5.2.2 - SQ2 Primary Sources

Compelling Questions:

Did governments (USA and NC) work for the people or do we work for the governments?

Supporting Question 2:

How did reformers try to stop the economic/political decline of NC?

Primary Sources

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Legislative Report Links to an external site. (see pg 77, first paragraph under the heading) North Carolina: The History of a Southern State by H.T. Lefler and A.R. Newsome quoted in A Geography of the Carolinas
Report of the Committee on Inland Navigation Links to an external site. (see pps 19-21) Senate Journal, December 6, 1815 from The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey
Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education Links to an external site. Report of Archibald Murphey to the NC Senate Nov 27, 1817
"A poor, ignorant, squalid population" Links to an external site. Letter from Archibald Murphey to Thomas Ruffin April 25, 1819
Letter from Jacup Jones to the Fayetteville Observer Links to an external site. (fourth column near the top) Fayetteville Observer Nov 5, 1855

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