F21 HIST D017A 50Z Hist U.S. To Erly Natnl Era

The American revolution is revolutionary or not ? i already have a outline

1st paragraph: Make a main argument for your introduction that specifically answers the assignment about the extent to which the American Revolution was revolutionary, or not? (or only partially?). And explain why (why was it revolutionary, politically, or not, and/or in other ways, or not?). There are different ways of answering this assignment, based on the evidence that each student uses.

— Explain why this issue is historically significant, or important, and/or why the history is still relevant today.

2nd paragraph: Reasons for Revolution (and if revolutionary, or not)

— 1st example from document: — Analyze specific grievance (from Decl. Indep. or Common Sense) and if revolutionary or not.

— 2nd different example from document: — Analyze specific grievance (from Decl. Indep. or Common Sense) and if revolutionary or not.

(You must use the assigned document version in Reading the American Past if using “Common Sense.”)

(The Declaration of Independence is in the back of The American Promise textbook.)

— 2 examples of terms from Week 7 on syllabus (1 term from Ch. 6 and 1 term from Ch. 7) in The American Promise: — Analyze how the 2 terms show if reasons for revolution were revolutionary or not.

— NOTE: In your PAPER: The terms you need to define with specifics, based on the The American Promise textbook information, but make sure to use your own words to explain what the terms mean, and in your paper make sure that you analyze the terms and document(s) to support your main argument.

3rd paragraph: Creation of New Government (and if revolutionary, or not)

— 1 example from document: — Analyze specific example of new government (Warren or Manning) and if revolutionary or not.

(You must use the assigned document version in Reading the American Past or Handouts Set.)

— 1 example from the U.S. Constitution (interior articles and NOT the preamble): — Analyze specific example of new government in U.S. Constitution and if revolutionary or not.

— 1 example from the Bill of Rights (from Amendments 1 – 10): — Analyze specific example of new government in Bill of Rights and if revolutionary or not.

(The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are in the back of The American Promise textbook.)

— 1 example of term from Week 9 on the syllabus (in Ch. 8) in The American Promise: — Analyze how the 1 term shows if a specific example of new government was revolutionary or not.

— NOTE: In your PAPER: The terms you need to define with specifics, based on the The American Promise textbook information, but make sure to use your own words to explain what the terms mean, and in your paper make sure that you analyze the term, document, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights to support your main argument.

4th paragraph: Impact on Various Groups (and if revolutionary, or not)

(make sure to analyze for at least 2 groups, and analyze re: gender, race, class issues < at least 2 of those)

— 1 example from document (Abigail Adams or Boston King): — Analyze how 1 document example (from Adams or King) shows if impact for a group was revolutionary or not.

(You must use the assigned document version in Reading the American Past or Handouts Set.)

— 1 example from the film, “Mary Silliman’s War”: — Analyze how the film shows if impact for a group was revolutionary or not.

— 1 example of term from Week 10 on the syllabus (in Ch. 9) in The American Promise: — Analyze how the 1 term shows if impact for a group was revolutionary or not.

— NOTE: In your PAPER: The terms you need to define with specifics, based on the The American Promise textbook information, but make sure to use your own words to explain what the terms mean, and in your paper make sure that you analyze the term, document, and film to support your main argument.

5th Paragraph:

— Restate your main argument in an interesting way in your conclusion.

— Also restate why historically significant, or important, and/or why still relevant today.

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EVIDENCE REQUIRED for FINAL PAPER:

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4 examples from primary source documents, 4 terms (see above), plus Constitution, Bill of Rights, and 1 film example from “Mary Silliman’s War.”

Do not use terms that are the same as your primary source documents (no double counting); show your knowledge of the material.

— Put in black bold font the names of your documents, terms, and film in your paper — ONLY bold in black the names of the evidence (name of document or author, name of terms), NOT the sentence. This will help you to make sure that you have everything, and it also helps me to see the evidence in your typed paper, and to grade faster, and get the grades in more quickly.

See the final paper assignment, above, and on last page of the syllabus.

To receive credit, you MUST use the assigned readings, including The American Promise textbook, and the assigned versions of documents in Reading the American Past and/or the Handout Sets in Files in Canvas.

— In your paper, you MUST use page numbers in citations from the assigned readings for your 4 terms (on syllabus from the relevant weeks and in The American Promise book) and for your 4 document examples from Reading the American Past and/or the Handout Set(s) in Files in Canvas. — (If you are using the Declaration of Independence for one of your document examples in the 2nd paragraph of the paper, then cite a page number from the Appendix in the back of The American Promise textbook.) — See more information about required formatting for citations, in Quoting and Citing section, further down, below.