Applied English for American History I ** Summer 2002 ** TIUA ** Seibert
Worksheet for Professor Jopp's writing assignment: Page 120, C. Due Friday, June 14.

Name _______________________________

Purpose: To help you collect and organize all the information you need to write the best paper possible for History

You need:

• Your text, pages 92 through 120
• Professor Jopp's handout: Writing Assignment #2
• Your class notes
• Your "checklist"
• A bilingual and an English dictionary

Your paper should be about two pages long. Use a 12 pt. font and normal margins and spacing. Double-space your paper.

1. Carefully read the assignment: page 120 (C.) Check the box below that best describes the assignment.

• ____ You are to decide whether or not the the Americans had good reasons to revolt against England and describe what your future might be like if the revolt is successful.
• ____ You are to write about how the Boston colonists felt in the spring 1776 and how they made their decision to revolt against England.
• ____ You are a Bostonian colonist. You must decide whether you will be a "patriot" or a "Loyalist" and then explain the reasons for your decision.

2. Using your text and class notes, explain what these events were and who these groups were. (Use your own paper if you need more space.)

a. the Boston Massacre

 

b. the Boston Tea Party

 

c. the fighting at Concord and Lexington

 

d. "Patriots"

 

e. "Loyalists"

 

3. Read question C on page 120 again. What experiences have you had in "your" life (you are a colonist from Boston) and how did you react to these experiences? (Use your own paper if you need more space.)

• Use the information in question C on page 120 and what you have learned about American history
• Use your imagination, but don't change the question or history!

You have seen:

 

You have heard about:

 

You have read:

 

You have fought:

 

You have traveled to:

 

Describe your family:

4. Thinking about your decision. (Use your own paper if you need more space.)

5. Your decision.