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Response Paper I

Value: 75 pts.

Instructions: Answer the following question in an essay format with an introduction (where you frame the question and give the reader an idea of what you will be arguing), a body (where you lay out your claims and evidence), and conclusion (where you summarize, but don’t repeat, the primary points of your essay). Your responses must be typed, between 3-4 pages in length and draw on Bulliet et al., class notes, and primary source readings. Please follow the format guidelines in the syllabus. The most effective response papers will go beyond repeating the readings (or lectures) and offer creative new interpretations of the evidence presented in class. You are expected to draw on material from Part I: Prelude to Modernity.

Submission – Your response papers must be submitted by the due date/time to BlueLine AND a paper copy must be turned in at class the same day.

Question –

The Columbian Exchange yielded a variety of different outcomes, but historians generally agree that it was transformative. Describe the Columbian Exchange. What was exchanged? What were the consequences of that exchange? What, in your opinion, were some of its principal benefits? For whom? What have been its greatest negative consequences?