What Type Of Primary Source Analysis (Week 2)

The Treaty of St. Peters of 1837 sold the land located in the Minnesota territory to the United States and granted the Ojibwe Indians the privilege of hunting, fishing, and gathering wild rice upon the lands, the rivers and the lakes included in the territory ceded.

Before the first land opening in 1889, congress was waiting to create a relatively large territory by legislative. When the territory had been created, the very first settlers had been living there on the eastern front.When more and more people would come and populate.They would go farther westward, and the new territories were cut in half.

When the United States Government got their land they promised them a payment of $1,665,000 dollars in annuities and in cash. As the result of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, and the Treaty of Mendota, Wahpekute and the Mdewakanton and the Lower Bands lost nearly 24,000,000 acres of land. The U.S. Government paid them 3 cents an acre and made the settlers pay a $1.25 per an acre. The U.S Government set aside land for two reservations for the Dakota besides the Minnesota River. Both of them were roughly 30 km wide and 110 km long, a little bit later they were made temporary. Some of the terms in the treaty were: Peace and Friendship shall be perpetual, payments held in trust, Laws against liquors in Indian Country, Rules and regulations to protect the rights of persons and property amount the Indians.

Primary sources, in other words, are “firsthand” accounts. These accounts are based on original data and knowledge (i.e. the Fifteenth Amendment.) Primary sources impersonate real life experiences; however, these experiences were documented when the event happened. When a reader is looking for sources, primary sources are unlike secondary sources, they are the real deal, not someone’s interpretation, commentary or what they think may have happened. Princeton.edu states “Some types of primary sources include:

Next in the harsh situation a treaty was created by White settlers. In 1850 some Oregon and California settlers saw a chance for farming and ranching on the Great Plains.In

When looking at a primary source, the analyzer must take into consideration several components that can help him or her narrow down their inferences about the source. The first thing to analyze in depth is the Authorship. This means to look specifically at the topics addressed and the natural biases that are relevant in the work. The tone in the subject matter is also important to see how strongly the source may show content or resent towards a specific topic. Even certain writing styles can help decipher an era, culture or even an individual. The specific word syntax leads to how an analyzer would discover the purpose or rationale for the primary source. Purpose and rationale are huge parts of understanding a source and the time period

A secondary source is when someone looks at a primary source and give you their views of it. There is often visuals

This source is an extract from a report written by W. L. Laurie, MD in 1841 regarding the labouring population in the town of Greenock, one of the sixth largest towns in Scotland in 1831. There was a myriad of reports on different towns in Scotland, so that the Poor Law Commissioners could perform a sanitary inquiry. The final compilation, Reports on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Scotland, was presented to both houses of Parliament in July 1842.

Primary sources refer to accounts of events that are written by an eye witness who witness that particular event. These documents are more often letters, memoirs, diaries, speeches, interviews, journals and other unpublished works of people who witness events. Primary sources may also include pieces such as magazine articles; newspapers and other published pieces as long as they were written as soon as the event took place. The secondary sources on the other hand play the role of interpreting the primary sources. It is for this reason that they can be described as having at least one step eliminated from the event in question. Secondary sources will assign value to, interpret and conjecture upon the events reported in the primary sources.

Primary sources, in other words “firsthand” accounts. These accounts are based on original data and knowledge (i.e. the Fifteenth Amendment.) Primary sources are real life experiences; however, these experiences were documented when the event happened. When a reader is looking for sources, primary sources are unlike secondary sources, they are the real deal, not someone’s interpretation, commentary or what they think may have happened. Princeton.edu states “Some types of primary sources include:

The primary source I located in the Journal of Social Forces was titled, “The Kindergarten and Other School Social Work”. This primary source provides information on the social side of kindergarten. The information provided allows the reader to gain a better understanding of how the foundations of social skills are formed in kindergarten.

Wikipedia houses 40,913,151 articles, which include 5,302,297 written in English, that 1,273 administrators manage (Wikipedia). With these numbers, each administrator would oversee about 32,139 articles. This excruciatingly minute ratio of articles to administrators strongly implies that Wikipedia needs a lot of work to qualify as a quality source. Wikipedia should not qualify as a legitimate research source due to its lack of reputable editing and poor policies. But what criteria qualifies a source as a ‘legitimate’?

A primary source is something that was written or produced in the time period when your entry took place, such as letters, speeches, diaries, photographs, and more. This definition does apply to primary sources found on the internet. An interview with someone is a primary source if that person actually lived through the events being described. A secondary source is different from a primary source because it is a source by an author who did not live through a historical period or event. Secondary sources include interpretations of primary sources such as history textbooks, encyclopedias, and biographies, and also descriptive articles or information found online. How they compare is that a primary source was created in the time and place described

During those years the Great Dakota Boom occurred. There were several factors for that event. One reason being the changes to the government’s land laws. The Pre-emption Act allowed a person of 21 years and who was a citizen, to purchase 160 acres of land for $1.25 per acre. However, many farmers did not have enough cash all at once to buy 160 acres. So, in 1862 Congress passed the Homestead Act, which provided a free 160 acres to anyone of at least 21 years and who was a citizen. “The settler had to move onto the land, build some kind of residence (usually small clapboard or sod structures), break at least ten acres of sod, and plant a crop. After five, but no more than seven years, the homesteader received title to the land with the payment of small fees” (Tweton, D. Jerome, Dr.). The Timber Culture Act of 1873 was passed by Congress to provide an additional free 160 acres if the farmer planted ten acres of trees. If the trees continued to live for eight years, they would be granted a title. “Free land was a powerful incentive to come to North Dakota” (Tweton, D. Jerome, Dr.). There were many other factors including new transportation systems and the search for more prosperous land. In 1888, L. Frank Baum and his family moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota believing they would prosper from the Great Dakota Boom. He then founded Baum’s Bazaar, not knowing that it was the end of the boom.

Ecuador is well known for its beauty and has made a name for its self to be one of the best places for retirees to buy properties. There is a wide variety of selection whether you want to live in the coast, the mountains or in one of Ecuador’s bustling cities. The housing market in Ecuador is frequently proclaimed as one of the best and cheapest to retire in and has been becoming more and more popular for the last five years, with home prices appreciating annually by 10 to 12 percent. Therefore we have chosen to enter Ecuador’s housing and tourism industry. We believe this is a good time to enter the market because of low cost properties with potential for high growth. As potential buyers seek to buy their get away home Ecuador creates a