Primary Texts Illustrating the Modes of American
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Prophetic Mode

Howe, Julia Wark

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic". U of Oklahoma Law Center. Chronology of U. S. Historical Documents. Internet. URL: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/bathymn.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.

Penn, William [Jr.]

Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims. 1642. Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Internet. URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1682penn-solitude.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.

Winthrop, John.

A Modell of Christian Charity. 1630. Hanover Historical Texts Project. Internet. URL: http://history.hanover.edu/texts/winthmod.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.

   

Revolutionary Mode

Adams, Samuel.

"The Rights of the Colonists." 1772. Hanover Historical Texts Project. Internet. URL: http://history.hanover.edu/texts/adamss.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.

Committee of Mecklenburg County, NC

"Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence". 1775 (?). Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Internet. URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1775mecklenberg.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.

 

Declaration of Causes of Seceding States. 1861. American Civil War Homepage. Internet. URL: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html. Accessed August 24, 1998.