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Sources for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
Eighth Edition| ©2014 James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self
Sources that capture students’ attention and illustrate the major forces that shaped American history
Sources that capture students’ attention and illustrate the major forces that shaped American history
Designed for America’s History, Eighth Edition, this two-volume primary-source reader offers a chorus of voices from the past carefully selected to enrich the study of U.S. history. Five to six documents per chapter, ranging from speeches and political cartoons by celebrated historical figures to personal letters and diary entries by ordinary people, foster historical thinking skills while putting a human face on America’s diverse history. To support the structure of the parent text, unique part document sets at the end of each part present sources that illustrate the major themes of each section. Brief introductions place each document in historical context, and questions for analysis help students practice historical thinking skills and link individual sources to larger themes.
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James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self
Table of Contents
PLEASE NOTE: VOLUME 1 INCLUDES CHAPTERS 1-16 AND VOLUME 2 INCLUDES CHAPTERS 15-31.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction for Students
Part 1: TRANSFORMATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (1450–1700)
CHAPTER 1: Colliding Worlds, 1450–1600 1-1 | An Englishman Describes the Algonquin People
THOMAS HARIOT, A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588)
1-2 | Peasants Working a Lord’s Estate
LIMBOURG BROTHERS, March: Peasants at Work from the "Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry" (15th Century)
1-3 | Columbus Encounters Native Peoples
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Journal of the First Voyage (1492)
1-4 | Las Casas Describes European Atrocities
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552)
1-5 | Huejotzingo Petitions the Spanish King for Relief
COUNCIL OF HUEJOTZINGO, Letter to the King of Spain (1560) 12
1-6 | Debating the Morality of Slavery
BROTHER LUIS BRANDAON, Letter to Father Sandoval (1610) 16
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 2: American Experiments, 1521–1700
2-1 | Indians Resist Spanish Control
Testimony of Acoma Indians (1599)
2-2 | "City Upon a Hill" Sermon
JOHN WINTHROP, A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
2-3 | The Limits of the Puritan Community
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637)
2-4 | Maryland Protects Religious Belief
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649)
2-5 | Slave Labor on the Rise
EDMUND WHITE, Letter to Joseph Morton (1687)
2-6 | Spreading the Gospel Among the Iroquois
REV. FATHER LOUIS CELLOT, Letter to Father François Le Mercier (1656)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 1 DOCUMENT SET: Developing Patterns of Atlantic World Exchange, 1450 1700
P1-1 | The Aztec God Tlaloc with Maize
Meal of Maize and Beans, the Sixth Month of the Aztec Solar Calendar (c. 1585)
P1-2 | Florida Natives Welcome the Returning French
THEODORE DE BRY, The Natives of Florida Worship the Column Erected by Commander on His First Voyage (1591)
P1-3 | A European Encounters the Algonquin Indians
THOMAS MORTON, Manners and Customs of the Indians (of New England) (1637)
P1-4 | The Trade in Goods and Slaves
THOMAS PHILLIPS, A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal (1693–1694)
P1-5 | Making the Case for Colonization
RICHARD HAKLUYT, A Discourse of Western Planting (1584)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 2: BRITISH NORTH AMERICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD (1660–1763)
CHAPTER 3: The British Atlantic World, 1660–1750
3-1 | Bostonians Welcome the Glorious Revolution
The Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants and Inhabitants of Boston, and the Country Adjacent (1689)
3-2 | The Onondaga Pledge Support to Colonies
CANASSATEGO, Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New York (1742)
3-3 | Virginia Tightens Slave Codes
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, An Act for Suppressing Outlying Slaves (1691)
3-4 | Gentility and the Planter Elite
WILLIAM BYRD II, Diary Entries (1709–1712)
3-5 | Trade Creates Dynamic Commercial Economy
JOHN BARNARD, The Autobiography of the Rev. John Barnard (1766)
3-6 | Colonists Assert Their Rights
