What Three Items Must Be in the Topic Sentence of a Definition

question 8

Essay

What three items must be in the topic sentence of a definition paragraph?

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Definitions:

Thirteen Colonies

The group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America founded between the 17th and 18th centuries, which declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States.

Eighteenth-Century British America

Pertains to the British colonies in North America during the 1700s, before the American Revolution, characterized by colonial expansion, economic changes, and conflicts with Indigenous peoples.

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano was an African writer and abolitionist who gained freedom from slavery and wrote "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," detailing his experiences.

Paxton Boys

A group of Pennsylvania frontiersmen in the 1760s who protested against the leniency of the provincial government's policies towards Native Americans.