History Question To what extent does Johnny Tremain reflect the realities of the American Revolution? 4 pages * Responses to this question should be rooted in the Johnny Tremain film found online.
Ensure you have read Colonial Society (Chapter 4) and The American Revolution (Chapter 5) in the American Yawp textbook and all of the following primary sources: Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704 Eliza Lucas Letters, 1740-1741 Jonathan Edwards Revives Enfield, Connecticut, 1741 Samson Occom describes his conversion and ministry, 1768 Extracts […]
Read: Edmunds, R. David. Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. Writing Tips: Thesis Statements from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This website will give you some useful tips for writing an effective thesis statement. Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations from the Chicago Manual of Style Online. This website […]
Homework: Reading- The Hidden History of the American Revolution 1. Radicalism- Who were the radicals and what did they want from the Revolution? 2. Who were Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hutchinson and why were they detested by “the crowd” of poor and common men ? 3. When “the crowd” of poor and common men “levelled” […]
Paper details: The American Revolution pitted a minority of colonists against the most powerful empire of the era. Was the American Revolution truly revolutionary? What changes came out of it? Were these changes revolutionary in nature? What elements in society stayed the same? Raise at least one interestichong question for your classmates
History Discussion #2 Using the video, the primary document, the website, and Chapter 3 from the textbook, answer the following questions in a post at least 300 words that starts a thread and also write two replies to others at least 100 words long each: Why did the American Revolution occur? What were the ideas […]
Revolutionary Women 1) Women’s historians continue to debate whether the American Revolution was indeed revolutionary for women? After reading the chapter and watching my lecture, what do you think? Be sure to consider women of all races in your response. 2) How did the impact of the Revolution on white, black, and Native American women […]
Your Unit #2 essay must answer one of the following questions. You choose the question: 1. To what extent did the American Revolution and the founding of the United States open up new opportunities for women, Native Americans, or African Americans? Your answer should consider at two of these groups and should be sure to […]
2 pages for each question. Essay Question 1: Explain the impact of the market economy on nineteenth-century America. Essay Question 2: How did the institution of slavery change after the American Revolution? Describe both the lives of slaves and the ways that slaves resisted slavery. Essay Question 3: Which of the following issues do you […]
Causes of the American Revolution Identify the main arguments used by supporters and opponents of American independence and why each side thought their viewpoint was correct. Then, identify the events portrayed in each of the three images and explain why they occurred, and combined with what happened after each event, show how they encourage support […]
