Cultural and Social Diversity Flashcards
Hierarchy in America
Idea that there is distance between ordinary people and “gentleman”
Liberty according to Puritans
liberty is the freedom to do what’s right
Liberty according to Royalist Virginia
Hegemonic liberty
Hegemonic liberty
In order for one man to be free, another must be enslaved
Liberty according to Quakers
Tolerant, reciprocal liberty. Everyone has potential to find God. (were against slavery)
Liberty according to Scots/Irish
Natural liberty: belligerent, less government is better
Liberty according to natives
No government
Liberty according to blacks
Personal independence
Growth and Expansion
Lots of land (land represented liberty due to voting rights), less disease –> population booming + influx of immigrants
Great Awakening
Religion should be a matter of the heart, not the head. Movement leads to challenging pastors and political authority
George Winfield
Popular speaker of great awakening
Commercial Revolution
Growing American appetite of buying imported goods –> Americans are not yet self-sufficient
