Always keep these tips in mind when you are answering document questions. This is also true for the Short Essay Questions (aka SEQ, AKA Part 2)
Who is the speaker/writer?
What was he trying to do? (purpose)
What is his experience/opinion of the matter? (bias but also PoV)
Who is he trying to sway/convince/etc.? (audience)
Historical Context is the "before" part.
Ograbme Cartoon on the Embargo of 1807.
HC:
The background that lead up to the Embargo (impressment of soldiers by British blah blah blah.) The answer to the HC question will never be in the document as that question is asking WHY the event from the document took place.
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