American Revolution Research Paper

INTRODUCTION

During
the seventeenth century, Great Britain established thirteen colonies
along the Atlantic coast of the North American continent. Though they
were united by their connection to English society and the British
government, each colony had a very different experience in the New
World: the settlers who established the colonies brought with them
different motivations and expectations, and the unique geographic
characteristics of each colony shaped the development of those colonial
societies. After more than a century of colonial rule, the ties that
united the colonies to their home country frayed. In the decades
following the Seven Years’ War, the colonial relationship degenerated
into a series of provocations and counter-provocations over the future
of North America. The Revolutionary War transformed the American
colonies into the United States, and brought tremendous changes to the
political and social institutions of the new country.

In this
assessment, you will examine the motivations for English colonization
and the organization and government of several English colonies. You
will also consider the causes of the American Revolution and describe
its effects on the population of the new United States.

REQUIREMENTS

Your
submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of
30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one
individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when
you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You
must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because
it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work.
Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect.
The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of
the course.

A. Explain the reasons for English colonization (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) by doing the following:

1. Discuss the political motivations for English imperialism.

2. Describe the social pressures that contributed to English colonization of North America.

B.
Describe the economic systems (e.g., labor relationships, trade
networks, major cash crops), social characteristics (e.g., religious
beliefs, family structures, cultural practices, class systems), and
political systems (e.g., types of representation, major governmental
bodies, significant political figures) of the following colonies using
the attached “English Colonies in America Table,” or similar document:

Note: You may include a short paragraph in each cell or a thorough bulleted list with significant key terms.

C.
Explain the major ideas and events (i.e., Enlightenment philosophies,
colonial conflicts, imperial regulations, acts of rebellion) that led to
the American Revolution (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs).

D. Describe how each of the following groups were affected by the political and/or social changes that followed the American Revolution (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs):

E.
Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations
and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content.

1. Include the following information when providing source references:

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