American Identity Thesis Statement Practice

David Wang
APUSH
10/3/11

DBQ Thesis

Two sharp cracks ripped through the air. As the smoke from the gun barrels

cleared, Bostonians gasped as their fellow colonists lie dead on the ground. This incident,

known as the Boston Massacre, had a chilling effect through the colonies. The Massacre,

along with numerous taxes and other burdens, led the American colonists to begin to

realize that only by standing together could they stop the British burdens. After Boston

trade was hindered by the British, colonies as far as South Carolina showed support for

the city by sending over much needed food and supplies. They developed a sense of unity

and experienced a feeling of a new identity. They were no longer British, but Americans.

And they were going to unite to defend those rights and liberties that made them

Americans from anyone, including the British.