1. 10/15- Agenda 1. Journal: What were some major events that sparked the revolutionary war in the British colonies? Anglo-French Rivalry leads to conflict with the colonies (Proclamation of 1763 and the Stamp Act) Resistance to British Power (Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, first Continental Congress, Lexington/Concord) 2. Reading Quiz 3. Historiography 4. Article: Whose Revolution

2. What is Historiography??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3xb 1_gp4Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3xb 1_gp4Y his·to·ri·og·ra·phy (h-stôr-gr-f, -str-) n. ◦ 1. The principles, theories, or methodology of scholarly historical research and presentation. ◦ 2. The writing of history based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and selection of authentic source materials and composition of these materials into a narrative subject to scholarly methods of criticism. ◦ 3. A body of historical literature.

3. Historiography The history of history. the way it has been written and the way in which such factors shape our understanding of the actual event. the nature of history itself.

4. Questions to ponder… Who writes history, with what agenda in mind, and towards what ends? How accurate can a historian ever hope to be, analyzing past events from the vantage point of the historian's present? Does the historian's own perspective, contribute to an "agenda" that the historian's work is playing into, unwittingly or consciously? What about the types of sources an historian chooses to base his or her work upon? Does the very selection of sources prejudice the outcome of the historian's work in certain ways? et cetera...

5. Objective or Subjective? Objective: basic facts (dates, events, cold- hard evidence) Subjective: the task of the historian, then, is to interpret those facts, the outcome of which (a book, a journal article, a lecture - - even a student paper)