Choose one of the topics below for your Essay: The Colonial Period Assignment. Your essay should 750 words and include 2 secondary sources. NOTE: To receive an excellent grade, a student must demonstrate a reasonable competence in organizing an essay on a set topic; developing ideas logically and systematically; supporting these ideas with the necessary evidence, quotations or examples; organizing a paragraph; documenting essays (using current MLA, APA, or Turabian) style; spelling the commoner words of the English language correctly; punctuating correctly; and writing grammatical sentences, avoiding such common mistakes as comma splices, run-on sentences, sentence fragments, faulty agreements, faulty references, shifts in person, number, or tense. 2. William Bradford described the American wilderness as "hideous and desolate," full of "wild beasts and wild men." He believed the wilderness as a place of trial and testing rather than a place of ease and plenty - or of social and economic opportunity. Compare and contrast Bradford's and John Smith’s views of the American wilderness. Why, in your opinion, will two pioneers perceive the land so differently? Include direct quotes from Bradford’s and Smith’s literature for analysis and support.