DIRECTIONS: Answer the YES or NO question if you agree or disagree with the following statement. Write a paragraph that explains why you agree or disagree.

A basic paragraph structure consists of at least five sentences: the topic sentence (claim), three supporting sentences (evidence), and a concluding sentence (reasoning). At this point in our process of these, it should be more

Remember that your evidence needs to be historically specific. Use names, places, dates, events. Pretend your reader (Mrs. Wilson) has no idea about history-explain your thinking fully.

Highlight your claim in yellow. Highlight your evidence in green. Highlight your conclusion in blue.

QUESTION: Should the colonists have separated from England?

(Refer to pages 298-302 if you need help.)

CIRCLE ONE: Yes No