Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6

Document Links:

Document 6.1 JOSEPH GALLOWAY, Speech to Continental Congress (1774)

Document 6.2 CHARLES INGLIS, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated (1776)

Document 6.3 HANNAH GRIFFITS, Response to Thomas Paine (1777)

Document 6.4 Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown (1776)

Document 6.5 BOSTON KING, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King (1798)

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6

The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.

Guiding Question: What were the various reasons that some American colonists chose to oppose the American Revolution in the 1770s, and what did they hope to achieve or avoid by doing so?

Instructions

Below are three topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 6.16

1. Which of the sources provide specific evidence about Americans who made constitutional and economic arguments in support of their loyalty to the British? Choose ALL that apply.

R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.1: Joseph Galloway, Speech to Continental Congress
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.2: Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.3: Hannah Griffits, Response to Thomas Paine
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.4: Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.5: Boston King, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
Correct: Document 6.1: Galloway makes a constitutional argument for loyalty to the British, suggesting that the British state owns and has full authority over the colonies. Document 6.2: Inglis makes an economic argument in favor of American loyalty, suggesting that the colonies’ relationship with Britain will make them prosperous.
Incorrect: Document 6.3: Griffits’s poem is a critique of Thomas Paine. Document 6.4: Brant expresses the hope that Great Britain will be able to control the colonies and prevent them from taking more land from the Indians. Document 6.5: King describes his decision to leave his master for British lines with the hope he could achieve his freedom.

Question 6.17

2. Which of these documents provide specific evidence about Americans who chose loyalty to the British because it had the potential to provide practical benefits? Choose ALL that apply.

kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.1: Joseph Galloway, Speech to Continental Congress
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.2: Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.3: Hannah Griffits, Response to Thomas Paine
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.4: Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.5: Boston King, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
Correct: Document 6.2: Inglis argues for American loyalty to the crown in order to protect the colonies’ economy. Document 6.4: Brant declares loyalty to the crown with the hope that he can protect Indian lands. Document 6.5: King describes his affiliation with the British military as a way to acquire his own freedom.
Incorrect: Document 6.1: Galloway argues that the colonies have no right or justification for independence. Document 6.3: Griffits criticizes Thomas Paine and his “American Crisis” articles.

Question 6.18

3. Which of the following documents provide specific evidence showing that the decision to take a public stance supporting the British could bring negative effects? Choose ALL that apply.

kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.1: Joseph Galloway, Speech to Continental Congress
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.2: Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated
kcVtUDKfaIWTKrqEI7di7A== Document 6.3: Hannah Griffits, Response to Thomas Paine
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.4: Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown
R6Xlb9MAHXF7O4A0MNT1YQ== Document 6.5: Boston King, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
Correct: Document 6.4: Brant describes the poor treatment loyalist Indians have received from American colonists. Document 6.5: King describes the poor conditions and difficulties he endured during the time he spent with the British troops.
Incorrect: Document 6.1: This document expresses Galloway’s arguments in favor of loyalty but does not contain information about the negative impact of his position. Document 6.2: This document expresses Inglis’s arguments in favor of loyalty but does not contain information about the negative impact of his position. Document 6.3: This document expresses Griffits’s disagreements with Paine but does not contain information about the negative impact of her arguments.

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