Topic 1: SECTION 1: Introduction/Historical context Using specific, quoted evide

Topic 1:
SECTION 1: Introduction/Historical context
Using specific, quoted evidence from your OpenStax textbook, explain the major historical events/trends/changes happening in the time period leading up to and during the American Revolution. Include a thesis statement (Links to an external site.) about how freedom was defined during the Revolutionary era.
SECTION 2: Primary source analysis
Use examples from the primary source documents provided to explain some various ways that people during the Revolutionary era defined freedom.
What evidence do the authors of the documents offer to support their positions? What tactics/strategies do they use to persuade their audiences?
How are these sources similar and how do they differ?
What advances regarding freedom succeeded? What limits of freedom remained?
SECTION 3: Current event/personal connection
Which of the primary source documents from the revolutionary era do you identify with and/or agree with the most and why?
Summarize the outside source you selected and explain how it connects to the idea of freedom in the United States today.
How does your current event article compare to the content of the documents that you read for this assignment? Explain any similarities and differences.
You will use your OpenStax textbook and the following primary sources from the era of the American Revolution to answer prompt #1:
Primary Source: Declaration of Independence, 1776
Primary Source: Abigail Adams letter to John Adams, 1776
Primary Source: Caesar Sarter’s Essay on Slavery, 1774
Primary Source: Phillis Wheatley letter Letter to Reverend Samson Occum, 1774
Primary Source: Oneida Declaration of Neutrality, 1775
Primary Source: Freedom Petition, 1777
Primary Source: Sayenqueraghta’s speech, 1779
Primary Source: Belinda Sutton’s petition, 1783
You will also need to find an additional source of your choosing related to freedom in the United States today. This source must be a newspaper article pertaining to a current event, meaning something that has happened in the United States in the last 30 days. Watch this video to learn how to find newspaper articles from the CRC Library Newspaper Databases
In your essay, you should:
Answer all parts of each of the sections below.
Use specific, cited, direct evidence (details, examples, and quotes) from the textbook and at least five of the primary sources to support your answers and bring out insightful interpretations. Please note you do NOT have to summarize each source; rather, you should support your analysis with evidence from the sources.
Use correct spelling and grammar.
Write 6 full pages long, not including the works cited page, so 1,800-2,000 words total for the document, double-spaced, 12-point font. Your paper should be in paragraph form, organized in the 3 sections outlined above.
Citations:
Include quotes from the sources throughout your assignment, and use in-text parenthetical citations or footnotes to clarify which source the quote comes from. History as a discipline uses Chicago style citations and you will find a Chicago-style bibliography entry at the bottom of each source provided, but I am fine with any style you are most comfortable with (MLA, APA, etc.) You should include a bibliography or works cited at the end of your paper. In your bibliography or works cited, include the textbook, the (at least) 5 primary sources you used, and the outside source you find.

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SECTION 1: Introduction/Historical context
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