1. Zoom In Inquiry Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

2. What might we learn about American History from primary sources? Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the big picture.

3. Describe the expressions of the faces that you see. What is the tone of the setting?

4. What new people appeared? Any new expressions?

5. What new things appeared?

6. Make an educated guess as to where and when this meeting occurred. What evidence lead to your conclusion? Explain your ideas.

7. Who do you think is present in the picture?

8. Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783, IV / H.A. Ogden ; lith. by G.H. Buek & Co., N.Y.

9. What questions remain as you look at the picture?

10. What is the “big picture”? What does this image say about the impact of the American Revolution on early American society? How did these infantry meetings impact the American Revolution?

11. Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further understand the impact of the American Revolution on early American society. Montcalm trying to stop the massacre A. Bobbett ; Darley. Commander in Chief 1789 Library of Congress Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor