Imperialism motives critical paragraph resources

Description: Answer the following question in a critical paragraph: What was the most influential (significant, important) motive behind European imperialism?

  • Food for thought: Can you see connections between the motives? Do any of the motives influence each other?

Critical paragraph requirements

  • Topic sentence (contains your argument, needs to answer the question)
  • Context for imperialism
  • CECAs as needed
    • CECA = Context, Evidence, Citation, Analysis
  • Concluding sentence (sum up the argument your paragraph made)
  • Submitted to turnitin.com (0 until submitted there)

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