V. 1. Founding documents -- Speeches and political tracts -- The Revolution in letters -- v. 2. Political sermons -- Voice of formation and dissent -- American Indian narratives -- African slave narratives. Volume 1. Founding Documents. Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress ; The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ; The Rights of the Colonists ; A Summary View of the Rights of British America ; Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death ; Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ; Common Sense ; Declaration of Independence ; Articles of Confederation ; Constitution of New York ; Constitution of Massachusetts ; A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ; Constitution of the United States ; George Washington's First Inaugural Address ; The Bill of Rights ; Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address -- Speeches and Political Tracts. On the Right to Tax America ; Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One ; Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre ; John Hancock's Boston Massacre Oration ; An Address to the People of England, Scotland, and Ireland on the Present Important Crisis of Affairs ; Proclamation on Behalf of King George III ; The Farmer Refuted ; Speech on Conciliation with America ; Federalist No. 10 ; Speech Delivered at the Virginia Convention Debate on the Ratification of the Constitution ; Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the Sedition Act ; The Dangers of American Liberty ; History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Supplemental Historical Documents: On American Independence ; Brutus No. 1 ; Report on the Subject of Manufactures -- The Revolution in Letters. Letters of Abigail Adams to John Adams ; Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies ; Account of Shays's Rebellion ; Letter on the Rebellion in Springfield ; Letters on Independence ; Letter from George Washington to Martha Washington, June 18, 1775 ; Letter to the Committee of Merchants in London ; Letter on the Virginia Constitution ; Letters from an American Farmer ; From the Commissioners for Negotiating a Peace with Great Britain ; Letters of a Countryman ; New York Legislature Committee of Correspondence to George Washington ; Supplemental Historical Documents: Peter Brown's Letter to His Mother, Following the Battle of Bunker Hill ; Letter from Oliver Wolcott to Roger Newberry ; Letters Concerning the Revolution ; George Washington's Letter to Bushrod Washington ; The Boisterous Sea of Liberty. Volume 2. Political Sermons. The curse of Cowardice -- A Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston -- On the Right to Rebel against Governors -- A Discourse on the Love of Our Country -- The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men -- The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor -- A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Washington -- Supplemental Historical Documents: A Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution -- An Oration in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence -- Voice of Formation and Dissent. A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experience of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman ; Liberty Further Extended ; New York Mechanics Declaration of Independence ; The Gleaner Contemplates the Future Prospects of Women in this "Enlightened Age" ; An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York ; Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic ; Letters on Education with Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects ; On the Education of Youth in America ; An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz., the Court of the Press ; Of Man, as a Member of Society, Lectures on Law ; A Letter to Thomas Jefferson ; A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge ; Supplemental Historical Documents: Cato's Letter and Petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly -- American Indian Narratives. Beloved Brethren ; Joseph Brant to Lord George Germain ; We Can Retreat No Farther ; Supplemental Historical Documents: Speech of Senghnagenrat, an Oneida Chief ; Speech of the United Indian Nations, at Their Confederate Council, Held Near the Mouth of the Detroit River ; Letter to President Washington (Seneca Chiefs Big Tree, Cornplanter, Half-Town) -- African Slave Narratives. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African ; A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa ; Supplemental Historical Documents: Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave -- Appendixes: Chronological List ; Historical Timeline ; Web Resources ; Bibliography ; Index.
Summary:
This title in the series chronicles key documents during the revolutionary era. Included are founding documents, speeches and political tracts, political sermons, and letters. Also included are Native American and African slave narratives. An important supplement to each historical document is a carefully designed lesson plan, which follows national history standards for learning, to guide students and educators in document analysis and historical comprehension. Study questions, activities, and suggested author pairings will establish the legacy of documents and authorship for readers today. In addition, comparative analysis highlights how every document emerges from a myriad of social and political influences. A historical timeline, maps, and a bibliography of important supplemental readings will support readers in understanding the broader historical events and subjects in the period. An introduction for each of the major subjects covered in the title considers the significance of document analysis for students and educators.--Publisher information.
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