Sources for Of the People: Volume I: To 1877 [Paperback]

Edited by Maxwell Johnson, this two-volume companion sourcebook includes approximately eighty primary sources, both textual and visual. Chapter introductions, document headnotes, and study questions provide learning support. Expertly edited for clarity and pedagogical utility, the sources range from letters, political tracts, memoirs, and fiction, to essays, speeches, and photographs. Affordable and flexible,Sources for Of the Peoplemakes for an ideal companion toOf the People.Edited by Maxwell Johnson, this two-volume companion sourcebook includes approximately eighty primary sources, both textual and visual. Chapter introductions, document headnotes, and study questions provide learning support. Expertly edited for clarity and pedagogical utility, the sources range from letters, political tracts, memoirs, and fiction, to essays, speeches, and photographs. Affordable and flexible,Sources for Of the Peoplemakes for an ideal companion toOf the People.How to Read a Primary SourceChapter 1. Worlds in Motion, 1450-15501.1 Letter of Christopher Columbus on His First Voyage to America (1492)1.2 Ponce De Le?n's Royal Patent (1511)1.3 Bartoleme de las Casas, excerpt from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552)1.4 Letter written by Juan de O?ate from New Mexico (1599)1.5 Contrasting Views of the Spanish Conquest of Tenochtitl?nChapter 2. Colonial Outposts, 1550-16502.1 Royal Patent from Queen Elizabeth I to Walter Raleigh (1585)2.2 John White Recounts his Journey to Roanoke (1590)2.3 Samuel de Champlain's Account of Native American Warfare (1609)2.4 Selection from Robert Juet's Journal of Henry Hudson's 1609 Voyage2.5 Thomas Morton, excerpt from The New English Canaan (1637)Chapter 3. The English Come to Stay, 1600-16603.1 John Smith, A True Relation of Such Occurences and Accidents of Note, As Hath Hapned in Virginia (1608) and The General Histories of Virginia (1624)3l3'