Question

Which source has the appropriate qualifications to be considered a credible source about life in the Continental Army?

A. a recent novel set in the 1770s

B. a Hollywood movie about the American Revolution

c. a journal written by a soldier during the American Revolution

D. a propaganda pamphlet written by a group of loyalists

Answer 1

c. a journal written by a soldier during the American Revolution

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) a journal written by a soldier during the American Revolution.

The source that has the appropriate qualifications to be considered a credible source about life in the Continental Army is a journal written by a soldier during the American Revolution.

This kind of source would be a valid primary source of information because was written by an individual that directly participated in the Revolutionary War of Independence. He was a soldier in the Continental Army and lived and witnessed everything he wrote about. His stories and anecdotes would be very important to a historian who is studying this period of US history.