Read all of the secondary sources and select one of the primary documents assigned for the week. Write an essay in which you develop an argument about what your analysis of the document allows you to understand about class in the 17th and 18th centuries in the colonies and the Early Republic. As part of your argument, explain how your analysis of the document adds to or challenges the information and ideas about class in the secondary sources. Cite all your sources (primary and secondary) using APA style at the end of the essay. (250-350 words).
Secondary Sources (Read All)
* Mantsios, G. (2006). Class in America. In P. Rothenberg (Ed.), Race, class, and gender in the United States: an integrated study. New York: Worth Publishers, 2006. (Available as a PDF under Secondary and Primary Sources and on electronic reserve through the Baruch Library).
* Social classes in the colonies. Boundless US history. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/social-class-in-the-colonies/.
* From the American Yawp: Consumption and Trade in the British Atlantic, Shays Rebellion, and Hamiltons Financial System. (Citation: Locke, J. and Wright, B. (2017). The American yawp. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com.)
Primary Source:
* Feke, R. (1741). Royall Family. [Painting]. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/royall-family//
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