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Primary Sources Atlas: This website has ready to use U.S. primary sources with questions. They are useful to have to work on reading skills and critical analysis.
Era 1
Journey of Ibn Battuta 1352 to 1354
Elizabeth’s I Speech about the Spanish Armarda I Have the Heart of a King August 8, 1588
Jamestown’s Starving Time: Letter Jamestown August 1609 to June 1610
Martin Frobisher’s First Expedition 1576
Era 2
Winter Count Calendar
Mayflower Compact November 11, 1620
Testimony of Pedro Narango December 19, 1681
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God July 8, 1741 Jonathon Edwards
The Middle Passage
Era 3
Letter from Father Junipero Serra (July 3, 1769)
Give Me Liberty! (March 23, 1775)
New England Social Life Date 1760 (published in 1775)
The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
Journal of a Soldier at Valley Forge Date (December 1777)
United States Constitution Date (September 17, 1787)
Federalist Paper #51 Date (February 6, 1788)
Era 4 Tecumseh Speech at Vincennes August 12, 1810 (1 page), EXCELLENT speech. It gives the Native American viewpoint and provides some great arguments. Reading Quiz!