In Defense of Liberty: The Magna Carta in the American Revolution
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
In Defense of Liberty: The Magna Carta in the American Revolution
In this lesson, students will carefully examine an authentic Massachusetts thirty-shilling note (1775) from the Museum’s collection and hypothesize the meaning of its visual elements. Students will use primary and secondary sources to refine the hypothesis and in the process, discover the role the M…