<p>I was wondering what a good thesis for this APUSH prompt would be. We are supposed to evaluate each prompt using the SPRITE formula (social, political, religious, ideological, technological, and economical). Do I write a thesis statement that spews out all of these points? I'd just like an example of how to write a thesis statement that would address this prompt! Thank you!</p>
<p>Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in the following regions: New England, Chesapeake, Middle Atlantic</p>
<p>Why would you address all of those points if it only discusses religion? Wouldn’t the thesis just be - “Religion shaped New England, Chesapeake, and the Mid Atlantic through/by/etc XYZ” - there’d be no need to address technological developments or social/political climate, etc?</p>
<p>EDIT
Nevermind, I’m dumb - you mean the actual way it shaped those regions, technologically, politically, socially, etc? I don’t think it’d be necessary to include all of those parts, especially if you can really only speak intelligently about one or two. Choose one that you know the most about, say, culture, and discuss that throughout your paper. “Religion shaped the culture of NE, Ches., M-A, through/by xyz”</p>
<p>I had this problem once with a DBQ that was really general, about turmoil in the 60s. My history teacher told me that thesis statements can be a few sentences. After you write your introduction, you can cover one or two parts in each sentence (like combine social and political) then tie it all together with a sentence that shows the big picture. I think it’s a good way to cover everything. However, I’m not sure what technology has to do with religion in the colonies. So it’d be best to only do this with the categories that work.</p>
<p>This is essentially a compare and contrast essay, so I would think of the ways that religion changed the development of these regions in each of the criteria you have.</p>
<p>For example, you might say that the more religiously liberal mid-atlantic attracted a more diverse population and this affected x,y, and z. </p>
<p>So in your thesis one of things religion affected would be “settlement patterns and diversity” or something along those lines. </p>
<p>Or, you could talk about the puritan roots of New England and how this affected its more democratic governance style (as opposed to say, the aristocratic planter class in the south). In this case you would add religion affected x, y, and governance style.</p>
<p>You could really just talk about a couple of these things that you thought were significant. On the test you only have about 30 minutes per essay, so being super long-winded and thorough isn’t really an option.</p>