{"id":19567,"date":"2022-03-17T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/2022version\/?p=19567"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:09:04","slug":"copy-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19567","title":{"rendered":"Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1783: Primary Source Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Activities<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Themes<\/strong><br>American Revolution<br>Indigenous History<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Periods<\/strong><br>Colonial North America<br>Revolutionary Period<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Skills &amp; Document Types<\/strong><br>Close Reading <br>Transcripts<br>Speeches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These classroom materials were produced through a generous annual fellowship <em>for digital education on American Women&#8217;s History or Early American History<\/em> funded by the Chicago Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are transcripts and discussion questions from sources included in the Collection Essay <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=14446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1783<\/a><\/em>. Click on the title of each source to view the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_599526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B. Franklin, and D. Hall, Excerpt from <em>Minutes of Conferences, Held with the Indians, at Easton, in the Months of July and August 1757<\/em>, 8-10 (1757)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConference_Delaware_Download2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download &lt;em&gt;Minutes of Conferences, Held at Easton&lt;\/em&gt; here. .\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ba2725e5-9fd8-484c-903a-e81a0bbe0ae9\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConference_Delaware_Download2.pdf\">Download <em>Minutes of Conferences, Held at Easton<\/em> here. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConference_Delaware_Download2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ba2725e5-9fd8-484c-903a-e81a0bbe0ae9\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_599533\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt from <em>Minutes of Conferences, Held at Lancaster, in August, 1762 with the Sachems and Warriors of Several Tribes of Northern and Western Indians<\/em>, 31 (1763)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConferece_SixNations_Download.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download &lt;em&gt;Minutes of Conferences Held at Lancaster&lt;\/em&gt; here..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8becee2f-ef54-401e-89fb-b06fb7f10cc3\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConferece_SixNations_Download.pdf\">Download <em>Minutes of Conferences Held at Lancaster<\/em> here.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MinutesConferece_SixNations_Download.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8becee2f-ef54-401e-89fb-b06fb7f10cc3\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_135827\" target=\"_blank\">Letter from William Browning to Sir William Johnson (April 30, 1764)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BrowningToJohnson_Download.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download the William Browning Letter here..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4b7807a4-ebea-44b7-ad2a-45af174a4caa\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BrowningToJohnson_Download.pdf\">Download the William Browning Letter here.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BrowningToJohnson_Download.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4b7807a4-ebea-44b7-ad2a-45af174a4caa\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_137755\" target=\"_blank\">A Talk from the Honorable {William} H. Drayton One of the Beloved Men of South Carolina To the Beloved Men, &amp; Warriors of The Cherokee Nation (September 25, 1775)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DraytonToCherokeeNation_Download.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download William Drayton&apos;s speech here. .\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-255bcee3-e233-41f6-aa03-3b3162fb98cf\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DraytonToCherokeeNation_Download.pdf\">Download William Drayton&#8217;s speech here. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DraytonToCherokeeNation_Download.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-255bcee3-e233-41f6-aa03-3b3162fb98cf\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_132054\" target=\"_blank\">Micmac Oath (September 24, 1778)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicmacOath_Download.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download the Micmac oath here..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9824aecc-1a26-4aac-9485-901c4c41da30\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicmacOath_Download.pdf\">Download the Micmac oath here.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicmacOath_Download.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9824aecc-1a26-4aac-9485-901c4c41da30\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel Banke, PhD, currently works as a Teaching Associate at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School (Uni High) in Urbana, Illinois, an innovative public school for talented and motivated students in the 8th-12th grades. Her experience includes teaching American, British, Atlantic, and world history classes at the secondary and university levels. She has previously taught at the University of Notre Dame, University of Missouri-Columbia, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, and Aurora University. Dr. Banke received her PhD in early American history from the University of Notre Dame with a dissertation entitled \u201cBute\u2019s Empire: Reform, Reaction, and the Roots of Imperial Crisis.\u201d&nbsp; She also recently published a chapter entitled \u201cThe Ideology of Imperial Reform: Enlightened Absolutism and the American Colonies\u201d in <em>Ireland and America: Empire, Revolution, and Sovereignty<\/em> (University of Virginia, 2021).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Related Resources<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Newberry Resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19613\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Glossary.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail for Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution: Glossary\" class=\"wp-image-23563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Glossary.png 455w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Glossary-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Glossary: Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution<br>by Rachel Banke, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19609\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Assessments.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail for Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution: Assessments\" class=\"wp-image-23566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Assessments.png 441w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NativeNationsEmpire_Assessments-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assessments: Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution<br>by Rachel Banke, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns 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