Prompt Question: How important were religious ideas in the way people understood and reacted to the world around them in colonial America? Was this ever the cause of antagonism or violence in colonial America? Provide examples to support your argument.
You will consult the following readings from Containing Multitudes to answer the prompt:
Document 4.1: Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Osborn (1714-1796)
Document 4.3: Jonathan Edwards sermon, Northhampton, Massachusetts
Student Instructions:
In an essay that is approximately 750 words in length, answer the provided question using one or more primary sources from the relevant portion of your reader, Containing Multitudes: A Documentary Reader of the American Past, as well as any source(s) provided by your instructor.
Answer the provided question in an essay of approximately 750 words using one or more primary sources from the relevant section of your reader, Containing Multitudes: A Documentary Reader of the American Past, as well as any source(s) provided by your instructor.
Your essay should include a thesis or argument that answers the question and use evidence from the source to back up that argument. In your answer, you may also refer to your textbook and/or lecture notes.
Your essay should contain a thesis or argument that answers the question and should use evidence from the source to support that argument. You may also use your textbook and/or lecture notes in your answer.
Your analysis of the primary source(s) should include the following information:
What type of source is this?
Who produced this source? When?
What was the context in which the source was created?
What biases or agendas do you see influencing the source?
Demonstrate how the source provides evidence to support your answer to the question.
