Spanish Empire (1492-1898)
Write a collegiate level research paper that addresses the assigned aspect of the empire you have chosen to write about. Do not simply recap the major events of the time period. Rather, it is your task to write critically about the subject as determined by your thesis statement. Accordingly, the vast majority of this work should be about the reasons for the chosen empire’s decline and fall, not it’s “rise” and fall. Discussion of its origins and heights should only be present to whatever limited degree is needed for background information.
Structure: Consult the Writing Guides for APA (see below) to write a paper with a clear introduction, body and conclusion.
Despite the use of APA, do not write an abstract.
Include a title page.
Use a 12 point conventional (Times New Roman, Calibri, etc.) font, double spaced with a 1 inch margin.
Annotated Bibliography: Include an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five scholarly books and one scholarly journal article. (Note: The journal article may be substituted with a sixth book dependent on subject choice with your instructor’s permission). Construct your bibliography using research from legitimate, academic sources of history. Practically speaking, this means books and academic journals. Do not use materials from non-academic sources – history.com, online encyclopedias, etc. Research is a vital component of this assignment. Do not use any required readings for this course as source material for your paper. Suggested readings from the course may be used.