Thesis statement for the declaration of independence

Theme 3: Learning Block 5-3 Historical Context Chart

Prompt: To understand your topic, it is important to understand what the world was like at that time. First, list your research topic, the revised research question you plan to address moving forward, and your current thesis statement. Then, choose two secondary sources related to your research topic and provide the citation for each in the chart below. You may use secondary sources from previous assignments.Next, explain in the chart what the source tells you about the historical context behind your topic. In the last chart column, explain how the context provided by the source will help you revise your currentthesis statement, answering your research question.

Historical Context Chart

Research Topic: Drafting of the United States Constitution

Selected Revised Research Questionfrom 4-2-1: What were the major historical events that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution?

Current Thesis Statement: The historical events that led to the drafting of the constitution include the Revolutionary War, Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act crisis.

Secondary Source Citation

Historical Context of Event

Support Your Thesis Statement

First secondary source citation

Bonwick, C. (2017). English radicals and the American revolution. UNC Press Books.

What does this source tell you about the historical context behind your topic? (consider events, social conditions, political structures or anything that may externally affect your topic)

The source provides insights of the Revolutionary war that instigated the road to independence hence the drafting of the constitution. The revolutionary war took place between the American colonies and Britain to fight the taxation laws and also seek for an American representation in the Parliament. The American revolution began in 1774 to battle the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. The source provides information about the rise of both political and social radicals.

Explain how the context provided by the source will help you support your thesis statement, answering your research question:

The context of the source provides in-depth insights about the cause of the drafting of the constitution which detrimental to answering the research questions. The information provided in the source also serves as a complement source to the thesis. The activities that the radicals carried out during the war to independence are also identified to increase the volume of knowledge that is relevant to the thesis of the research paper.

Second secondary

source citation

Spannaus, B.N. (2019). The Fight Behind the Declaration of Independence. Journal of the American Revolution

The article talks about the reasons why the Americans wanted a reformation of the government and as a result it led to the Declaration of Independence. The pursuit was to create a nation that is committed to the undisputable rights to life, liberty and independence. Leaders across America mobilized masses in every colony to give consent to the declaration so as to achieve a free nation. Thomas Paine wrote an article that was published in 1776 called “Common Sense” to secure freedom for Americans.

The “Common Sense”article provided a reminder to the people that they had been deprived of their birth right and the chains had to be broken. The content of the pamphlet provides rich information to support the thesis statement. The events of the Declaration of Independence are important due to the fact that it had a strong impact to the process of drafting the constitution.

References

Bonwick, C. (2017). English radicals and the American Revolution. UNC Press Books. Retrieved from https://books.google.ro/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yLY4DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=The+American+Revolution++&ots=ba08iHZioY&sig=w1Y-gW-rz2xBpI22O9vuPDDnFJc&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=The%20American%20Revolution&f=false

Spannaus, B.N. (2019). The Fight Behind the Declaration of Independence. Journal of the American Revolution. Retrieved fromhttps://allthingsliberty.com/2019/08/the-fight-behind-the-declaration/