Read all of the secondary sources and one of the primary sources from the 17th and 18th century list, and one of the primary sources from the 19 century list. Write an essay in which you develop an argument about what your analysis of the primary sources you chose allows you to understand about class in the 17th – 19th centuries in the colonies and the Early Republic. As part of your argument, explain how your analysis of the primary sources you chose adds to or challenges the information and ideas about class in the secondary sources. Cite all your sources (primary and secondary) using APA style at the end of the essay. (250-350 words).
Secondary Sources (Read All)
From the American Yawp: “Consumption and Trade in the British Atlantic,” “Shay’s Rebellion,” and “Hamilton’s Financial System.” : “Market revolution,” “Capital and labor,” and “Immigration and urbanization.” (Citation: Locke, J. and Wright, B. (2017). The American yawp. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com.)
Anbinder, T. (2017). Today’s banned immigrants are no different from our immigrant ancestors. AHA today. Retrieved from http://blog.historians.org/2017/02/todays-banned-immigrants-are-no-different-than-our-immigrant-ancestors/ (Also available as a PDF attachment here).
17th and 18th Century Primary Sources (Select One)
Frethorne, R. (1623). Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20-April 3, 1762. [Letter]. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6475/.
Lucas, E. (1740-1741). Eliza Lucas to a friend, May 2, 1740, Eliza Lucas to her father, June 4, 1871. [Letters]. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/colonial-society/eliza-lucas-letters-1740-1741/
(1651). Sumptuary Laws. [Law]. Retrieved from http://inside.sfuhs.org/dept/history/US_History_reader/Chapter1/shortversionsumptuarylaw.html
(1787). Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck. (Relief Cut on Paper). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unidentified_Artist_-_Daniel_Shays_and_Job_Shattuck_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
19th Century Primary Sources (Select One)
Anderson, J. (Aug. 7, 1865). Jourdon Anderson Writes to His Former Master. (Letter). Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/jourdon-anderson-writes-his-former-master-1865/
Assing, N. (1852). Chinese Immigrants in Gold Rush California. (Letter). Retrieved from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1193
Riis, J. How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/18-industrial-america/jacob-riis-how-the-other-half-lives-1890/
(1883). Tournament of Today-A Set-To Between Capitol and Labor. [Print]. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/16-capital-and-labor/the-tournament-of-today-a-set-to-between-labor-and-monopoly/.
