Revolutionary Ideals Document Analysis and Thesis Practice

Document Analysis

As you follow through the presentation, consider the following: How do these sources reflect the impact and/or influence of Revolutionary ideals?

Sources	Describe the document in this column.	Explain how this document helps to answer the question in this column.
Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon Female Education” 1787		this shows...
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)		this shows...
Constitution of Haiti (1805)		this shows...
“The Invasion of America” video		this shows...
Observations from Gabriel Prosser Revolt (ca 1804-1806)		this shows...
WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT for the question above!

SAQ: Historian Interpretations on Women’s Roles

Directions: Write an SAQ response to the prompt below. Remember the C-E-E protocol as you write.

Claim--Directly answer the question by writing your claim. If a primary or secondary source is included, make a specific reference to that source.

Evidence--Support your claim with specific evidence (think--events, people, ideas, etc).

Explain--Explain HOW or WHY your evidence supports your claim and why it answers the question.

“The revolutionary moment was neither radical nor a watershed for American women. Those who disregard America’s commitment to patriarchal rule and plead for a historical interpretation that favors enlightened exceptionalism have overlooked the conditions that made large-scale change all but impossible at that time and place.”

Elaine Forman Crane, historian, Ebb Tide in New England: Women, Seaports, and Social Change, 1630–1800, published in 1998

“The coming of the American Revolution . . . created new opportunities for women to participate in politics. Responding to men’s appeals, women engaged in a variety of actions in support of the revolutionary cause, which led women to experience a greater sense of connection to and involvement with the polity. After the war their political contributions were praised, celebrated, and remembered. . . . Women now were seen as political beings who had the capacity to influence the course of war, politics, and history.”

Rosemarie Zagarri, historian, Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic, published in 2007

Using the excerpts above, answer (a), (b), and (c).

1. Briefly describe ONE major difference between Crane’s and Zagarri’s historical interpretations of the immediate impact of the American Revolution on women.

2. Briefly explain how ONE event, development, or circumstance from the period 1765 to 1800 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Crane’s argument.

3. Briefly explain how ONE event, development, or circumstance from the period 1765 to 1800 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Zagarri’s argument.