Recognize Perspectives
During 11th grade, my AP United States History class had to create a Powerpoint presentation on the third historical period, which was from 1754 - 1800. An important event, the American Revolution, was the topic we chose to focus on during this time period. In the presentation, we included the people who made a difference in the war, battles that changed the final outcome, important dates, and the coercive or intolerable acts that initially sparked the anger of the colonists. This project enabled me to recognize perspectives by showing me what colonists felt when the government was treating them unfairly. It demonstrated that their actions and their feeling of wanting to become independent from the mother country was reasonable and not at all out of the blue.