APUSH Essay Percentages

ebonytear
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:50:56 +0000

How did you manage to work Jefferson and Hamilton into a time period that ended in 1750?

i’m just saying it’d be the best route, because that is the ultimate political product of the economic systems. i.e. the farming in virginia promoted a view of yeomen farmers latter expressed by Jefferson and the mercantilism in mass. promoted a view of trade and industry as expressed by hamilton. its a much clearer picture (i think) of how the economic systems in each area drove politics…you can reference stuff that is out of the time period, because it shows the later impact of what you’re talking about: i.e. “the mercantilism of mass. contrasted the agrarian society of virginia, an difference in economies that created a political dichotomy between the two states that would eventually result in the conflicting views of jefferson and hamilton.”

its just a clearer way of demonstrating your point. i actually didn’t do this in my essay, but a friend mentioned it and i thought it was an awesome idea…my essay was very unorganized…i think i just rambled on about slavery, trade, and types of politicians? (also talked about diff. in economies), but i don’t think i really had a clear thesis. v. muddled.

that’s why i’m wondering what you guys did…