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Causes of the American RevolutionWhy did the Americans revolt against the British? Were their reasons valid?History Department El Centro College HIST 1301 – US History 1: Research and Writing Assignment Objectives: · This assignment will engage you in Critical Thinking by requiring you to explain your thought process, reasoning, and research when selecting an historical issue and developing and explaining your thesis statement. · You will demonstrate a mastery of Written Communication skills by authoring an academic paper comprised of reliable sources and evidence. Your final paper will be free of mechanical and technical errors and demonstrate careful revision. Your final paper will demonstrate mastery of MLA Formatting. · You will demonstrate your mastery of Personal Responsibility as this assignment will require you to present a specific historical issue and thesis and explore the ethical issues relating to the events. You will support your analysis with facts. · You will demonstrate Social Responsibility as this assignment will require that you consider cultural competency when establishing and presenting your historical thesis statement. You will discuss the effect on the community in relation to your historical thesis statement.  · You will demonstrate a mastery of Visual Communication by using an image, graph, photograph, political cartoon or collage to frame and describe the historical issues discussed in your paper in a visual way. Details: · MLA format: a sample paper in MLA format, MLA template and MLA tips are available on the History Library Page. · Three reliable, primary or secondary sources (note that Wikipedia and Google are not reliable sources). · 12-point NY Times Font · Double-spaced  · Three full pages of writing. In text citations must be used within the body of your paper.  · Visual Medium - you must use at least one chart, graph, photo, political cartoon, collage or other visual representation to interpret, explain or comment on your paper. This visual representation is required and is not part of the three full pages of writing. · Works Cited Page eCampus/Blackboard: Papers must be turn in on BlackBoard. This assignment is part of the assessment criteria for the History Department and the department must have access to the papers on Blackboard.

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Introduction 
	The war of 1776 serves as the platform of American Revolution. In fact, the Americans rejected the idea of ‘being treated’ as the secondary commodities in the hands of British Rule i.e. they were not in a condition to afford over taxing policies of the British that were spontaneously affecting their financial condition (Bradley, 127). The war for their social and financial freedom was more of an intellectual kind than something that was purely driven from selfish purposes. People like John Adams and Mercy Otis Warren felt that British policies enabled Americans' minds to seek freedom and extend individual rights. Following the success of Great Britain in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution arose from intellectual and political chaos. American colonists, released from the threat of hostile French and Indian powers, were empowered to oppose fresh British colonial policies that addressed issues of power inequality, civil rights, and individual freedoms. 
The Valid Reasons for the War: Threat to Social and Financial Identity 
	 At first, it is important to note that American Revolution was steady process of unrest rising in the hearts and minds of American people. They trusted in the policies of British Rule till the time they began realizing their beliefs were inaccurate because British Crown was pertaining to consume their social loyalties (Keith, 18). However, it made the overall process of revolution complicated as well because the American societies were divided over the question of showing loyalty to the British Crown; not all of the communities living were in favor of revolt. Instead,

History Department El Centro College HIST 1301 – US History 1: Research and Writing Assignment Objectives: · This assignment will engage you in Critical Thinking by requiring you to explain your...

Causes of the American Revolution

Why did the Americans revolt against the British? Were their reasons valid?

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