Writing a Thesis Statement 1
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1. Reread Excerpt 1, "Europeans in the Americas," in Paragraph Essentials, Chapter 11, page 427.

2. Assume that you are asked to write an essay for the following question:

Explain the negative effects that the early European explorers and settlers had on the lifestyle and beliefs of the native people of the Americas.

3. In the following text box, write three possible thesis statements for this essay.



4. Use the best of your three possible thesis statements in an introductory paragraph for this essay. Write the introductory paragraph in the following text box.