Colonial North America
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Latin 2 - 1/7
Idem, eadem, idem
Singular m, f, n
nominative i-dem, ea-dem, i-dem
accusative eun-dem ean-dem i-dem
genitive eius-dem eius-dem eius-dem
dative
ablative
Idem, eadem, idem
Singular m, f, n
nominative i-dem, ea-dem, i-dem
accusative eun-dem ean-dem i-dem
genitive eius-dem eius-dem eius-dem
dative
ablative
Monday, January 05, 2004
Native America
- Native Americans encountered Europeans, but it was not an encounter from east to west. Rather there were Spaniards from Mexico, Russians from the north, and the French from what is now Canada.
Correcting Myths
- a textbook in 1987 said that the American Continents were empty and devoid of civilization
- Colonial America is a prelude to what became the United States
- hardy Europeans drawn to or pushed to the continent sought to recreate the European settlement and institutions
- Puritans sought to perfect the reform as Protestantism was created
Errands Into the Wilderness
- John Winthrop: "A City on a Hill." - the Puritans wanted the ideal Protestant colony
- view that the colonists wanted a better more perfect Europe enshrined in the 19th and 20th century
- Harvard historian Perry Miller, "Errand Into the Wilderness" (1956) - believed that the Puritans sought to build a model society
- the 2nd generation acc. to Miller lost this vision because in the 1640s, England went through civil war and looked like England was becoming the "city on a hill"
- they felt that the mission was lost to them and accomplished by others.
- After the Restoration, all of the English lost their mission.
- After the 3rd generation, they find out their mission was to found a new society which would lead to democracy and break from Great Britain.
- Prior to the 1970s, this was the dominating view.
- Native Americans encountered Europeans, but it was not an encounter from east to west. Rather there were Spaniards from Mexico, Russians from the north, and the French from what is now Canada.
Correcting Myths
- a textbook in 1987 said that the American Continents were empty and devoid of civilization
- Colonial America is a prelude to what became the United States
- hardy Europeans drawn to or pushed to the continent sought to recreate the European settlement and institutions
- Puritans sought to perfect the reform as Protestantism was created
Errands Into the Wilderness
- John Winthrop: "A City on a Hill." - the Puritans wanted the ideal Protestant colony
- view that the colonists wanted a better more perfect Europe enshrined in the 19th and 20th century
- Harvard historian Perry Miller, "Errand Into the Wilderness" (1956) - believed that the Puritans sought to build a model society
- the 2nd generation acc. to Miller lost this vision because in the 1640s, England went through civil war and looked like England was becoming the "city on a hill"
- they felt that the mission was lost to them and accomplished by others.
- After the Restoration, all of the English lost their mission.
- After the 3rd generation, they find out their mission was to found a new society which would lead to democracy and break from Great Britain.
- Prior to the 1970s, this was the dominating view.
History 161A - 1/5/04
Paradigm Shift in thinking
- we can't look at it being an American Revolution because there were many peoples involved
- colonialism, expansion of capitalism, Christian syncretism (Native Americans accommodating Christian belief in their own), missionaries, individuals
- captivity and tension between the free and unfree
- the old standards of the Chesapeake region, the Caribbean (most important part of the British Empire), the Lower South, even California, includes places classes of colonial america past haven't discussed.
Questions for today...
"Colonial America was a world of colonial conflict and mixture. To understand it, we need to employ of a continent-wide picture of what was going on at that time."
1) How and why have Colonial American historians had to change their views to account for the Native American experience?
2) What did Native North America look like in 1492?
Paradigm Shift in thinking
- we can't look at it being an American Revolution because there were many peoples involved
- colonialism, expansion of capitalism, Christian syncretism (Native Americans accommodating Christian belief in their own), missionaries, individuals
- captivity and tension between the free and unfree
- the old standards of the Chesapeake region, the Caribbean (most important part of the British Empire), the Lower South, even California, includes places classes of colonial america past haven't discussed.
Questions for today...
"Colonial America was a world of colonial conflict and mixture. To understand it, we need to employ of a continent-wide picture of what was going on at that time."
1) How and why have Colonial American historians had to change their views to account for the Native American experience?
2) What did Native North America look like in 1492?
