Teacher's Guide Sheet to "The Gift Outright"

(In conjuction with student overhead questions)

1) Land was ours by right of working the land, clearing, building, etc. Colonials were still English, thus they belonged to England and the king.

2) We did not give ourselves to the land in the spiritual or physical union which love demands because England denied us ownership. We had a deep connection to the new land but foreigners still ruled.

3) Many deed of war were part of the surrender as well as the back-breaking work of clearing the land.

4)The West

5) These could be allusions to Native Americans.

) Open-ended questions. Concept of Manifest Destiny needs clarification.