U.S. History Documents CD-ROM

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Below is a list of documents that are on the U.S. History Documents CD-ROM that came with your text The American Journey, Third Edition. You can click on a link below to answer questions about each document. Results of this assessment can be e-mailed to your instructor.

Prelude to Revolution

4-9 J. Hector St. John Crèvecoeur, "What Is an American?" (1782)

The American Revolution

5-1 Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries" (1751)
5-2 James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1763)
5-3 The Crisis Comes to a Head: April 19, 1775
5-4 A Freelance Writer Urges His Readers To Use Common Sense (1776)
5-5 Abigail Adams and John Adams Letters; Abigail Adams Letter to Mercy Otis Warren
5-6 Petition of "A Grate Number of Blackes of the Province" to Governor Thomas Gage and the Members of the Massachusetts General Court (1774)
5-7 Joseph Warren, "Account of the Battle of Lexington" (1775)
5-8 Thomas Jefferson, "Original Rough Draught" of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
5-9 Rights of Women in an Independent Republic
5-10 The Rise of Partisan Warfare in the South (1778)

Forging a Constitution

6-1 Constitution of Pennsylvania (1776)

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