Making your Argument (Primary Sources) - HIST 250- Revolution in History - Raising the 11th Pillar (Biel 2025) - Library Class and Subject Guides at Minnesota State University Mankato

What do you need to know?

Once you understand the background of your faction, you need to conduct research to make and defend your arguments during game play. This research should include primary sources.

Start with the Core Texts in the back of the textbook.
Each faction sheet includes suggested readings for each topic. If we have access to the primary source it is listed below.
Secondary sources are also useful in shaping your argument. If we have access to the secondary source it is listed on the selected bibliography tab.
Looking for more? Check out the Primary Sources @ Minnesota State Mankato box.

Books Recommended by Game

The Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution; Volume II
Call Number: General Collection JK141 1968

Debates of the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Online version from Constitution.org.
Volume 2 includes debates by New York
Debates in the Several State Conventions 5 vols
An influential early 19th century edition of key documents about the ratification of the US Constitution by the states. Provided by Libertyfund.org

The Founders' Constitution
Call Number: General Collection KF4502 .F68 2000
Link goes to online version of book from Online Library of Liberty
Five volumes:

Founders Constitution from University of Chicago
Different version of Founders Constitution.

Notes of debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison
Call Number: General Collection JK141 1966

Notes of debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
Provided by Avalon Project: Yale University

Complete Anti-Federalist
Call Number: General Collection JK155 .C65 1981
Volume 2 - Objections of non-signers of the Constitution and Major series of essays at the outset

Online List to Anti-Federalist Papers
This link goes to the Historical Society of New York Courts. It includes a list of Anti-Federalist papers that can be found in The Founders Constitution.

The Federalist Papers
Call Number: General Collection KF4515 .F4 1961
The Federalist Papers
Call Number: eBook

Federalist Papers
Provided by Avalon Project: Yale University

The Politics of Aristotle
eBook version.
Note for HIST 250: On faction sheet, Roman numeral refers to volume, Numbers after Roman numeral refers to chapter.

Primary Sources @ Minnesota State Mankato

American Antiquarian Society's (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection - Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Digitized images from the American Antiquarian Society of the pages of American magazines and journals. Series 1 presents titles dating from 1693 through 1820.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Gale Primary Sources allows unified searching of Gale primary source collections for a comprehensive research experience.

The Revolutionary Era: primary documents on events from 1776 to 1800
Call Number: eBook
The Debate on the Constitution
Call Number: General Collection JK155 .D33 1993
Gathering hundreds of original texts by Franklin, Madison, Jefferson, Washington, and Patrick Henry-as well as many others less well known today-this unrivaled collection allows readers to experience firsthand the intense year-long struggle that created what remains the world's oldest working national charter. Assembled here in chronological order are hundreds of newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, and private letters written or delivered in the aftermath of the Constitutional Convention.