Compare and contrast definitions and descriptions of “race” in Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia excerpt and Tecumseh’s appeal for pan-Indian unity in 1810.

Choose TWO of the following terms to define as clearly as you can, and explain their significance in our study of American history (3-4 sentences per identification paragraph).
Haitian Revolution
Polygenesis
Republican Motherhood
Hartford Convention
Monroe Doctrine
ESSAY RESPONSE (15 points):
Compare and contrast definitions and descriptions of “race” in Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia excerpt and Tecumseh’s appeal for pan-Indian unity in 1810. In what ways do their descriptions of racial difference seem to blend with other identity categories, like ethnicity or able-bodiedness? Based on earlier descriptions of race we have encountered in our class, what seems to have changed by the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

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