Building a Creek Nation: Reading the Letters of Alexander McGillivray-U.S. by Kathleen DuVal - First Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store
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Building a Creek Nation: Reading the Letters of Alexander McGillivray-U.S.

First Edition ©2018 Kathleen DuVal

This document collection introduces students to the circumstances of Southeast Indians after the American Revolution, as described in Creek Indian leader Alexander McGillivray's letters to Spanish and U.S. officials. From careful reading and analysis of these letters, students will learn that U.S. e...
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Building a Creek Nation: Reading the Letters of Alexander McGillivray-U.S. by Kathleen DuVal - First Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store

This document collection introduces students to the circumstances of Southeast Indians after the American Revolution, as described in Creek Indian leader Alexander McGillivray's letters to Spanish and U.S. officials. From careful reading and analysis of these letters, students will learn that U.S. expansion into the west was both contested and not inevitable. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
Alexander McGillivray, Letter to West Florida Governor Arturo O’Neill, January 1, 1784      
Alexander McGillivray and Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw Chiefs, Letter To Spanish King Carlos III, July 10, 1785    
Alexander McGillivray, Letter to Congressional Commissioner Andrew Pickens, September 5, 1785     
Alexander McGillivray, Letter to West Florida Governor, Arturo O’Neill, May 12, 1786        
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research  

Kathleen DuVal