Histoire THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS 1642-1791• • METHOD 2

HISTRORY docs method 2

Stage 1 - Introduction: presenting the documents
Similarities: Both documents deal with with (topic, in the guideline + where) overthrowing the British domination in America, in the (gal context) age of rvs 1642-1791, at the time of (precise context) the American Revolution 1775-1791.
Differences: The 1st document is a coloured engraving about the tea-tax tempest or the Anglo-American revolution by W. Humphreys published in 1783 whereas the 2nd one is a text about government by Thomas Paine from Common Sense, a pamphlet published in 1776.
Give structure: In a 1st part I’ll analyse the military aspect with the engraving & in a 2nd part I’ll study the political one thanks to the text.

Stage 2 - Analysing the documents

DESCRIBING - What you see (docs)
 EXPLAINING - What you know (notions)
1. Military fight with engraving

In the centre. Exploding tea kettle +title.

On the right. Army with American striped flag: firing cavalry & artillery, native catching a liberty cap.
On the left. British army fleeing.

Fiscal policy (def), monopoly (def)
=> revolution (def), right to rebel (def)

Civil war (def)
=> independence: no longer colonies (def)

+ 2. Political opposition with text

P1 A criticism of the British government. British proud of their gvt but the king imposes his will -like in France, through Parliament.
P2 America is different. As it is a free country, the law is supreme => No need for a king.

Parliamentary monarchy (def),
in fact absolute monarchy (def)

State (def), republic (def)

Stage 3 - Concluding
Assess docs (reliable/biased justified): To conclude, these documents are reliable as we have their full references ; both are biased as we can see the authors' opinion (against the British, for the Americans).
Sum-up ideas: These docs show how the Americans overthrew British domination by winning the war of independence and choosing a republic instead of a monarchy.
Open: We may wonder what kind of union the 13 new republics are going to set up.