Question

think as a historian: argumentation
read the information on page 77 and complete the tasks on the page. argumentation means using reasons and evidence effectively to make a point. the 1st part of an argument is making a claim, which means making a statement that can be proved or disproved.
a historians claim must be historically defensible. there are specific and relevant facts, statistics, records, or accounts that support the claim. we have been practicing making historically defensible claims with the cer strategy and thesis statements.
for each claim listed below, tell whether it is historically defensible and describe sources you would search for to prove or disprove the claim.

claim	defensible	not defensible	sources to prove or disprove
2. britain’s salutary neglect ended up having negative outcomes for its colonies.
3. metacom’s war marked the end of most native american resistance in new england. however, it was not the end of native american influence on that region.
4. the large numbers of children that colonial women bore affected the wealth and development of colonial economies.
5. in the 13 colonies, owning land was the likeliest way to become wealthy.

Explanation:

Answer:

(1)
Defensible: Yes
Sources to prove or disprove: Colonial - era economic records, historical accounts of world - wide trade and power shifts, Native American oral histories and written records if available.

(2)
Defensible: Yes
Sources to prove or disprove: Colonial administrative records, economic data from the colonies during and after the period of salutary neglect, political correspondence of the time.

(3)
Defensible: Yes
Sources to prove or disprove: Historical military records of Metacom's War, accounts of post - war interactions between Native Americans and colonists, archaeological evidence of Native American presence in the region.

(4)
Defensible: Yes
Sources to prove or disprove: Colonial census records, economic treatises of the time on labor and population, family and community records.

(5)
Defensible: Yes
Sources to prove or disprove: Land ownership records in the 13 colonies, tax records indicating wealth based on land ownership, historical economic analyses of the colonial economy.