[Essay Help]: Write an essay on Americana The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775 82

Write an essay on Americana The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775 82. Answer in a fully detailed essay of at least 12 to 14 good sentences. Be ready as well to cite Pox Americana once in your answer.

1.Using specific examples from Pox Americana, discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of isolation and inoculation as protections against smallpox. Why does the author stress that neither of these should be confused with vaccination? Why were wealthy American colonists much more likely than people of lower economic status to inoculate themselves against the disease? Does money explain which people are more likely to catch or die from corona virus right now? Fully explain.

2. Explain the key role played by the presence or absence of smallpox in the sieges of Boston, Quebec, and Yorktown and at the Battle of Monmouth. Who had greater success in dealing with the contagion, Lord Dunmore or George Washington? Fully explain. What personal knowledge did Washington have of smallpox and how to protect oneself from it?

3. Pox Americana examines the effects of the smallpox epidemic of 1775-1782 over the entire North American continent. Outside of the thirteen English colonies that became the United States, which area or region did you find most interesting in terms of smallpox’s effect on the population? Fully explain and elaborate upon your choice. In what way did smallpox determine winners and losers in this early phase of American history?w

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