reading response 3 and 4

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Reading Response 3 350 words

Part A

Answer the following questions in your reading response. You may use the word box below or submit your response as a word doc. (DO NOT submit as a google doc!)

1. Which Law of the Iroquois League do you find the most intriguing and why? Do you see any similarities between these laws and the laws of Pennsylvania? Do you see any similarities or differences between the Iroquois and Pennsylvania laws and American laws today?

2. John Winthrop believed that his fellow Puritans were God’s chosen people. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being “chosen”? Do you think this mentality helped or hurt the Puritan settlers?

3. There were other instances of witch trials in the colonies, why do you think Salem’s was on a much larger scale and why do you think the Salem story still captivates us after 300 years?

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwG2UCZjFRs

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKe_fdY4Mtk

Reading response 4 350 words

Part B

Answer the following questions in your reading response. You may use the word box below or submit your response as a word doc. (DO NOT submit as a google doc!)

1. Olaudah Equiano and Phyllis Wheatley’s account came from the perspective of enslaved (or freed) Africans. However, they are writing to a white audience. How do you think this effects their work? 

2. What prejudices do you see in both the Slave Ad and the Virginia Law Codes, demonstrating the racialized slavery system? 

3. How do the Virginia Slave Codes change and adapt over time? 

4. What aspects of the Slave Ads did you find informative about slavery, and enslaved people in Colonial America?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxwuApFd2MY&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fdurhamtech.instructure.com%2F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRtvYmwqCXo&source_ve_path=MjE0Mjgz&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fdurhamtech.instructure.com%2F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcqLKIzcPl8&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fdurhamtech.instructure.com%2F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcqLKIzcPl8&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fdurhamtech.instructure.com%2F