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Review the following Primary Source List and select two primary sources from the list for your

assignment. The primary sources you choose should come from different time periods.

Settling the Americas, 10,000 BCE - 1700

Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus:

avalon.law.yale.edu/15th_century/colum.asp

Letter of Christopher Columbus on his First Voyage to America:

nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text1/columbusletter.pdf

Excerpts from Nova Britannia: dp.la/primary-source-sets/powhatan-people-and-the-english-at-

jamestown/sources/1403

Richard Frethorne's Letter to his Mother and Father, concerning the experiences of an indentured

servant: www.virtualjamestown.org/frethorne.html

The Mayflower Compact: constitutioncenter.org/education/classroom-resource-

library/classroom/mayflower-compact

John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill: www.americanyawp.com/reader/colliding-cultures/john-

winthrop-dreams-of-a-city-on-a-hill-1630/

Map of North America from the Moll Atlas: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/map-north-

america-1712

John Lawson Encounters Native Americans: www.americanyawp.com/reader/colliding-cultures/john-

lawson-encounters -north-american-indians-1709/

Examination of Bridget Bishop, as Recorded by Samuel Parris: salem.lib.virginia.edu/n13.html#n13.1

Germantown Friends' Protest Against Slavery: www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.14000200/?st=text

The Road to Revolution, 1600-1783

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The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Reg:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bloody-massacre-king-street

The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bostonians-paying-exciseman

The Battle of Bunker’s Hill: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/41

The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/able-doctor-draught

Deposition of Captain John Parker Concerning the Battle at Lexington:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/john-parker-lexington

The Battle of Lexington, April 1775: www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.39753/

Boston Non-Importation Agreement, August 1, 1768:

avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/boston_non_importation_1768.asp

Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/patrick.asp

William Jackson, an Importer; at the Brazen Head: www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?

item_id=365

Virtual Representation: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4531

By the King, A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/by-the-king-a-proclamation-for-suppressing-rebellion-

and-sedition

The New Nation, 1776-1840

George Washington’s First Inaugural Address: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/washington-

first-inaugural

Memorial From the Yearly Meeting of the Quakers: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/1-

memorial-yearly-meeting

Illustrated Family Record: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/illustrated-family-record

Naturalization Act of 1790: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/naturalization-act-of-1790

Petition Against the Slave Trade: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-against-the-

slave-trade

Sedition Act of 1798: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=4126

Congressional Pugilists: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388906

Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/act-prohibit-

importation-slaves

Testimony of Deborah Sampson Gannett: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/testimony-

deborah-sampson-gannett

President Jefferson's Message About Lewis and Clark's Discoveries:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/discoveries-lewis-clark

Speech of Captain Meriwether Lewis to the Otto Indians:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/lewis-speech-otto

Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal: www.americanyawp.com/reader/manifest-destiny/cherokee-

petition-protesting-removal-1836/

A Nation Divided, 1800-1877

Bill of Sale for a Slave Named George: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bill-of-sale-for-

slave-named-george

The Declaration of Sentiments: sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/senecafalls.asp

Anti-Slavery Petition from the Women of Philadelphia:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/antislavery-petition-women-philadelphia

The Way They Go To California: www.loc.gov/item/91481165/

Westward the Course of Empire Take Its Way: americanart.si.edu/artwork/westward-course-empire-

takes-its-way-mural-study-us-capitol-14569

Declaration of Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the

Federal Union: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/declaration-of-immediate-causes-which-

induce-and-justify-the-secession-of-south-carolina-from-the-federal-union

"To Colored Men!" Broadside: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/to-colored-men

"Wanted! 200 Negroes" Broadside: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/broadside-titled-

wanted-200-negroes

“Colored Soldiers! Equal State Rights! And Monthly Pay with White Men!” Circular:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/circular-colored-soldiers

House Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Prohibit Congress from Abolishing Slavery:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/amendment-prohibit-abolishing-slavery

Lincoln's Recommendation for Gradual Emancipation:

www.docsteach.org/documents/document/lincoln-gradual-emancipation

A Petition for Universal Suffrage: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-prohibit-

disfranchisement

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