Resolution 181

Write a 4 page paper analyzing Resolution 181. Your paper should include the following: Thesis: Your thesis (main argument) should be clearly articulated in your first paragraph and should answer the following question: Is your primary source document a reliable account of the past? If so, how should a historian approach/use the document? If not, is it still useful to historians in some way? Document Identification and Brief Summary: You should provide identification for the document including the document’s title, author or authors, and a description of when and where the document was produced. Following your identification, you should write a brief summary of the document (no more than 1/3 of a page) addressing the document’s main points. Context: Your next task will be to describe the world in which the document was produced. How does the information in this document fit into the “bigger picture” as described by historians? For this part of the assignment, you will need to consult secondary sources (encyclopedias, magazine articles, books by historians, and essays from scholarly journals). Understanding the historical background of the document will help you to better understand and analyze the document itself.