The Posterity: Unascertained

Middle school · English

Answer in your own words.

What were people told to do?

Before whom, and when?

What would happen to those who did not?

What can the source not tell us?

Claim

Evidence

Reasoning

1. Historical significance. Why does an empty page matter 230 years later?

2. Evidence. What words in the source show the oath was required, not optional?

3. Cause and consequence. What followed from the oath never being taken for the class?

4. Continuity and change. What has stayed the same since 1796? What has changed in 2026?

5. Historical perspective. Why might the oath have been taken for settlers but not for the Mohawk villages?

6. Ethical dimension. If the Crown failed to do its duty, should people lose their rights because of it?

5. Which explanation did you choose?CanadaHistoriansThe Mohawk Nation of Grand River

Is there anything important about you or your family that has never been written down? Who should write it?

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