LORD CORNBURY, Letter to the Lords of Trade (1704)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 4: Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720–1763
4-1 | A Revivalist Warns Against Old Light Ministers
GILBERT TENNENT, Dangers of an Unconverted Ministry (1740) 81
4-2 | Sarah Osborn on Her Experiences During the Religious Revivals
SARAH OSBORN, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Osborn (1814)
4-3 | Anglican Minister on the Manners and Religion of the Carolina Backcountry
CHARLES WOODMASON, Journal (1766–1768)
4-4 | Franklin Calls for Colonial Unity
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Albany Plan of Union (1754)
4-5 | Colonists Argue for an Alliance with Indians Against the French
State of the British and French Colonies in North America (1755) 93
4-6 | The North Carolina Regulators Protest British Control
Petition from the Inhabitants of Orange County, North Carolina (1770)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 2 DOCUMENT SET: The Causes and Consequences of the Peopling of North America, 1660–1763
P2-1 | The Horrors of the Middle Passage
OLAUDAH EQUIANO, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself (1794)
P2-2 | German Immigrant Describes Carolina Opportunities
Letter from Christen Janzen to His Family (1711)
P2-3 | An Indentured Servant Confesses to Murder
The Vain Prodigal Life and Tragical Penitent Death of Thomas Hellier (1680)
P2-4 | Celebrating an Indian Defeat
A Ballad of Pigwacket (1725)
P2-5 | Colonial Settlements Raise Indian Alarms
Journal of James Kenny (1761–1763)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 3: REVOLUTION AND REPUBLICAN CULTURE (1763–1820)
CHAPTER 5: The Problem of Empire, 1763–1776
5-1 | A Virginia Planter Defends the Natural Rights of Colonies
RICHARD BLAND, Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies (1766)
5-2 | Colonists Protest Parliament’s Acts
STAMP ACT CONGRESS, Declaration of Rights (1765)
5-3 | A Loyalist Decries the Boston Mob
PETER OLIVER, Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion (1781)
5-4 | Worcester Loyalists Protest the Committee of Safety
A Protest by the Worcester, Massachusetts, Selectmen (1774)
5-5 | The Danger of Too Much Liberty
THOMAS HUTCHINSON, Letter to Thomas Whately (1769)
5-6 | Thomas Paine Attacks the Monarchy
THOMAS PAINE, Common Sense (1776)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 6: Making War and Republican Governments, 1776–1789
6-1 | Democratic Spirit Empowers the People
Instructions to the Delegates from Mecklenburg to the Provincial Congress at Halifax in November (1776)
6-2 | A Call to "Remember the Ladies"
ABIGAIL AND JOHN ADAMS, Correspondence (1776)
6-3 | Enslaved Blacks Adopt the Cause of Liberty
PRINCE HALL, Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives (1777)
6-4 | A Republican Hero Emerges
JAMES PEALE, General George Washington at Yorktown (c. 1782)
6-5 | A Shaysite Defends the "Risings of the People"
DANIEL GRAY, Address to the People of Several Towns (1786)
6-6 | Madison Defends the Constitution
JAMES MADISON, Federalist No. 10 and Federalist No. 51 (1787)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 7: Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787–1820
7-1 | Hamilton Diverges from Jefferson on the Economy
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Letter to Edward Carrington (1792)
7-2 | Jefferson’s Agrarian Vision for the New Republic
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Notes on the State of Virginia (1781)
7-3 | A Federalist Warns Against French Influence on American Politics
FISHER AMES, Foreign Politics (c. 1801–1805)
7-4 | Anxiety Over Western Expansion
THE PANOPLIST AND MISSIONARY HERALD, Retrograde Movement of National Character (1818)
7-5 | A Shawnee Chief Calls for Native American Unity
TECUMSEH, "Sleep Not Longer, O’ Choctaws and Chickasaws" (1811)
7-6 | New England Federalists Oppose the War of 1812
Report of the Hartford Convention (1815)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 8: Creating a Republican Culture, 1790–1820
8-1 | Building the Economy
J. HILL, Junction of Erie and Northern Canal (c. 1830–1832)
8-2 | In Praise of Domestic Manufacturing
THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Home Influence (1813)
8-3 | Warren Discusses Women’s Roles
MERCY OTIS WARREN, Letter to a Young Friend (1790) and Letter to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham (1791)
8-4 | An Argument for the Education of Republican Women
BENJAMIN RUSH, Thoughts Upon Female Education (1787)
8-5 | Jefferson Warns Against Slavery’s Expansion
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Letter to John Holmes (1820)
