Hypothesis/Thesis Outline

Hook: Whenever you look at a piece of writing, the author will often have a biased opinion on what they are describing.
ii. Background Information: Bacon’s Rebellion was a civil war against the colonist in Virginia and also a war against the Indians lead by a man named Nathaniel Bacon.
iii. Thesis: When it came to leading a group of people, William Berkeley was more politically just than Nathaniel Bacon.
iv. Body:
A.) I will describe the view point of Nathaniel Bacon during the rebellion. I will also cite from primary documents that Nathaniel Bacon wrote himself. From these view points I’ll make conclusions of what I think is just about his decisions leading his group of people and what was wrong.

B.) I will describe the view point of William Berkeley during the rebellion and cite from primary documents that he wrote himself. I will then conclude after analysis of how just or unjust he was when leading a group of people.

C.) I will describe viewpoints from witnesses during the rebellion for whom that supported Nathaniel Bacon and what they thought of him.
1. The supporters of Berkeley and their viewpoints of Bacon and Berkeley
2. The people who didn’t necessarily have a particular viewpoint, but there as witnesses such as the royal commissioners.

v. Discussion: Will state an overall perspective of all the viewpoints; kind of what I’ve gathered as a whole.