Module 2 DBA

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The DBQ is worth 45% of your AP US History Exam and is the most challenging of the writing assignments in the
course. Here is some practice that you need to attach to the Module 2 DBA when you submit it.

The documents (A-H) are grouped together and explained how theyd be used. Next to each document, please put
what notes/thoughts come to mind when you analyze it. (A is done as a sample for you).

Using your knowledge of this time period, use the three As of thesis writing from this video and write a thesis
statement.

Question:
To what extent had the
colonists developed a
sense of their identity and
unity as Americans by the
eve of the Revolution? Use
the documents and your
knowledge of the period
1750 to 1776 to answer
the question.
Thesis: American colonists were originally from Europe, so some colonists
were still loyal to the British government while many united against the
government and formed an identity within America. From the period 1750 to
1776, colonists have moved from European loyalty to developing American
unity through coming together against the British after acts against the
colonists.

Grouping: Supporting Point: Supporting Point: Supporting Point: Didnt

Lack of American Unity United Against the British want Independence

Documents: A & G Documents: B, C, F, H Documents: D & E

Analyze the document using

Documents A-H the HAP-P process AND any
facts, notes, causes, effects,
events that come to mind
that you could use as Outside
Information:
 Benjamin
Franklin, author
Albany Plan of
Union
New England
grouped together--New
England
Confederation??
1754: start of
French and Indian War
Promoting
unification for mutual
protection
 Speech from
member of Parliament
The colonies are
far from Britain
Images of the
British constitution
Will still have
British influence.

A letter from
Richard Henry Lee to
Arthur Lee on February
24th 1774.
America is going
against British tyranny.
To ruin both
Countries - both Britain
and America
Colonists are one
group of people and one
country
 Letter from
Mather Byles to Nathaniel
Emmons
Not all of the
Colonists supported
independence
Tory = Loyalist

Declaration from
2nd Continental Congress
Large sense of
American identity.
 A history by Peter
Oliver of MA in 1781.
England is a
Parent and there are
the Demagogues, who
were the leaders of the
revolution in the colonies.
There were
groups other than the
Patriots in the colonies.
 List of
Contributors of donations
for the Relief of Boston in
1774 and 1775.
Colonies wanted
to help people of Boston.
Closed Boston
Harbor after Tea Party.
 Excerpt from
Letters from an
American Farmer in
1770s, published 1781.
Colonists are no
longer European, but now
American.