REQUIRED: CHICAGO TURABIAN CITATION

SOURCE: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/a-new-nation/

MINIMUM 700 WORD COUNT

The United States was quite complicated after the American Revolution came to an end. Yawp describes many of the “party differences and regional quarrels” proving the challenges that Americans faced as they worked together to adapt to the new nation they found themselves living in. For this discussion this week you will read ALL of the primary sources.

• Hector St Jean de Crèvecœur describes the American People, 1782• A Confederation of Native people seek peace with the United States, 1782• Mary Smith Cranch comments on politics, 1786-1787• James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785• George Washington, “Farewell Address, 1796• Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture Smith, 1798• Susannah Rowson, Charlotte Temple, 1794

Then I want you to ask yourself “why did the publishers of Yawp select these few sources to help learners understand life in the years just after independence?” “What over-arching similarities do I see in these documents?” After thinking about these two questions, you should pick two primary sources from the seven offered in Yawp Chapter 6 and explain them within the context of the textbook covering the same chapter. Your discussion should answer: How are the people writing in the 1780s and 1790s (the primary sources) reflective of events you read about in the textbook?