HIS271Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Slave Narrative, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Leading
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Analysis of primary documents is central to the study of history. In addition to discussing primary materials in the tutorials, the written assignments for the course are also based on these materials. What was the nature of the power dynamic between the iroquois and the euro-american colonists and what do the lancaster treaty talks reveal about how native peoples contributed to (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: using the writings of thomas paine: Thomas paine is often considered to be the chief propagandist for the cause of independence, both in terms of putting forth the concept and then keeping it alive during some of the darker days of the revolutionary war. Why, according to paine, was it necessary for america to achieve i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g does he atta(cid:272)h to te(cid:396)(cid:373)s like (cid:862)li(cid:271)e(cid:396)ty(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)e(cid:395)uality(cid:863): using incidents in the life of a slave girl.
