the American Revolution

During the American Revolution, Americans had to create a nation based on different goals that what had existed under the British Empire. Instead of a set of colonies defined by order, fighting between loyalists and patriots gripped the Atlantic seaboard. Instead of mercantilism, a new economic foundation had to be established. Also, republican thought replaced the monarchy. Give an overview of these three areas and assess the radical/conservative tendencies of these changes as Americans battled over the meaning of the revolution and the purpose of the new nation between 1774 and the 1800.

Directions:
Using the assigned readings, texts (including the New York debates from the Ratification Convention and Woody Holton’s “Idle Drones”), videos,“Voices of Freedom” in Foner, and Young’s The Shoemaker and the Tea Party, respond to the above prompt with a four-page essay. You will need to use a minimum of eight quotes from the articles and texts we have used in class (at least four will come from Young). There are five footnote examples on pages 2 and 3 of this document to help you with formatting. Make sure you view the videos posted in Course Documents describing republicanism. No other sources are required. Be aware of the 5 Cs. Amid this complexity, look for the convergence of themes and use those to fashion a thesis that answers the question with an assertion.

Your essay will be submitted to the Blackboard site by 11:59 PM on Tuesday of Week 10. Your paper must be typed, double spaced, with traditional margins of 1 inch on all sides, 12-point font, follow the “Writing Rules,” utilize course readings, and be limited to four pages. While footnotes may take some of the space in your paper, 88 lines of text is equal to four pages.

An excellent or superior paper (A or B) will include the following:
?   Confirms/Contradicts the prompt with a one sentence thesis in the opening paragraph. Do not repeat the prompt. Remember, “history is a detective story stood on its head, because the outcome is revealed at the outset.” Your opening assertion should be the foundation for the rest of your paper.
?   Used some of the 5 Cs of historical analysis: change over time, context, causality, contingency, complexity
?   Analyzes the actions and motives of people in the past based on evidence
?   Incorporates multiple documents and texts: this is the only way I have to evaluate your ability to read with a historian’s viewpoint.
?   Attempts to explain (or interpret) key historical issues specified in the prompt
?   Supports your thesis statement with specific, warranted evidence
?   Have organized paragraphs with a topic sentence and evidence that matches the topic and elaborates on your thesis
?   Includes a title page. An example is available on page 4 of this document. The title page is not included in the 4-page count.
?   Uses active verbs in the past tense, like expanded, topped, founded, resisted. Refrains from using passive verbs (was, were, had).

Follow these 7 writing rules. Six violations will result in a drop of one grade.

?   Did you present your historical account chronologically within paragraphs? History moves through time. Granted, in places you may need to reach back to provide a backdrop for a particular topic or to place your subject in context, but within paragraphs you should have events in chronological order.
?   Did you keep yourself out of the narrative? Do not use words such as I, our, my, this author, I think. Your authorship is on the front page so you should construct arguments based on evidence, not your opinion.
?   Is your paper written in the pasttense. History deals with the past.
?   Have you identified quotations and ideas from the source. When you use ideas from a document or quote, insert a footnote at the bottom the page. If you are using Microsoft Word, you can do this by following these steps:
o   Click the References link from the top menu.
o   Click on Insert Footnote
o   You should now have a superscript number in the body of your paragraph and at the bottom of the page that looks like this one.
o   Always place footnotes at the end of the sentence.
o   And a final example.
o   The footnote is designed to allow other historians to check your information. If I cannot find where you got information, you will incur a substantial penalty.
o   Excuse my large print, but THIS IS NOT A FOOTER!
?   Have you placed quotation marks outside of periods and commas, inside semi-colons and colons.
?   To reference a decade or century, do not use an apostrophe. (1960s or 1700s)
?   AND MOST IMPORTANT: Have you interpreted your material. Your work is more than a chronicle of events or people. Ask yourself these kinds of questions: “Have I incorporated the 5Cs into my paper?” “What insights does this paper provide into the times or the themes of the course?”

A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for

HISTORY 201
(double-space to course and instructor; four
PROFESSOR SHAYspaces to university; single space to
degreegranting agency; double-space to date)

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of History
(Term and year in which course credit is granted)
SPRING 2014

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