Write a review paper on the Radicalism of the American Revolution (1760s-1800s)The instructions for the argumentative essay assignment are to respond to the following prompt (agree, disagree, qualified agreement):
“The American Revolution grew out of fervent efforts to preserve and protect, rather than to overthrow, long-established principles and practices. Despite such conservative origins, the American Revolution (here meaning not just the war, but the key legal, political, and social developments from the 1760’s to around 1800) led to truly revolutionary changes in American thought and practice with regard to equality, individual rights, majority rule, and the proper balance between central and local authority.”
The maximum word count is 2000 words.
The citations should be in footnote form (not endnotes) and can be in short form if missing full citation information. Citations cannot be included in word count.
The essay assignment involves a closed universe of primary sources and historiography. I have attached pdfs of the sources making up the closed universe. The type of general information that you might find in a textbook can also be used for the assignment (though with citation).
Citation forms for the attached pdfs—
Course_Materials: [Author], CM [Pdf page #].
Salmon__Women_and_Law_of_Property: Salmon, Women and the Law of Property in Early America, 10.
The debate over the 1619 Project: The Week, The Debate )ver the 1619 Project
Please Note: If you include in the essay any substantially verbatim passage drawn from the provided materials, you must properly attribute it and place it within quotation marks. Any changes to the text should be noted.
Nonmandatory suggestion: The subject is more specifically American Legal history. The essay, ideally, would include discussion on the legal and consitutional aspects of the changes produced by the American Revolution. Topics like British vs colonial constitutional thinking, the legal rights and status of enslaved people and women, civic equality and participation, and parliamentary vs local sovereignty might be appropriate (this list is not exhaustive). For example, take the question of whether women became more equal following the Revolution. Rather than solely describing gender roles/spheres, analyzing changes to laws/statutes regulating marriage, divorce, and inheritance rights of daughters, widows, etc would also be helpful.
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