American History through Its Greatest Speeches: A Documentary History of the United States

Author Jolyon Girard - Darryl Mace - Courtney Smith

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

Jolyon Girard - Darryl Mace - Courtney Smith

Publisher

ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781610699709

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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TBD

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Primary Sources Collection on Gale eBooks for Middle and High School Students
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This book presents hundreds of the most important speeches in United States history, and in almost every example, the complete, unedited version of those speeches is presented. The speeches are presented in four chronological chapters covering the years from 1900 to 2015. Each speech is prefaced by a headnote that provides essential background information and specific details about the speech. This three-volume set also includes a timeline, a historical review of each era, biographical sketches of each speaker, and anecdotal sidebars containing additional information about the speech or speakers.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Set Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Volume I Introduction, 1492–1815.
Volume I Chronology.
1492–1753.
Historical Overview.
1: 1492–1607: The “Discovery” and Settlement of the Americas.
2: 1607–1676: The English in the Chesapeake and New England.
3: 1677–1753: American Colonial Society Matures.
Speeches.
4: “The Requerimiento” (1513).
5: John Smith, “John Smith and Powhatan Exchange Views” (1608).
6: Chief Powhatan, “Address to Captain John Smith” (1609).
7: “Proceedings from the Virginia Assembly, 1619” (1619).
8: John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630).
9: Anne Hutchinson, “Trial and Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson” (1637).
10: John Winthrop, “Speech to the General Court” (1645).
11: John Eliot, “A Dialogue Between Piumbukhou and His Unconverted Relatives” (c. 1671).
12: William Berkeley, “On Bacon’s Rebellion” (1676).
13: Nathaniel Bacon, “Declaration in the Name of the People” (1676).
14: William Penn, “Letter to the Indians” (1681).
15: “Resolutions of the Germantown Mennonites/Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery” (1688).
16: Cotton Mather, “Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions” (1688).
17: “Examination of Sarah Good” (March 1, 1692).
18: “Examination of Rebecca Nurse” (March 24, 1692).
19: James Oglethorpe, “Speech to the South Carolina Assembly” (1733).
20: Andrew Hamilton, “Trial Record from the Case Against John Peter Zenger” (1735).
21: Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” (1741).
22: George Whitefield, “Marks of a True Conversion”.
23: Thomas Penn, “Speech on the Philad
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