What did those who were not included in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence hope for in the U.S?
Please be creative and read all of the instructions. Your work is greatly appreciated. I also attached the list of primary sources needed for this paper. We are all familiar with the phrase from the Declaration of Independence that “All men are created equal” and while we understand this to mean all people, that is not how it was understood at the time of the American Revolution. For this week’s discussion, I would like you to consider the view point of some of those who were not included in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. What did they hope for? Following are links to primary sources, letters and other papers written by women, Native Americans, and African Americans that will be useful to you as you look beyond the textbook. If you would like to do something a bit different from the academic essays you have been writing, get creative and take on the persona of someone from one of these groups and write a letter to your state representatives (choose one of the 13 colonies), petitioning for citizenship rights. To do this, you’ll need to convince them to do this. You will still need to include citations and bibliography. Have some fun with this. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5826 “The War of Independence Through Seneca Eyes: Mary Jamison Views the Revolution, 1775-79” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/8071 “’The Disturbances in America give great trouble to all our Nations’: Mohawk Joseph Brant Comes to London to See the King, 1776.” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5833 “Sarah Osborn Recollects Her Experiences in the Revolutionary War, 1837” http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa&hi=1&query=%22Remember the Ladies%22&tag=text&archive=all&rec=1&start=0&numRecs=1 Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams – 31 March -5 April 1776 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6237 “‘Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom’: Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature, 1777” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6615 “‘I Began to Feel the Happiness, Liberty, of which I Knew Nothing Before’: Boston King [an American Slave] Chooses Freedom and the Loyalists during the War for Independence”
