First Response paper:

Choose one of the following questions and write a three page essay, drawing on material from the lectures and assigned readings.

1. What were the most significant obstacles to establishing colonial rule over native peoples in Mexico and/or the Andes between 1521 and 1579? Be specific

2. Drawing on the appropriate primary sources in Colonial Lives, discuss and evaluate the role of the Church and the missionary friars in establishing colonial rule in the aftermath of the conquest. Be specific.

3. What were the most significant conflicts among Spaniards themselves during the early effort to conquer and colonize native peoples? Be specific and draw on material from Colonial Lives as well as lectures and reading in Colonial Latin America.

Guidelines: You should draw on reading and lecture materials for your essays. Do not consult texts or websites that are not included in the material assigned in the class. Take the time to write carefully; avoid misspellings and typographical errors that might suggest your work also is intellectually sloppy.

You are free to discuss approaches to the questions as well as readings and other course materials with other students in the class, however, when it is time to put pen to paper, your words must be your own. Avoid paraphrasing; direct quotations from the texts should be properly cited; you may use parenthetical citations for this first response paper (for example: Boyer and Spurling: 47)

Library tutorial on avoiding plagiarism:

http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/plagiarism/

Library tutorial on accidental plagiarism:

http://www.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/accidental_plagiarism/story_html5.html