HIUS 221
American History Opposing Viewpoints Project:
Summary Assignment Resources
Topic 1: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Heretical Teacher or Guardian of Religious Liberty:
Primary Source: The Case Against Anne Hutchinson
https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/stable/359929?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Website: The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court of Newton
http://www.evanfriss.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Anne-Hutchinson.pdf
Website: People and Ideas – Anne Hutchinson
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-early-american-individuals/
Website: History Channel – Anne Hutchinson
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/anne-hutchinson
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Topic 2: Bacon’s Rebellion: Treason or Justified Rebellion:
Website: Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/power/text5/BaconsRebellion.pdf
Website: Bacon’s Rebellion
https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm
Website: Bacon’s Rebellion – The Declaration
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5800
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Topic 3: The Stamp Act: The Right of Parliament or Justified Resistance:
Website: The Stamp Act
https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.html
Website: A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/stamp-act/
Website: Soame Jenyns: The Objections to the Taxation Consider’d
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/soame-jenyns-the-objections-to-the-taxation-considerd-1765.php
Website: The Stamp Act Crisis
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=115
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Topic 4: The Boston Massacre: Provoked Self Defense or Justified Riot Met With Bloodshed:
Website: The Boston Massacre
https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.html
Website: Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/anonymous-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
Website: Captain Preston’s Account of the Boston Massacre
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/captain-prestons-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
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Topic 5: The Boston Tea Party: Destruction of Private Property or Justified Act of Defiance:
Website: Boston Tea Party – Eyewitness Account by a Participant
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm
Website: The Boston Tea Party
http://www.masshist.org/revolution/teaparty.php
Website: The Tea Act
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act
Website: Trouble Brewing – Rally, Mohawks!
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/autumn11/tea.cfm
Website: History Channel – Boston Tea Party
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
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Topic 6: The American War for Independence: Treason or Justified Rebellion:
Website: A British Officer at Lexington and Concord
https://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp
Website: Battle at Lexington Green
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington2.htm
Website: Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking up Arms
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/arms.asp
Website: On the Right to Rebel against Governors
http://www.historycarper.com/1776/05/29/on-the-right-to-rebel-against-governors/
Website: “The Monstrous Absurdity” – The Gunpowder Theft Examined:
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Summer06/plots.cfm#:~:text=Thievesinthenight.,itwasforthecrown’s
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