THIS IS THE TOPIC HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS. In 1750, most colonists in North America thought of themselves as British in the larger British Empire. They were generally happy and considered themselves the freest people in the Western Hemisphere. By 1776, h

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Writing/

Organization

Extremely well written and logically organized. Prose is clear, cohesive and concise. Organization is logical, flowing and not repetitive. Paper is very readable and the prose is both convincing and persuasive. No or almost no grammatical or spelling errors.

Well written and well organized. At some points the prose is unclear, not cohesive or repetitive. Organization is logical, but may have benefitted from more planning. Maybe a few grammatical or spelling errors.

Writing is good but has several sentences/paragraphs that are unclear or not cohesive. Could have benefitted from more planning/drafting. Organization is good but may be at times repetitive or not concise or cohesive. Several grammatical or spelling errors.

Writing needs a lot of improvement and organization does not appear to be planned. Many sentences/paragraph are unclear, repetitive, not concise. Needs more planning, thought and drafting. Many grammatical or spelling errors.

Paper is not well written and gives evidence that student did not read or read enough and did not give enough time to paper. Frequent grammatical or spelling errors.

Change over Time/Historical Context

Essay clearly demonstrates change over time, how and why events changed. It also shows good command of historical context, understanding the social/cultural and political context of the time.

Good command of change over time, though it may not completely explain how and why events changed. Displays good command of historical context, though it might fall a little short of expert command of context.

Good command of change over time, though it may have significant mistakes, omissions, and errors. May not completely explain how and why events changed. Shows okay grasp of historical context, but may not demonstrate good understanding of social/cultural and/or political context.

Essay does not demonstrate command of change over time. Does not do a good job of explaining how or why events shifted or changed. Does not do a good job of explaining historical context.

Has very little to no command of either change over time or historical context.

Evidence

Marshals good concrete examples to support claims. Mentions all of the major relevant examples

Has good evidence to support claims, but may lack a few important examples.

Has some good evidence that is used, but often not enough. However, does not use enough concrete examples to demonstrate change over time.

Not enough evidence or examples used. Maybe one or two concrete examples were used.

Not nearly enough evidence.

Analysis

Essay analyzes the examples, showing why they prove the argument and demonstrate change over time. Deeply and deftly analyzes the importance of particular examples.

Good analysis, but often might simply cite examples and not analyze them enough or well enough.

Okay analysis, does not cite enough examples nor analyze those examples.

Very little analysis. Essay may have few examples and very sparse analysis of those examples.

Almost no analysis.