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Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Flushing Remonstrance

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  1. Load Ordinance against conventicles and meetings other than the authorized reformed religion in Main Image Viewer
  2. Load Ordinance against conventicles and meetings other than the authorized reformed religion in Main Image Viewer
  3. Load Ordinance against conventicles and meetings other than the authorized reformed religion in Main Image Viewer
  4. Load Minute of the arrest of Tobias Feake for presenting the Flushing Remonstrance in Main Image Viewer
  5. Load Arrest of the Magistrates in Main Image Viewer
  6. Load Examination of Edward Hart in Main Image Viewer
  7. Load Examination of Edward Hart in Main Image Viewer
  8. Load Examination of Edward Hart in Main Image Viewer
  9. Load Sentence of Tobias Feake in Main Image Viewer
  10. Load Sentence of Tobias Feake in Main Image Viewer
  11. Load Flushing Remonstrance in Main Image Viewer
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Suggested Teaching Instructions

Additional activities include: 

Formative Assessment #1:  Create an annotated timeline of events leading up to the writing of the Flushing Remonstrance using information from the featured documents. For each item on the timeline explain how it led either directly or indirectly to the writing of the Flushing Remonstrance.

Formative Assessment#2: Imagine you are an attorney representing the inhabitants of Flushing. Make a list of the main points stated in their argument to be presented before a judge.

Formative Assessment #3: Create an annotated timeline of the events following the Flushing Remonstrance. In the annotation, make a note of whether the event reflects religious tolerance, religious freedom, or neither.

Summative Assessment: Students participate in a Socratic Seminar and discuss the ideas of religious tolerance and religious freedom as they relate to the Flushing Remonstrance.

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