8-6 | An Egalitarian View of Religion
LORENZO DOW, Analects Upon the Rights of Man (1816)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 3 DOCUMENT SET: The Emergence of Democratic Ideals and a New National Identity, 1763–1820
P3-1 | Rallying Americans to the Cause of Freedom
JOHN DICKINSON, The Liberty Song (1768)
P3-2 | Defining the American Character
J. HECTOR ST. JOHN DE CRÈVECOEUR, Letters from an American Farmer (1782)
P3-3 | Women’s Right to Education in the New Republic
JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY, On the Equality of the Sexes (1790)
P3-4 | A Warning for the Young Republic
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
P3-5 | A Woman’s Perspective on Backcountry America
MARGARET VAN HORN DWIGHT, A Journey to Ohio (1810)
P3-6 | Democratic Enthusiasm Shapes Religion
JAMES FLINT, Letters from America (1820)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 4: OVERLAPPING REVOLUTIONS (1800–1860)
CHAPTER 9: Transforming the Economy, 1800–1860
9-1 | A Factory Girl Remembers Mill Work
LUCY LARCOM, Among Lowell Mill-Girls: A Reminiscence (1881)
9-2 | Making the Case for Internal Improvements
HON. P. B. PORTER, Speech on Internal Improvements (1810)
9-3 | A View of the Factory System
Repeating Fire-Arms. A Day at the Armory of Colt’s Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (1857)
9-4 | Contrasting Images of Urban Life
Frontispiece from Sunshine and Shadow in New York (1868)
9-5 | Taking the Temperance Pledge
Preface to The Temperance Manual of the American Temperance Society for the Young Men of the United States (1836)
9-6 | Finney Discussing the Revival of Religion
CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY, Lectures on Revivals of Religion (1835)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 10: A Democratic Revolution, 1800–1844
10-1 | A Professional Politician on the Necessity of Political Parties
MARTIN VAN BUREN, The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren (1854)
10-2 | Insurgent Democrats Flex Political Power
FITZWILLIAM BYRDSALL, The History of the Loco-Foco or Equal Rights Party (1842)
10-3 | President Defeats Monopoly Threat
ANDREW JACKSON, Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States (1832)
10-4 | Whig Partisan Describes Party’s Political Economy
HENRY CAREY, The Harmony of Interests (1851)
10-5 | Decrying Jackson’s Use of Presidential Power
King Andrew the First (c. 1833)
10-6 | Native American Women Urge Resistance to Removal Policy
CHEROKEE WOMEN, Petition (1821 [1831?])
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 11: Religion and Reform, 1800–1860
11-1 | A Transcendentalist View of Women’s Rights
MARGARET FULLER, Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845)
11-2 | Mormon Leader’s Vision of Religious Community
JOSEPH SMITH, History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet (c. 1830s)
11-3 | Remembering Bowery Culture
ABRAM C. DAYTON, Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York (1882)
11-4 | Attacking the Legal Disabilities of Women
SARAH GRIMKÉ, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1837)
11-5 | Abolitionist Decries Slavery’s Dehumanizing Power
DAVID WALKER, Preamble to Walker’s Appeal in Four Articles (1830)
11-6 | Antiabolitionist Attacks Reformers’ Efforts
CALVIN COLTON, Abolition a Sedition (1839)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 12: The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1800–1860
12-1 | Reporting on the South’s Peculiar Institution
ETHAN ANDREWS, Slavery and the Domestic Slave-Trade (1836)
12-2 | Witness to the Punishment of a Runaway Slave
LEVI COFFIN, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1876)
12-3 | A Southern City Affirms the Morality of the Slave Trade
Proceedings of the Charleston City Council (1856)
12-4 | Religious Life of Enslaved African Americans
Slave Songs of the United States (1867)
12-5 | Southern Hospitality on Display
SUSAN DABNEY SMEDES, Memorials of a Southern Planter (1887)
12-6 | Free Blacks Push for Elevation of the Race
Proceedings of the Colored National Convention (1848)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 4 DOCUMENT SET: Environment and Identity in an Age of Revolutions , 1800–1860
P4-1 | Commerce Overcomes Nature’s Obstacles
Canal Commissioners of Ohio Contract (c. 1820s)
P4-2 | Cultivating the "Garden of Graves"
JOSEPH STORY, Address Delivered on the Dedication of the Cemetery at Mount Auburn (1831)
P4-3 | A Woman’s Perspective on the Overland Journey West
EMMELINE B. WELLS, Diary (1846)
P4-4 | Depicting America’s Transcendent Landscape
