Assignment Description
First – Read the following Essential Instructions
To complete this exam be sure to:
- Use only your History Notebook (no textbook, no online resources).
- You can use Google Docs or some other word software to write out your essay, but you may not look up any additional information
- Copy and paste your essay into this Canvas writing assignment when you are done . You may only submit your response once.
- Only the essay copied into Canvas will be graded.
Writing Prompt:
Three Related Key Events or Ideas that Influenced the Development of the United States: Based on the content in this course, identify a significant event or idea from the colonial era (1607 to 1663), a significant event or idea from the revolutionary era (1663 to 1789), and a significant event or idea from the new national era (1789 to 1840). Then, explain how they are related to each other (how did the first event help lead to the second event which helped lead to the third event). In your conclusion, explain how these events influenced the circumstances faced by the United States in 1840.
Helpful things to do:
- Using your History Notebook, identify the three events first.
- Yes, you can mix and match events and ideas. For example, you can relate one idea to two events or two ideas to one event.
- Be sure you can explain how the first event or idea influenced the second event or idea which influenced the third event or idea. These explanations are important.
- Gather details about the events or ideas.
- Then outline your essay.
- Be sure to include a strong overall thesis.
- In your conclusion, explain why these events or ideas are important to understand. How did they help create the circumstances the United States faced in the 1840s?