3 paragraph American History Journal Entry

After reviewing the material.....Write a 3 paragraph entry answering the following questions. 

Instructions: 

1) In your own words, describe any new information learned from this week's reading.

2) Why is this information significant?

3) Identify or speculate the motives behind the policies (laws) aimed at this week’s people group? Skip this question if policies were not discussed in the   assigned chapters.

4) Did the chapter’s information confirm or contradict any assumptions you may have had previously?

5) Include a random thought or opinion. You will not be judged, penalized or graded based on your personal opinion. 

Slavery and Abolitionists in America

Be sure to read the documents in full by clicking on the links within the below websites:

Pennsylvania Protests Against Slavery:

http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/commentary/themes/earlyprotests.php#Merion

Arrival of Africans into Jamestown:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h289.html 

Slave Auction:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h290.html