Prompt help? British/Latin colonies?
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Read "Independence and Revolution", by Anthony McFarlane, and then in ten, double-spaced page research paper, analyze and critique the author's contention that "The British North American colonists were better prepared for independence and democracy, then their Latin American neighbors to the South."
I realize the key words are analyze and critique, but how would you basicaly put it? Am I to validate the author's point with more sources? or argue that he is wrong?
Thanks SO much!
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You need to look at what he says, and determine if his argument is correct, and point out where it may be weak. Are his conclusions correct, are the example that he may give to the point?
And by the way, I do agree with the statement. The colonists in British America were from a culture that was divided in part by religion and class. The colonies were an ESCAPE from that culture, and they were more free to change things that they did not like.
The Spaniards came with the Catholic Church.
look up "encomienda", and "Requerimiento"