Options for Midterm Project Topic Choose one of the following topics for your pr

Options for Midterm Project Topic
Choose one of the following topics for your project:
A. European Cultural Contact with Native Americans
What were some of the various relationships that Native societies developed with Europeans (Spanish, French and English) from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries? How did explorers and colonists from Europe view and describe Indigenous Americans?
What were the major consequences of European colonization and conquest? Describe the Columbian exchange and its impact on cultures, diets, and health on both sides of the Atlantic.
How did American relations to Native Americans change during and after the Revolutionary period? What were some major issues of tension between Indigenous nations and the United States?
B. Religion
How did religious conflict and the Protestant reformation in Europe influence patterns of American colonization? In what ways did religious philosophies intersect with colonial ideas about race and slavery?
How did spiritual beliefs and practices influence pre-Columbian American cultures, and how did Native individuals react to Christian conversion efforts?
How would you compare and contrast the theologies and communities of Christian religions (Catholics, Anglicans, Puritans/Separatists, Quakers) in early America? How did the simultaneous spread of the First Great Awakening and Enlightenment philosophies in the mid-eighteenth century affect American society and the revolutionary movement against Great Britain?
C. Gender Dynamics
How did European gender norms affect patterns of settlement and community formation in the Americas? How did gender intersect with other categories like race, religion, and social class in the early colonies?
What different roles did men and women occupy in colonial North American societies, and where can we find evidence of women’s experiences in the primary record (including written and visual sources)?
In what ways did gender relations and expectations change, or remain constant, during and after the American Revolution?