HOW TO ANALYZE A PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT You will be answering these six questions in the worksheet below. For your convenience, click here for a downloadable copy of this list of questions. 1. Who is the author of the document? In analyzing a primary source document, simply knowing the name of the person who wrote it is not enough, you also need to learn something about the author to understand his/her point of view and biases. Give the name of the author and provide a brief biographical comment. Please think about the definition of an author. Is an author someone who merely translates or edits a […]
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How did the Fronde affect the french monarchy?
Great question! The Fronde was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653. This is when Louis XIV was just a small child and after his father died. Due to the death of Louis XIII, this allowed for the nobility to try and take advantage of the situation in which someone else could take the throne. One highly understated man is Cardinal Mazarin. He worked with Louis’ XIV’s mother, Queen Ann of Austria (FROM SPAIN) in order to end the political and social instability that challenged the Bourbon Dynasty. Due to the Fronde, Louis XIV knew he […]
What does Susan B. Anthony mean by “alleged crime”?
Susan B Anthony attempted to cast a vote in an election even though she, as a woman, was not eligible. She argued that the law was invalid. She made a speech contending that her crime was “alleged” by others but not valid under the constitution; that she was charged but the charge was not yet proven. An academic point as she was fined $100 which she refused to pay.
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 to help improve the process of picking cotton. Whitney also had a lot of legal trouble in enforcing his patent. Read more here , here, and here.
What is an indentured servant?
Contracted Labor, particularly of the 1500s and 1600s era, notably in colonial North America. Later much of the labor was taken over by Slaves. Indentured referred to boiler plate printed contracts between Master and Servant in which the 2 copies of the same were folded together and indentured at the margins before separation of the document and retained by each party. Verification of authenticity of either could easily be made at a later time by superposition of the two. Indentured servitude was a generally a British custom and distinctive of early North America. The Master took on responsibilities to provide […]
