Write 4 well-structured and detailed essay for the following four questions. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically. Each essay should include several paragraphs containing five to six sentences filled with pertinent people, battles, laws, books, events, etc. Please be generous with citations. Each essay should have their own works cited page. Each essay should be seperated. The four essay topics: 1. The American colonists were loyal subjects of the King and parliament in 1763. By July 4, 1776 the Americans had declared their independence and were fighting a war against the King and parliament. Describe the points at which the colonies moved from loyalty to resistance to rebellion to revolution. 2. Compare and contrast the United States before and after the War of 1812. 3. Assess the long and short term causes of the American Civil War. At what point did the war become an “irrepressible conflict?” Why? 4. Evaluate the successes and failures of the Reconstruction period (1865-1877).