American Yawp
Ensure you have read Colonial Society (Chapter 4) and The American Revolution (Chapter 5) in the American Yawp textbook and all of the following primary sources:
- Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704
- Eliza Lucas Letters, 1740-1741
- Jonathan Edwards Revives Enfield, Connecticut, 1741
- Samson Occom describes his conversion and ministry, 1768
- Extracts from Gibson Clough’s War Journal, 1759
- Pontiac Calls for War, 1763
- Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, Reflects on the British and French, 1765
- Blueprint and Photograph of Christ Church
- Royall Family
- George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834
- Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776
- Declaration of Independence, 1776
- Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation, 1780
- Oneida Declaration of Neutrality, 1775
- Boston King recalls fighting for the British and for his freedom, 1798
- Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women’s Rights, 1776
- American Revolution Cartoon
- Drawing of Uniforms of the American Revolution
Then, in an essay of at least 5 paragraphs and 1000 words, address the following prompt: What did the Revolution mean to different groups of Americans?
