How did understandings of race, gender, religion, and class challenge these ideas? Be sure to defend your answer with evidence from class readings and lectures.

Posted: March 8th, 2022

Please answer the following essay questions, drawing on relevant course lectures and readings. Be sure to answer the question and establish an argument. Do not use long or frequent quotations from course materials; use your own words whenever possible. For any information you use in your answer, indicate the source from which you’ve drawn that information from, either through naming the reading or source title or providing a footnote (let me know somehow where you got this information or argument from). Your answer should run two pages double-spaced minimum, and you should begin your answer with the number of the question you’ve chosen to answer. Please note that for the essay portion, your grade will depend not only on how well you answer the question but also on how wide a variety of readings and lecture materials you use in writing your answer. A decent essay includes at least three references to class readings.
From the 1600s to the American Revolution, how did colonial ideas of government evolve? How did understandings of race, gender, religion, and class challenge these ideas? Be sure to defend your answer with evidence from class readings and lectures.