As we have seen in this unit, the origins of the American Revolution were compli

As we have seen in this unit, the origins of the American Revolution were complicated and the outcome was more complicated than simply forming a new, sovereign national government.
In this essay, you will be analyzing and evaluating the outcome of the American Revolution using both primary and secondary sources.
In the process, you will be practicing one of the key skills in the historical thinking: evidence-based argumentation. Learning to make a clear argument that is supported by specific evidence is essential to the kind of critical thinking that your time in college should help you develop.
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. (links added below)
Then, in an essay of at least 5 paragraphs and 1000 words, address the following prompt:
What did the Revolution mean to different groups of Americans?

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 from Gibson Clough’s War Journal, 1759

Pontiac Calls for War, 1763

Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, Reflects on the British and French, 1765

Blueprint and Photograph of Christ Church

Royall Family

George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834

Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776

Declaration of Independence, 1776

Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation, 1780

Oneida Declaration of Neutrality, 1775

Boston King recalls fighting for the British and for his freedom, 1798

Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women’s Rights, 1776

American Revolution Cartoon

Drawing of Uniforms of the American Revolution

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