midterm Flashcards
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Bartolome de las Casas
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- protested the treatment of the Caribbean natives under Spanish colonization
- one of the first Spanish settlers to the new world
- “a short account of the destruction of the indies”
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Captain John Smith
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- “captain john smith writes about chesapeake indians of 1608”
- establishment of jamestown, leader
- ## believed native americans were a hindrance to economic expansion
3
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chief powatan
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- “powhatan speaks to captain john smith”
- peace, no weapons
ruler of the indigenous tribes in the Chesapeake bay region - was highest authority in the land when english colonists arrived and built jamestown in 1607
- responded to captain john smith saaying they wanted to share land and resources but english just want to take things that arent theirs
4
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virginias slave laws
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1661 - law making race-based slavery legal
legality to ensure systematic dehumanization
- black ppl couldnt start families and whites only schools
- prevention of african american gatherings
5
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john withrop
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- “a model of christianity”
- leader of the 1st puritan colony
- “city upon a hill” metaphor (being an example to the rest of the world, American exceptionalism)
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mary rowlandson
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- “narrative of the captivity and restoration of mrs mary rowlandson”
kidnapped by native tribe, wrote a book abt it - considered native americans the devils work
7
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the enlightenment
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- focus on what is observable
- science over blind faith
8
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jonathan edwards
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- “sinners in the hands of an angry god”
- threatened gods vengeance on unbelieving israelis
- preacher, faith over reasoning
- helped start religious revival “great awakening”
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benjamin franklin
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- “autobiography of benjamin franklin”
- invented bifocals and other shit
- autobiography - success of the person promotes success of the nation
10
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thomas paine
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“common sense” - advocated american independence from great britain
11
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declaration of independence
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- way gov ought to work
- drafted by thomas jefferson
12
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lemuel haynes
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- “liberty further extended” manuscript, antislavery
- black member of massachusetts militia and minister
- urged americans to extend their conception of freedom to include blacks
13
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US constitution
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- fundamental laws and principles by which the US is governed
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catherine beecher
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- “treatise on domestic economy”
- woman’s best interest to subordinate herself to men
- theres a place for women, should not vote, home duties, leave other stuff to the big ugly fat men
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maria w stewart
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- “why sit ye here and die?”
abolotionist and womens right advocate brought to light the life of black women. talked about how they are confined to a life of labor
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ralph waldo emerson
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- rejected basics of christianity in favor of a religious experience
- emphasis on what the natural world has to teach us abt the devine and human nature as opposed to religion with biblical context and sunday mass
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workingmen’s party of charleston
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society of mutual assistance and education for the laboring class.
- outlined sustained critique of capitalism how it serves to alienate and exploit workforce
- saw frontier as way to escape and way to create profit
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john L o’sullivan
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- coined “manifest destiny”
- promoted westward expansion
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henry david thoreau
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promoted nonviolent political protests
- individualism
20
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Seneca falls convention
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women and african american men met to discuss their fight for equal rights
21
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margaret fuller
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- masculinity and femininity flow into eachother
- women are never granted true access to individualism or self-reliance
- need for womens meaningful employment
- wanted women to reach full pontential
22
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sojourner truth
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- “arnt i a woman”
- need to see equality among all women in order to conceptualize quality btwn sex
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frederick douglass
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escaped slavery
- literacy is key to freedom literally and intellectually
- exposed the evils of slavery to a large public audience
- slavery corrupts everyone involved.
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george fitzuh
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- defended slavery saying it was necessary and kinder than the real world in the north
- slave owners took good care of their slaves
- said abolitionists were mean to take away the stability of being a salve
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the civil war
- test of American democracy, global unrest bc of lots of revolutions
- slavery
- cultural divide btwn north and south
- americas need for more labor
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abraham lincoln
16th president
- freedom for all
- wanted to keep union together at any cost
27
glory
individual interactions between strangers can resolve the cruelties of generalizations at a distance
28
nevada constitution
basic structure of government
- only real requirement for statehood was the banning of slavery
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helen hunt jackson
US treated native americans unfairly, broke treaties, stole land even if the gov gave them the land to begin with
- helped native americans gain more rights leading to 1887 dawes severalty act which encouraged native americans to rely on agriculture and private property
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frederick jackson turner
- environmental determinist: nurture over nature, influenced by transcendentalism
- frontier as the defining element of the american character
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alcatraz proclimation
satiric approach stressed inequities caused by federal Indian policy
- talked abt poor conditions of the island (bay area indian community)
32
theme: establishment and changes in racial identity in the colonial period through the civil war
- establishment of slavery laws in Virginia officially legally segregated society and stripped slaves of all rights
- slavery is integral part of the south
- abolition is a cornerstone in civil war
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theme: shifts and deployment of gender identity in the colonial period through the civil war
- women in the puritan colonies given little duty aside from having kids and maintaining the household (weak)
- men and womens responsibilities separated by industrialization
- creation of the cult of domesticity: womens place in the home cooking tending to house and kids, which for its time was seen as empowering and progressive
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theme: accuracy of the notion of "american exceptionalism"
american nation has special purpose in the world
- society doesnt need to conform bc its exceptional
- john winthrop city upon a hill, us as an example
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theme: relations between dominant power structures and dissent
authority vs biting your tongue
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native american tales and oral tradition
stories explaining natural phenomena
- stone mother - why salt cna be found near st thomas
- raven - steals the sun
- bungling host - coyote fails to provide food
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christopher columbus
1492 arrived to the islands of the caribbean thinking it was asia
- labeled indigenous people as indians
- letter to king and queen to tell them about all of the possibility (goods/resources, svailability of slaves
