UW Primary Document Short Historical Analysis – Description
Details: Choose one of the following three primary documents, and present a short historical
analysis of this text. You may use up to a maximum of two supporting sources to help contextualize
and discuss your document, but this is not required. A strong submission will cite from the
document consistently to help illuminate historical arguments or points. The assignment will aim to
address any/all of the following questions.
1. Where was this document created/written?
2. For whom/what audience was this document intended?
3. In what historical climate or context was this document written/created?
4. Why was this document written/created? What was its primary purpose or aim?
5. Does this document contain any revolutionary intent? If yes, how so?
6. What is the historical significance of this primary document, in its own historical context or
for world history more broadly?
List of Documents:
Thomas Paine – Common Sense (1775-1776)
Mary Wollestonecraft – A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Olympe de Gouges – Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (1791)
The Haitian Declaration of Independence (1804)
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