QUESTION: Imagine that you are Rip Van Winkle (see link and drawing by Thomas Na

QUESTION: Imagine that you are Rip Van Winkle (see link and drawing by Thomas Nast above) and that you have fallen asleep one evening in 1491. When you awake the next morning, you are astonished to discover that you have been asleep for several hundred years! It is now 1900 and as you wander through your village (or hometown) and talk to its inhabitants, you realize the world has entirely changed and that you are going to find it difficult to adapt to this new world. In fact, you find quite quickly that there have been numerous “revolutions,” or changes in the years of your “coma.” What were the five most significant or revolutionary changes that took place while you were asleep? Of those five changes, which was most important and why?
Thesis/Argument: There were at least five revolutionary/significant changes between 1491 and 1900. These were . . . The most revolutionary change was . . . Also, make certain to underline your thesis statement.
Thesis Paragraph # 1: Revolutionary Change # 1
Thesis Paragraph # 2: Revolutionary Change # 2
Thesis Paragraph # 3: Revolutionary Change # 3
Thesis Paragraph # 4: Revolutionary Change # 4
Thesis Paragraph # 5: Revolutionary Change # 5
Paragraph # 6: Which revolutionary change was most important? Why?
You may have more paragraphs, but make certain that all your work relates back to your key argument.
Conclusion
List and/or mark 10 key words/terms/people:

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