<p>I'm having some trouble with my summer work that involves writing thesis statements, if someone could kind of break this down for me I'd really appreciate it.</p>
<p>"The American Revolution was the result of an evolutionary process much more than any radical departure from the past or "revolution." Assess the validity of this statement."</p>
<p>I don't quite understand the question I'm trying to answer other than (maybe?) how much of a revolution it actually was and what would've defined it as a revolution. However I'm not entirely sure how I would compress that into a sentence or two...
Any help would be very appreciated.
(Needless to say I haven't done this before, and from what I've read/heard the writing in this class is held to a very high standard so I don't want to mess up!)</p>
<p>P.S. I'm not expecting you to actually write the thesis statement for me, I would just like some help with breaking down a topic and creating a (general) thesis statement. Kind of like a "how-to" that can be applied to most topics when having to write a thesis statement?... I hope that makes sense.</p>
<p>If I learned anything from APUSH it’s that thesis statements cover social/political/economic.</p>
<p>So say how people’s loyalty was drifting away from England, how they wanted their own government, and how they wanted to move away from a mercantilist economy, lalala.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I think it’s stating that the American Revolution was a process over time, rather than something that happened suddenly, and it’s asking you to say whether or not this is true.</p>
<p>lldm21 is correct, that is exactly what the statement is saying. It seems like an interesting topic to discuss (I hope we discuss that concept, our summer work focussed on Vietnam).</p>
<p>I agree with lldm21. The statement seems to be saying that the Revolution wasn’t one sudden blow-up where the Americans got really mad over this one thing and wanted to break away from Britain. It’s saying that the process of breaking away (mentally as well as physically) was slow and steady. </p>
<p>Assuming that you only have to write a thesis, you just have to state whether you agree or disagree, while adding a bit of your own insight as well. Don’t worry about elaborating on particular reasons to support it unless you have to write a whole introduction. Particular reasons don’t belong in a thesis. Don’t start by saying “yes, I agree” or “no, I disagree.” Restate it. </p>
<p>An example of someone who disagrees with the statement: “The American Revolution was a sudden movement due to the impulsive fury Americans felt as a result of British soldiers stealing pie.”
obviously the 2nd part of that example is undoubtedly false, but I just wanted to show you how you can structure a thesis. the actual content is up to you.</p>