Primary Source 1
What's the name of that famous painting we looked at with two guys in the middle?
The School of Athens
"“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman shall be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother–Partus Sequitur Ventrem.” What kind of thing is this primary source?
A law!
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." What is this document?
The Declaration of Independence
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." What is this primary source?
The Communist Manifesto
What's the name of that important map?
The Waldseemuller map!
What's the name of the artist who painted that famous painting?
Raphael.
“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman shall be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother–Partus Sequitur Ventrem.” Where was this law made?
Colonial Virginia/the Virginia Colony
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Who is the main author of this document?
Thomas Jefferson
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Who wrote this source?
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
When was that map made?
1507
The Renaissance.
"“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman shall be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother–Partus Sequitur Ventrem.”" When was this written?
1662
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." When was this document written?
1776
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." When was this written?
1848
What is most significant (unique) about that famous map?
It's the first European map to label "America."
When was the painting with the two guys in the middle painted?
1509-1511
"“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman shall be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother–Partus Sequitur Ventrem.”" What does this mean?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." What does it mean when he says "unalienable Rights?"
That all people inherently have rights; it's not that someone gives them rights, according to Jefferson (and others), we simply all have (or deserve) rights. This is the invention of the idea of civil rights (comes out of the Enlightenment).
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." What is going on in the world around them that made them write/say/think this?
The Industrial Revolution and the resultant economic inequalities.
Why is Africa so big on that map?
Because it is that big! But Europeans didn't really realize/understand that until 1) they started to sail all the way around it and 2) spent more time there since the 1400s (to trade, etc.).
How is that painting of the two guys in the middle an expression of what the time period was about?
The two guys are two of the most famous and revered, at that time, Greek philosophers (Plato and Aristotle). This is significant because the painting is on a wall in the Vatican, the seat of the Catholic Church. In the European Middle Ages, good Catholic Christians should not have been celebrating pagan (pre-Christian polytheists). But the Renaissance was all about celebrating what they saw as the good of the Classical past (Ancient Greece and Rome) and combining (synthesizing) that with their Christian identity.
"“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman shall be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother–Partus Sequitur Ventrem.”" Why was this law "necessary"?
Primary because of procreation between white men and Black women, especially enslavers and enslaved women. This was a way to legally specify the race and legal status of the offspring of such "relationships."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." What does "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" mean?
It means that the legitimacy of the government/state itself comes from the people (the population, those being governed by the government).
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." What is their solution to this problem? (Explain it.)
Communism! Fuse the economy and state; turn control over private factories to the workers.
What is Mr. Slaby's favorite color?
Green