Exam 2

I. Introduction
A. The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Preview first major point (without support) [Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.]
C. Preview second major point (without support) [ Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.]
D. Preview third major point (without support) [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. Statement of position (or point)
B. Detail of support
C. Detail of Support
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)

III. Second Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Detail of support
C. Detail of Support
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)

IV. Third Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Detail of support
C. Detail of Support
D. Detail of Support
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)


The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Miles rushed into Witwomat's wigwom and tried to attack them and had scared them so bad that they tried to jump through the walls. Miles took his knife and killed him and placed him head on the walls of Plymouth. He hung Witwomat's brother. Miles Standish was a bad guy and put a lot of people in danger and killed many.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Church and his six men tried to attack the sixty other men and captured them. He made up the plan to kill King Phillip. In two months Church had brought in a total of seven hundred Indians. Benjamin was a good leader and did what he did very good. He did very good on protecting the colony.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrims came here to find land and a place for them to plant their crops. They also came here so that they could have a place to pray and not to be prosecuted. The Puritans were strong believers in education. This makes it so that the pilgrims were finally free and had somewhere to go.
The founding of English colonies in Massachusetts had a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish killed many people and he had used violence in a weird unique way. Benjamin Church was a good leader and knew exactly what he had to do. There was a lot of idealism when it came to religion. This is important because it gives you a understanding of what it all means and what it was like when all of this went on. It makes you think differently about what is happening.