Generalization Exercise
For each of the following groups, write out one clear, concise, direct sentence which clearly expresses the change over time that the factual
information listed could support (the equivalent of a topic sentence). For one bit of specific factual information, write one clear, concise, direct
sentence which provides interpretive commentary (shows HOW and WHY the information supports the topic sentence).
Group 1
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Admiralty Courts
Writes of Assistance
New York Suspending Act
Topic sentence
Interpretive commentary
Group 2
Egalitarianism
Republican Motherhood
Manumission
Primogeniture
Disestablishment
Enfranchisement
Topic sentence
Interpretive commentary
1
Group 3
Boston Massacre
Non-consumption Agreements
Sons of Liberty
Boston Tea Party
Suffolk Resolves
Lexington and Concord
Topic sentence
Interpretive Commentary
Group 4
Land Ordinance of 1785
Treaty of Paris of 1783
United States of America
Township system
Confederal system
Transitional phase
Topic sentence
Interpretive commentary
2
Group 5
Division of powers
Bill of Rights
Checks and Balances
State Constitutions
Federal system
Separation of powers
Topic sentence
Interpretive commentary
Group 6
Confederal system
Power to tax
Right of Deposit
Continentals
Northwest Forts
Interstate trade wars
Topic sentence
Interpretive commentary
3
Association Chains
Bank War
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Federalism 1790s
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Manifest destiny
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Salutary neglect
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Agrarian reform
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Cold war
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
New imperialism
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Reconstruction
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
British re-exertion
of control - 1760s
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
Fear of change and
difference - post WW I
-?
-?
-?
-?
- ?....................
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