,
Opechankanough (1622)Doc. 2.6, John Martin, “Pro-
posal for Subjugating Native
Americans”Economic,
religiousGrowth of slave trade and rise of
slavery in the South (seventeenth
to eighteenth centuries)Doc. 2.13, Virginia Slave Laws EconomicStono Rebellion (1739) Doc. 2.15, George Cato, “Ac-
count of the Stono Rebellion”EconomicSeparatists’ departure from Lei-
den, Holland, for North America
(1620)Doc. 2.3, The Mayflower Com-
pactReligiousJohn Winthrop’s arrival in New
England (1630)Doc. 2.4, John Winthrop, “A
Model of Christian Charity”ReligiousBritish exploitation of Caribbean
sugar (seventeenth century)Doc. 2.12, Richard Ligon, Map
of BarbadosEconomicOther events?steP 4 Outline a multiple-paragraph essay
As you may recall from the previous chapter, body paragraphs serve one primary
purpose—to prove a part of an author’s thesis. When outlining an essay, view
each body paragraph as a subargument of the larger argument that you made in
your thesis statement. Each body paragraph begins with a claim that is followed
by analyses that prove the claim.
The basic structure of a comparison essay is a categorical outline. With the cat-
egorical outline, you explain two (or more) distinct categories that are determined
by the prompt and your own interpretation of the task. In this sample prompt, the
two areas have been generated for you:•
Economic gain•
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