Remember, these must be formally organized essays with introductions and thesis statements that lay out the direction of the essay and identify your main argument. Then proceed with paragraphs (one main idea per paragraph), each of which develops a part of your thesis. Use the full range of primary sources assigned for that lab as evidence to back up your assertions. Lab C: Religion and Racial Struggle in the Eighteenth Century Reading Bayor, 90-101, and 141-43: Rev. Alexander Stewart to Rev. John Waring, 1764; Rev. Samuel Auchmuty to Rev. John Waring, 1761 110-14: The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, c. 1800 86-87: Vincent Bigot’s Report, “Of the Piety and Devotion of the Christian Iroquois,” 1677 199-201: Stockbridge, Maine, 1818 180-81: Red Jacket, “Against White Missions Among the Indians,” 1805 Essay Explain how and why religion served a major arena of intercultural struggle in the eighteenth century. How did African Americans, Native Americans, and European Americans vie over religion during the Great Awakening? How did the struggle reflect the existing power dynamics between these groups? OR Lab D: Struggles over Slavery and National Identity in the Revolutionary Era Reading Bayor, 101-103, 151-53, and 124-30: J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur, “What Is an American?” 1783 133-37: Thomas Jefferson, “Notes on the State of Virginia,” 1783 182-84: Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, March 2, 1807 Canvas (under Files>>Readings): PDF: Four Petitions Against Slavery, 1773 to 1777; and Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, 1791 Essay Explain how the American Revolution and the birth of the United States sparked crises over slavery and American national identity. How did Crevecoeur and Jefferson envision African Americans fitting into the new republic? How did African Americans seize the moment to demand racial justice?