The document provides instructions for an assignment to write a 1-2 sentence thesis statement and outline about how the discovery of America changed globalization in terms of trade, culture, societies, innovations, and exchanges between the old and new worlds. Specifically, students are asked to think about why Adam Smith and others considered the discovery of America as one of the two greatest events in human history and how it impacted globalization.

1. A changing world thesis and outline
Assignment 1.1: A Changing World Thesis and OutlineDue Week 3 and worth 50 points“The
discovery of America, and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope,
are the two greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind”—Adam Smith, in The
Wealth of Nations, 1776. Think about why he and many other notables supported this
statement, especially the discovery of America. What was so important about this New
World across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe? How did it change globalization in terms of
trade, culture, societies, innovations, old and new world exchanges, and in other ways?Part
1:1. Write a thesis statement that is one to two (1-2) sentences long in which you: