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Writing Assignment 1

American history 104

Fifty-six men signed the Declarations of Independence in 1776.  Some participated in officers the American Revolution, some lent money, some lost their own lives or the lives of their sons to the fighting. 

Topic: Thomas Nelson was one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. tell me what happened to him after July 1776, and both during the war and after the war until he died.  (Do not fill your paper with information about his birth, early years, schooling, etc.  Stick to 1776 and after.)

Here are the requirements:

Cover page with title and name

A minimum of 800 words of text (not including cover page, or reference page) 

In-text citations or footnotes 

1 primary source used and cited in text

Reference page

ALSO FOLLOW WRITING GUIDELINES IN SYLLABUS!! ALSO

· Use 1″ margins on all sides.

· Use only 12pt type in a standard font.

· Always double-space (except in block quotations of 4 or more lines).

· Do not leave blank spaces between paragraphs.

· Indent every paragraph.

· Avoid very long (1 page) and very short (1-2 sentence) paragraphs.

· Avoid slang expressions (e.g., ‘back in the day’).

· Introduce all direct quotations:  (ex. Thomas Jefferson, when third president of the United States, said:)  or (John Smith, in his book World at War, wrote:)

· All book titles must be underlined or italicized (not both – be consistent).

· Correct all common spelling and typographical

·

· You must use one primary source as a reference for each writing assignment.  Indicate which is your primary resource on the reference page.  There are no requirements regarding secondary sources.  (If you look to the left you will see a tab explaining the differences between primary and secondary sources.)

· Formatting is required to follow the Chicago Manual of Style and Usage, which is online.  Look it up and use it!

Writing

Assignment

1

American

history

104

Fifty

-

six

men

signed

the

Declarations

of

Independence

in

1776.

Some

particip

ated

in

officers

the

American

Revolution,

some

lent

money,

some

lost

their

own

lives

or

the

lives

of

their

sons

to

the

fighting.

Topic:

Thomas

Nelson

was

one

of

the

men

who

signed

the

Declaration

of

Independence.

tell

me

what

happened

to

him

af

ter

July

1776,

and

both

during

the

war

and

after

the

war

until

he

died.

(Do

not

fill

your

paper

with

information

about

his

birth,

early

years,

schooling,

etc.

Stick

to

1776

and

after.)

H

ere

are

the

requirements:

Cover

page

with

title

and

name

A

minimum

of

800

words

of

text

(not

including

cover

page,

or

reference

page)

In

-

text

citations

or

footnotes

1

primary

source

used

and

cited

in

text

Reference

page

ALSO

FOLLOW

WRITING

GUIDELINES

IN

SYLLABUS!!

ALSO

·

Use

1

"

margins

on

all

sides.

·

Use

only

12pt

type

in

a

standard

font.

·

Always

double

-

space

(except

in

block

quotations

of

4

or

more

lines).

·

Do

not

leave

blank

spaces

between

paragraphs.

·

Indent

every

paragraph.

·

Avoid

very

long

(1

page)

and

very

short

(1

-

2

sentence)

paragraphs.

·

Avoid

slang

expressions

(e.g.,

‘back

in

the

day’).

·

Introduce

all

direc

t

quotations:

(ex.

Thomas

Jefferson,

when

third

president

of

the

United

States,

said:)

or

(John

Smith,

in

his

book

World

at

War,

wrote:)

·

All

book

titles

must

be

underlined

or

italicized

(not

both

–

be

consistent).

·

Correct

all

common

spelling

and

typograp

hical

Writing Assignment 1

American history 104

Fifty-six men signed the Declarations of Independence in 1776. Some

participated in officers the American Revolution, some lent money,

some lost their own lives or the lives of their sons to the fighting.

Topic: Thomas Nelson was one of the men who signed the

Declaration of Independence. tell me what happened to him after July

1776, and both during the war and after the war until he died. (Do not

fill your paper with information about his birth, early years, schooling,

etc. Stick to 1776 and after.)

Here are the requirements:

Cover page with title and name

A minimum of 800 words of text (not including cover page, or

reference page)

In-text citations or footnotes

1 primary source used and cited in text

Reference page

ALSO FOLLOW WRITING GUIDELINES IN SYLLABUS!! ALSO

 Use 1" margins on all sides.

 Use only 12pt type in a standard font.

 Always double-space (except in block quotations of 4 or more

lines).

 Do not leave blank spaces between paragraphs.

 Indent every paragraph.

 Avoid very long (1 page) and very short (1-2 sentence) paragraphs.

 Avoid slang expressions (e.g., ‘back in the day’).

 Introduce all direct quotations: (ex. Thomas Jefferson, when third

president of the United States, said:) or (John Smith, in his book

World at War, wrote:)

 All book titles must be underlined or italicized (not both – be

consistent).

 Correct all common spelling and typographical