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A categorical outline that compares the degree of consistency in these two causes
of early settlements would look like this:
Claim for category 1: Economic gain
Supporting evidence circa 1650
Supporting evidence circa 1750
Claim for category 2: Religious fervor
Supporting evidence circa 1650
Supporting evidence circa 1750
Use your working thesis as a rough version of your answer to the question, and
organize your body paragraphs around this working thesis. Use your claims and
analyses to create body paragraphs that do the following:
Body paragraph 1
Write a claim that describes economic gain during early colonization and that
considers the following questions:
- What trends, both proximate and long-term, contributed to changes in eco-
nomic gain? - What turning points contributed to these changes?
- Overall, was there more change or more continuity between first settlements
and later practices?
Your response to these questions will be the evidence that proves the claim at the
beginning of the paragraph.
Body paragraph 2
Write a claim that describes religious fervor during early colonization and that
considers the following questions:
- What trends, both proximate and long-term, contributed to changes in reli-
gious fervor? - Were these trends similar to those that influenced economic gain?
- What turning points contributed to this change?
- Were these turning points similar to those that contributed to economic
gain? - Overall, was there more change or more continuity between first settlements
and later practices?
Your response to these questions will be the evidence that proves the claim at the
beginning of the paragraph.
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