Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 4
Instructions: This exercise asks you to assess the relationship between conclusions and evidence. Identify which of the following conclusions are supported by the specific piece of evidence. Click “yes” for those pieces of evidence that support the conclusion and “no” for those that do not.
Conclusion A
Many merchants living in northern seaports acquired great wealth by participating in an increasingly global trade of goods, and they spent their money on goods and services that displayed their elevated status.
Evidence 1: Goods listed in Document 4.2: Goods for Sale
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Evidence 2: Advertisement in Document 4.3: Advertisement for Musical Instruments
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Evidence 3: Piece of furniture shown in Document 4.4: Chest of Drawers
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Evidence 4: Boston protester’s threat that “we will find as much powder and ball as you can; so that we will go to a greater length than clubs and staffs; depend upon it that it will be so, as true as there is a God in heaven” in Document 4.6: Letter from a Boston Protester
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Conclusion B
Although many Bostonians participated on some level in the market economy, those who could afford little or nothing beyond the necessities of food and clothing resented the conspicuous consumption and increasing political influence of wealthy merchants.
Evidence 1: List in Document 4.1: Ship Arrivals and Departures at Boston
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Evidence 2: Ad in Document 4.3: Advertisement for Musical Instruments
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Evidence 3: The piece of furniture in Document 4.4: Chest of Drawers
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Evidence 4: The protester’s statement “I now in behalf of myself and others who assembled as a mob assure you, that we have done what we think proper; and are of the opinion, that you had as goods be still and silent . . . for we had no design to do the town any damage, but a great deal of good” in Document 4.6: Letter from a Boston Protester
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Conclusion C
Slaves, unskilled laborers, and poor men and women recognized that they lacked the freedom and influence enjoyed by Boston’s elites and found a variety of ways to resist their subjected status using both legal and extra-legal means.
Evidence 1: List in Document 4.1: Ship Arrivals and Departures at Boston
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Evidence 2: Piece of furniture in Document 4.4: Chest of Drawers
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Evidence 3: Ad in Document 4.5: Advertisement for Runaway Slave
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Evidence 4: The protester’s statement “I do now declare in the name of 500 men, that it will be the hardest place of work that ever you took in your hand, to pretend to commit any man for that night’s work . . . so that . . . there must be a great deal of blood shed before we will be suppressed” In Document 4.6: Letter from a Boston Protester
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