ASHER BROWN DURAND, Kindred Spirits (1849)
P4-5 | Assessing Climate’s Effect on Americans
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, A Journey Through Texas (1854)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 5: CREATING AND PRESERVING A CONTINENTAL NATION (1844–1877)
CHAPTER 13: Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844–1860
13-1 | The Lure of the West
LANSFORD HASTINGS, The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California (1845)
13-2 | Two Views of the War with Mexico
JOHN D. SLOAT, To the Inhabitants of California (1846) and GENERAL FRANCISCO MEJIA, A Proclamation at Matamoros (1846)
13-3 | A Southern Perspective on the Political Crisis
JOHN C. CALHOUN, Speech on the Slavery Question (1850)
13-4 | Attacking the Slave Power Conspiracy
CHARLES SUMNER, The Crime of Kansas (1856)
13-5 | Supreme Court Rules Against Antislavery Cause
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
13-6 | A Southern Woman Reacts to Lincoln’s Election
KEZIAH GOODWIN HOPKINS BREVARD, Diary (1860–1861)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 14: Two Societies at War, 1861–1865
14-1 | A Southern Woman Opposes Secession
MARY BERKELEY MINOR BLACKFORD, Letter to John Minor (1861)
14-2 | War’s Impact on Southern Economy
STAUNTON SPECTATOR, The Uses of Economy (1862)
14-3 | A Battlefield View of the Cost of War
CORNELIA HANCOCK, Letters of a Civil War Nurse (1863)
14-4 | Political Divisions over Freeing the Slaves
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and JEFFERSON DAVIS, President’s Message (1863)
14-5 | Hearing the News of Emancipation
HARRY SMITH, Fifty Years of Slavery (1891)
14-6 | Redistributing the Land to Black Refugees
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Special Field Order No. 15 (1865)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 15: Reconstruction, 1865–1877
15-1 | President Focuses on Work of Reconstruction
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Last Public Address (1865)
15-2 | A Freed Family’s Dream of Landownership
BETTY POWERS, Federal Writers’ Project Interview (c. 1936)
15-3 | A Former Slave Owner Complains of "Negro Problem"
FRANCES BUTLER LEIGH, Letter to a Friend in England (1867)
15-4 | A Liberal Republican Opposes Universal Suffrage
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS JR., The Protection of the Ballot in National Elections (1869)
15-5 | Nast Lampoons Freedmen’s Government
THOMAS NAST, Colored Rule in a Reconstructed State (1874)
15-6 | African American Congressman Urges Support of Civil Rights Bill
ROBERT BROWNE ELLIOTT, Speech to Congress (1874)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 16: Conquering a Continent, 1854–1890
16-1 | Promoting the Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railway Act (1862)
16-2 | Railroad Transforms the Nation
CURRIER & IVES, Across the Continent (1868)
16-3 | Harvesting the Bison Herds
J. WRIGHT MOOAR, Buffalo Days (1933)
16-4 | Addressing the Indian Question
FRANCIS A. WALKER, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1872)
16-5 | Remembering Indian Boarding School Days
MOURNING DOVE, A Salishan Autobiography (1990)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
PART 5 DOCUMENT SET: Americans Debate the Meaning of the Constitution , 1844–1877
P5-1 | Women Reformers Demand Citizenship Rights
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (1848)
P5-2 | Defining Native American Rights and Limits
STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA, An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (1850)
P5-3 | The Catholic Threat to American Politics
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, Foreign Conspiracy Against the Liberties of the United States (1855)
P5-4 | Debating the Meaning of the Constitution
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Cooper Union Address (1860)
P5-5 | Southern Leader Contrasts Union and Confederate Constitutions
ALEXANDER STEPHENS, "Cornerstone" Speech (1861)
P5-6 | Freedman Claiming the Rights of Citizenship
REV. HENRY McNEAL TURNER, Speech Before the Georgia State Legislature (1868)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Sources for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
Eighth Edition| 2014
James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self
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James A. Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
Sources for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
Eighth Edition| 2014
James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self
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