Historians do more than study primary sources. They try to look beyond the source to the larger culture that created it. As you can see from the examples in this lesson, every primary source has a story. Historical research and interpretation helps us tell those stories. Look at the artifact in the picture. Click the links provided to get started with your research. As you review your research, remember to look beyond the facts and try to understand the artifact’s importance in history. Ask yourself these questions:

Why was this object was created?
Why might it have been important to the people who made or used it?
What might it tell us about the culture it belongs to and the specific time period in which it was made?

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the

legislative branch:

one of the three branches of government divided between the senate and the house of representatives.

- creates or makes laws

- power to override a veto

executive branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the president.

- enforces or carries out laws

- power to veto a bill sent to it by congress

judicial branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the chief justice of the supreme court.

- interprets laws

- power to declare laws or actions by the government unconstitutional

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