Plymouth Exam Outline

Outline for Plymouth Essay

I. Introduction

A. Thesis: The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.

B. First Major Point: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.

C. Second Major Point: Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.

D. Third Major Point: Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.

E. Significance of Thesis: It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.


II. First Major Point

A. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.

B. Broke into a wigwam looking for Squanto.

C. stabbed a person across the table after inviting him to a pork dinner

D. killed any indians he saw with the pilgrims.

E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)


III. Second Major Point

A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War

B. Got protected by King Philip

C. Took Annawon and 60 men with his 6.

D. Putting King Philips head on top of the pike in the middle town

E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)


IV. Third Major Point

A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism

B. City on top of Hill

C. Blue Laws

D.

E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)


V. Conclusion

A. Restate thesis (not re-write)

B. Restate significance of first position

C. Restate significance of second position

D. Restate significance of third position

E. Summary of paper (why is it important)