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This essay assignment is worth 15.0 points (15%) toward your final grade in History 109. The essay you submit is to be typed, double-spaced, using in-text citations and a works cited page. If you are unsure when and how to cite sources in the body of your essay, please consult the 7th chapter of the optional text A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, or ask the instructor by email. The paper should fall into a word count of 900-1100 words. No pictures, graphs, charts, or maps, are to be used in the body of the essay. If you want to include visuals, do so by including them as appendix items at the end of the paper.
Choose ONE of the following prompts, and be sure to address all aspects of the prompt you choose.
Proofread your essay for grammar and spelling, include a creative title, and place the number of the prompt you are responding to in parentheses as follows:
“___some creative title goes here___” (option 1)
The paper is due by 11:59pm, Sunday, March 12th, and the link for this assignment will close at 12:05am, Monday, March 13th. No submissions will be accepted – no exceptions – past the time the link closes.
Additionally, once you submit your essay, you will not allowed to re-submit a new one, so make sure you are submitting your paper when you are finished, not as a publish.
Option #1: The United States was created as a new nation state in 1776. Most versions of US history label this process as “the American Revolution.” Thinking about the word “revolution” – how “revolutionary” was the creation of the United States? Did more things change, or did more things stay the same, when we look at conditions in the period 1756-1796? Consider all people who were living in what became the United States in 1776, and identify three identifiable groups to show how things changed or stayed the same. Finally, in your response, build a concluding paragraph in which you discuss how material in this class has changed or reinforced your ideas about the revolutionary nature of the United States and its creation. Explain what it was you learned about the creation of the United States in previous classes and/or readings, and give at least one example that shows how your views about the start of this country’s existence changed or stayed the same.
Option #2: A “republic” can be defined as “rule by law.” Who makes the laws anyway? Why do they make the laws they do, and who benefits? Consider any two laws you have read or heard about in this class – one from the colonial period (pre-1776) and one from the early national period (1776-1800). What are the institutions that adopted the laws you have chosen, and why do you think the laws they chose were adopted? Who benefited, and who did not, from those laws? In a concluding paragraph or two, select a modern law in US society and ask the same questions: who adopted the law, and why? Who benefits, and who does not? In your response, avoid the temptation to only say “Congress” or “the state legislature” or “City Hall.” Click here to watch and listen to a brief video from your instructor, going over this assignment. The video runs about 8 minutesLinks to an external site..
This essay assignment is worth 15.0 points (15%) toward your final grade in History 109. The essay you submit is to be typed, double-spaced, using in-text citations and a works cited page. If you are unsure when and how to cite sources in the body of your essay, please consult the 7th chapter of the optional text A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, or ask the instructor by email. The paper should fall into a word count of 900-1100 words. No pictures, graphs, charts, or maps, are to be used in the body of the essay. If you want to include visuals, do so by including them as appendix items at the end of the paper.
Choose ONE of the following prompts, and be sure to address all aspects of the prompt you choose.
Proofread your essay for grammar and spelling, include a creative title, and place the number of the prompt you are responding to in parentheses as follows:
“___some creative title goes here___” (option 1)
The paper is due by 11:59pm, Sunday, March 12th, and the link for this assignment will close at 12:05am, Monday, March 13th. No submissions will be accepted – no exceptions – past the time the link closes.
Additionally, once you submit your essay, you will not allowed to re-submit a new one, so make sure you are submitting your paper when you are finished, not as a publish.
Option #1: The United States was created as a new nation state in 1776. Most versions of US history label this process as “the American Revolution.” Thinking about the word “revolution” – how “revolutionary” was the creation of the United States? Did more things change, or did more things stay the same, when we look at conditions in the period 1756-1796? Consider all people who were living in what became the United States in 1776, and identify three identifiable groups to show how things changed or stayed the same. Finally, in your response, build a concluding paragraph in which you discuss how material in this class has changed or reinforced your ideas about the revolutionary nature of the United States and its creation. Explain what it was you learned about the creation of the United States in previous classes and/or readings, and give at least one example that shows how your views about the start of this country’s existence changed or stayed the same.
Option #2: A “republic” can be defined as “rule by law.” Who makes the laws anyway? Why do they make the laws they do, and who benefits? Consider any two laws you have read or heard about in this class – one from the colonial period (pre-1776) and one from the early national period (1776-1800). What are the institutions that adopted the laws you have chosen, and why do you think the laws they chose were adopted? Who benefited, and who did not, from those laws? In a concluding paragraph or two, select a modern law in US society and ask the same questions: who adopted the law, and why? Who benefits, and who does not? In your response, avoid the temptation to only say “Congress” or “the state legislature” or “City Hall.”
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