Bacons Rebellion

A Research Paper, by its very design, will test the students ability to construct a well-written paper that shows comprehension of the topic through analysis of various resources. For many students, writing a research paper can be one of the most intimidating assignments that they will face in a class. In reality, a research paper is only a series of tasks using several intellectual skills. Once students understand this assignment not as a large paper that requires weeks of research and writing, but a series of skills, the easier writing the paper will be. As addressed earlier, the initial step in writing the paper is choosing the topic, the second is choosing a bibliography (sources), the third step is creating an outline. Students will complete all three of these steps in the Research Paper Proposal, which should be view as a work in progress.

This short paper is a minimum of eight full pages of double-spaced text, and you must consult a minimum of five academically credible sources. Bibliographies and citations will be in the Chicago-style format. Students may not use Wikipedia or other online encyclopedias. Students need to use Times New Roman, 12 point font, and 1 inch margins. The topic must differ from your short paper.

The next steps include gathering information from sources to assist writing the paper, keeping notes of sources, and writing a rough draft. If students use any of the information from the sources word-for-word, they must be cited using endnotes or footnotes (Chicago style). If students read the information and write it in their own words and it is not common knowledge, then the source must be cited because it is paraphrasing someone’s information. While composing the final product, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, passive voice, or first or second person (I, you, we, our, etc). Before submitting your paper, check grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper.

Research Paper Proposal

 

Name:  Dustin Maglinti

 

Class:  HIST 101

 

Title:  Bacons Rebellion

 

Subject:  Bacons true agenda

 

Thesis Statement:  Bacon slaughtered many Native American Indians. He also showed that poor whites and blacks could unite for a cause in which put fear in the rich and the government. Was Bacon a hero in American history or just a mass murderer?

 

Outline: Bacons Rebellion was the first documented American rebellion in the Colonial United States. This rebellion united poor blacks and whites in a cause against the rich supported by its government. However, this rebellion also resulted in the slaughter of many Native Americans. Was the slaughter of these Indians necessary in his cause against the government?

 

Sources (you need at least 5):

 

Beverley, Robert. “On Bacon’s rebellion.” On Bacon’s Rebellion (Beverley) (January 2, 2009): 1. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost .

Henretta, James A. and David Brody. America: A Concise History, Volume I: To 1877. 4^th ed., Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010.

Tarter, B.. 2011. Bacon’s Rebellion, the Grievances of the People, and the Political Culture of Seventeenth-Century Virginia.

Tom Costa.  2006. Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677

Westbury, Susan. 2004. “Theatre and Power in Bacon’s Rebellion: Virginia, 1676-77.” Seventeenth Century 19, no. 1: 69-86