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US History I
Touchstone 4: Analyzing Primary Sources Template
Complete the following template, including all parts, for each primary source you chose from the U.S. History I Primary Source List.
Fill out all cells using complete sentences.
The two sources must be from separate time periods on the provided list (the time periods are: Settling the Americas, 10,000
BCE1700; The Road to Revolution, 1600-1783; The New Nation, 1776-1840; and A Nation Divided, 1800-1877).
Part 1:
Meet the Primary Primary Source 1 Primary Source 2
Source
Write the title of the “Bill of Sale for a Slave Named George” “Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal”
primary source from
the U.S History I
www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bill-of-sale- www.americanyawp.com/reader/manifest-
Primary Source List
forslave-named-george destiny/cherokeepetition-protesting-removal-1836/
and paste the web
link here.
“Bill of Sale for a Slave Named George” is a copy of the “Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal” is a formal request
What type of primary
legal document that recorded the transfer of ownership from to the US government by the Cherokee Indians. It was
source is this?
the seller to the buyer. It is a legal document used to record protesting the forced relocation put in place by a small
the sale of a slave. number of unauthorized Cherokees who signed a treat
(Types could include a
letter, speech, court
agreeing to give up Cherokee land in exchange for money
transcript, legislation, and land in Oklahoma
diary entry,
photograph, artifact,
map, broadside,
circular, political
cartoon, artwork, etc.)