Mary Rowlandson, a minster’s wife and white woman, captured by a neighboring Indian tribe, detailed her experiences during her captivity. These events, true or exaggerated, relate and contradict to the events of the colonists and religious trends in the New World. Using Rowlandson, the documents given, and the book “America: A Narrative History” by Tindall and Shi, discuss how Rowlandson’s account either contradicts, blends in with, or defends the religious awakenings in the New World (i.e. Salem Witchcraft and The Great Awakening). More so, How do the mindsets in Rowlandson compare to expansion in the American West? Has the treatment of Native Americans changed?
Your essay CAN NOT use outside sources; you may only use those stated above. The essay is to be typed, double spaced, no more than five pages but no less than two, and in times new roman font. Please include page numbers on each page. Also, remember that you must have a thesis statement.
