unit 1 Flashcards
What is the Success Myth?
Iterations/Manifestations:
-America is “The Land of Opportunity”
-The Meritocracy
-“Pull Yourself Up by your Bootstraps”
The “City on a Hill” Myth
Iterations/Manifestations:
-American exceptionalism
-“Spread the light of Christianity/democracy/capitalism to the rest of the world”
-America is the “best country in the world”
The Agrarian Myth
Iterations/Manifestations:
-The American Dream
-The Jeffersonian agrarian ideal, “virtue in the soil”
-Homeownership
What is HIPP
Historical Context
Intended Audience
Purpose
Point of View
Teleological history
you begin at the end
Mound Building
mortuary purposes
Mississippian civilization
development of some of the most complex societies in North America
Agricultural revolution
period of warmer temperatures that allowed the advancement of agriculture
Cahokia:
first permanent european settlement in illinois, center of french influence
Chaco Canyon
major center of puebloan culture, building, astronomy, trade, ceremony
environmental determination
environment determines patterns of human culture and society
hegemony:
leadership/dominance by one country or social group over others
the columbian exchange:
exchange of goods (plants, people, ideas) from the americas the europeans and vice versa
meritocracy:
person with the most skill will have the most opportunity
proprietary colony
king granted land and legal authority over that kand to the invidi=ual
headright system
lands a subsidy, 50 acres per servant
chattel slavery
treats individuals as personal property that can be bought and sold
slave codes
secured the legal status of slavery
what caused mass death in the americas for native americans when the european arrived
small pox, measles, typhoid fever
natives lacked immunological defenses against european germs
whole sale transplanting of European ecosystems
9x as manu euro. animals as indigenous animals
tobacco and coco important to both euro. and aztec cultures
maize, potatoes and other plants transformed euro. diets
____________ unslavable so the English turned to poor ___________ adults as servants called _________________
natives unslavable so the English turned to poor english adults as servants called indentured servitude
Who was richard frethorne
an indentured servant who wrote to his parents after 3 months of servitude
what were the main problems in indentured servitude according to Frethorne
food/drink (no meat/ unbalanced diet)
disease ( and starvation)
indians (calls them their enemies+ often attacked)
relations among settlers
Why did people sign to be servants
misery in england, being sold on prosperity
tabacoo booms=
wealth
What is the Mesoamerican trio
maize, beans, squash