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    Understanding Primary Sources: Colonial Reactions
    Understanding Primary Sources: Colonial Reactions
    Understanding Primary Sources: Colonial Reactions
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    Understanding Primary Sources: Colonial Reactions

    By Gale, Michael J. and Cengage Learning; Tyrkus

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    Drawn from Gale’s acclaimed Reference Library products, this concise study guide helps you explore central ideas of primary sources in their historical context. Profiles of the authors and surrounding events; timelines and images; engaging research, discussion and activity ideas; “Did you know?” facts; and additional features make this guide valuable for students and lifelong learners. Primary sources covered: Benjamin Franklin's letter to Thomas Cushing, Public Statement on the Hutchinson Letters and “An Edict by the King of Prussia”; and excerpts from Edmund Burke’s “On Conciliation"; the first of the Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies by John Dickinson; Thomas Jefferson’s “A Summary View of the Rights of British America”; Patrick Henry’s "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech; Thomas Paine’s Common Sense; and King George’s “A Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 31, 2017
    ISBN9781535841856
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      Understanding Primary Sources - Gale

      Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution

      Colonial Reactions

      Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution

      Colonial Reactions

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      ISBN 978-1-4103-6236-0 (this volume)

      ISBN 978-1-4103-6234-6 (set)

      Contents

      Reader's Guide

      American Revolution Timeline

      Introduction

      Discovery of The Hutchinson Letters

      Reactions to The Hutchinson Letters

      Edmund Burke

      King George III

      John Dickinson

      Benjamin Franklin

      Thomas Jefferson

      Patrick Henry

      Thomas Paine

      Reader's Guide

      Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution presents excerpts from documents, narratives, satirical pieces, pamphlets, and letters that explore events surrounding the American Revolution. Included among it three volumes (The View from England, Colonial Reactions, Great Congressional Documents, Recollections of War) are documents ranging from the hated 1765 Stamp Act, the great documents of the Continental Congresses, and General George Washington's 1783 farewell address to the Continental Army. Further, the words of ordinary people living in extraordinary times, such as Joseph Plumb Martin, who was a teenage soldier, and Eliza Wilkinson, who recalls when British soldiers looted her sister's Southern home are included in this set.

      The four volumes of Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution focus on specific themes and enlightening, easy-to-understand commentary accompanies the excerpts. Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution includes the following additional material:

      An introduction places the document and its author in a historical context.

      Things to remember while reading . . ." offers readers important background information and directs them to central ideas in the text.

      What happened next . . ." discusses the impact of the document on both the speaker and his or her audience.

      Did you know . . ." provides significant and interesting facts about the excerpted document, the author, or the subjects discussed in the excerpt.

      Where to learn more" lists sources for more information on the author, the document, or the subject of the excerpt.

      Other features of Understanding Primary Sources: American Revolution include short biographies of featured authors, illustrations depicting the personalities and events discussed in the excerpts, and sidebars presenting additional information on unusual or significant aspects of the issue or event under discussion. Finally, the set provides a timeline, which lists significant dates and events of the Revolutionary era.

      American Revolution Timeline

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