I understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed through analysis of primary sources of many kinds.

A primary source is a document, speech, or other sort of evidence written, created, or otherwise produced during the time under study. A primary source offers an inside view of a particular event. Other examples of primary sources are artifact, official records, and creative works. Primary sources are pieced together with multiple and overlapping evidences. A reliable account would be one that can not be developed by one piece, it has to have several evidences that are very similar.

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This is a Japanese charcoal iron. New Imperialism is shown through this iron because it shows how the Japanese people began to introduce western ideas. And they started to leave the regular things they had. The source form which i got the picture is reliable because they are and it would be bad if they lied because it would ruin their reputation.

This is a photograph from the time of the New Imperialism. It shows the New Imperialism because it actually does show the negative side of it unlike many of the works of art that portray the New Imperialism in a good form. The site from where i got this image from is a trustworthy source because it comes from the Wesleyan University. Also, because the people who spoke about the picture studied photography and one of them taught at the university.

This is a picture of propaganda in the 1880's. This poster is advertising people to buy coffee. New Imperialism brought a "new" art, so to speak, because propaganda was everywhere you turned. It became something very important at the time. The place from where I got this picture from seems like a credible source to me because it is a coffee selling website and they would not lie. I think they would not lie because it would reflect badly on them because their customers would maybe stop trusting them if they found out it was a lie.

This is a picture of a work of art made in 1904 called The First Birthday which was in the time of the New Imperialism. The New Imperialism is reflected in this art because the picture shows that the European people were living a good life style which was a part of the New Imperialism for Europeans. Also, because they look calm which showed a more positive side of the New Imperialism. The place from where I got this picture and the date is credible because it was in The Flint Institute of Arts. It is reliable because an art institute would not make stuff up.