US History Textbook 8th Grade Primary Sources

Primary Sources Relive history through eyewitness accounts , literature , and documents . CHAPTER I Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies . 23 CHAPTER John Pory , A Note from Virginia 38 , on his experiences with slavery , The Interesting Narrative of the Life of 41 The Mayflower Compact 43 , on his experiences with the Triangular Trade , The Interesting Narrative of the Life of . 57 , on Native Americans independence , The World Turned Upside Down 59 The Boston Massacre , Boston Gazette and Country Journal . 67 CHAPTER Patrick Henry , on the Patriot cause , Eyewitnesses and Others 79 Anonymous , on the fighting at Princeton , Voices of 1776 . 93 George Washington , on lack of supplies at Valley Forge . 96 Valley Forge 96 CHAPTER James Madison , on the closing of Markets in the British West Indies , Independence on Trial . 122 John Rutledge and Morris , Compromise and the Slave Trade 128 James Madison , Federalist Paper No . 10 134 CHAPTER Alexis de , on political participation , Democracy in America . 186 CHAPTER George Washington , on the Judiciary System formation , The Real George Washington . 197 French visitor to New York , on business , New York in the American Revolution 199 Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson , Role of a Citizen . 203 George Washington , on neutrality , The Real George Washington . Little Turtle , on conflict with the whites , The Ohio Frontier . George Washington Farewell Address XYZ Affair . CHAPTER Jefferson Inaugural Address 230 Thomas Jefferson , an importance of New Orleans port , Annals of America Vol . IV . Meriwether Lewis , September 17 , 1804 , Great Plains . 238 Embargo Act . Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison , Views of War . CHAPTER The Monroe Doctrine . Frances Anne ( Butler , on how difficult it was to travel on roads , Journal . CHAPTER Margaret Bayard Smith , People President 286 Daniel Webster and John Calhoun , States Rights the Union 291 Jackson Against the Bank . 292 Trail of Tears . CHAPTER Alfred Jacob Miller , on the fur trade , The Fur Trade of the American West . 309 William Travis , on the desperate situation of the Texans , from a letter written at the Alamo , 314 Thomas Paine , on a new and better society , Common Sense 316

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo , on the early days in California , Eyewitnesses and Others 318 Richard Henry Dana , on California hospitality , Two Years before the Mast . 319 James Polk , on Polk news to Congress , from his address to Congress , May 11 , 1846 . 320 Catherine , on her first home in California , Ordinary Americans . Kelly , on negative consequences of fast population growth , The Other Californians . 330 CHAPTER II Samuel Slater , on how confident he was in his machines , The Ingenious Yankees . Eli Whitney , on his ideas about mass production , Technology in America . 349 Albert , on factories in the , Who Built America ?

Thomas Jefferson , on his realization that the was too dependent on imports , The Writings of Thomas Jefferson . 351 Family Wanted . 353 Sarah Bagley and Workers Rights . 356 Lucy , on her opinions on mill life , A New England Girlhood . 356 George Templeton Strong , on steam trains , The Market Revolution . 361 Alexis de , on Americans inventions , Democracy in America . 367 CHAPTER 12 Eli Whitney , on the cotton gin , Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology . 378 Rowan Helper , on industrial growth in the South , The Impending Crisis of the South . 380 Harry McMillan , on slave punishment , Major Problems in the History of the American South , Vol . Anonymous , from The Heavenly Road , a spiritual , Religious History . 389 Richmond Enquirer , Nat Tu Rebellion . 391 CHAPTER Patrick Dunny , on the feeling of equality , Who Built America ?

401 Election flyer , views , Who ?

402 Horace Mann to Board of Education 413 David Walker , on African Americans contributions to America , From Slavery to Freedom . 417 Angelina , on overthrowing slavery , The Sisters from South Carolina . 417 Frederick , on The Fourth of July of 1852 , From Slavery to Freedom . 418 Rally . 420 Sarah , on women rights , The Sisters from South Carolina . Sojourner Truth , on women rights , A History of Women in America . 424 Declaration of Sentiments . 426 CHAPTER 14 Daniel Webster , The Seventh of March Speech . Daniel Webster , on preservation of the Union , Battle Cry of Freedom . 441 John Calhoun , Southern View of the Compromise of 1850 . 441 A Fugitive Slave Convention . William Henry Seward , on slavery , The Impending Crisis , 447 Abraham Lincoln , on the Supreme future rulings , The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln . 453 Abraham Lincoln , A House Divided . 453 John Brown Last Speech . 456 John Brown , on his death sentence , John Brown , CHAPTER 15 David Shoemaker , on life in a Union training camp , in a letter to a friend 476 Charles Coffin , on the Battle of Bull Run , Voices of the Civil War . 479 Baltimore reporter , on the fighting by ironclad ships . CONTENTS

Anaconda Plan . 482 John Monroe , Response to Farragut 486 Colonel James , on order to surrender . Confederate soldiers , on their desperate situation at , in a letter to General John . 487 Emancipation Proclamation , on freeing slaves in the Confederacy . Frederick , on blacks sewing in the military , The Life and Writings of Frederick , Vol . Joseph Williams , June 23 , 1863 493 Tillie Pierce , on the Gettysburg battlefield after the fighting ended , 1863 Ulysses Grant , on the scene at Courthouse , Battle Cry of Freedom . 502 CHAPTER Senator Jacob Howard , on the Ten Percent Plan , Reconstruction Americas Revolution , 513 South Carolina convention of African Americans , on legal equality for black men , There Is a River The Black Struggle for Freedom in America . 519 Supporting Radical Republican Ideas . 519 Thaddeus Stevens , on the Reconstruction Acts , Sources of the American Republic . 522 Farmer , on how cotton was a necessity more than a choice , The Promise of the New South . 530 CHAPTER ' Alexander , on the golden spike used to connect the railroad , A Treasury of Railroad Folklore . 551 Sitting Bull , protesting against the demands of the United States , Touch the Earth 556 Gro , Letter from the Plains , CHAPTER Thomas Edison , on his practical approach to science , American Made . 576 Antitrust . 581 Miriam Shomer , on immigrant way of living , Yesterday A Memoir of a Russian Jewish Family . CHAPTER 19 Lawrence , on the effects of tenement living on children and society , Readings in American History , Vol . 611 The Other Half . 612 Marie Van , on working with a young child , A History of Women in America . 616 Ethel , Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 618 President Theodore Roosevelt , on the Square Deal , The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt . Wilson and Big Business . 630 Woodrow Wilson , on social conditions for Americans , America Enters the World . CHAPTER 20 Richard Harding Davis , on the capture of San Juan Hill , The American Reader . Roosevelt Imperialism . William Howard Taft , on dollar diplomacy , The Annals ofAmerica . 657