•Compare and contrast these two sources. Keep in mind the historical context and the documents’ audiences.
•Look for the authors’ rhetoric and analyze how they are different and why. Use specific details and words from the documents to establish their differences and think about the historical period to understand them.
These are the 2 sources.
“On Indian Removal.” President Andrew Jackson’s Speech to Congress, 1830
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=25&page=transcript
“To the Senate and House of Representatives.” Cherokee letter protesting the treaty of New Echota by Chief John Ross
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html