Unit 2 Primary Source Notecards Flashcards
Slaves working in 17th century Virginia picture
Every slave had their own job. Women and children slaves are also seen doing work for their masters, who are standing in the background by their fancy house.
Map of Exports per Region
- New England: 2 major area export groups: fur and skins as exports and cattle and grain as exports. Also exported ships, iron, timber, fish, rum and whaling products.
- Middle colonies: main exports were sheep, cattle, fish, furs, iron, pigs, timber and wheat.
- Southern colonies: most areas exported tobacco, corn and rice, while some other exports were indigo, sheep, and naval stores.
Map of Puritan village: 1639-1656
First generation Puritans lived in small houses and pastured their livestock on “common” fields owned by the town, and their grew crops in different locations.
Mayflower Compact: 1620
By the settlers at New Plymouth
Agreement between the settlers of Plymouth, that they would join together to form a civil body in order to control the settlement. All of the undersigned (41 MEN) agreed to live under the laws of the governing body in order to form a more civilized colony with its own laws that had affect on the people living there.
Maryland Toleration Act; September 21, 1649
Act concerning religion. Says that anyone who gives offense to another’s religion forfeits certain rights and must be punished, with each punishment increasing in severity until the third offense which is banishment. There were punishments for profaning the Sabbath day. Basically if you insulted any of the Christian religions there would be serious repercussions with the government of Maryland
What must I do to be saved? Cotton Mather
Other people before him, at least from his perspective, have used their own answer to this question to bring evil and destruction. Knowledge is the first thing necessary for salvation. Ignorance is a sin that will lead to hell. Don’t break the 10 commandments and you will be saved. Everything is against you because you are under the Reign of Sin. You will find salvation in Jesus Christ. No good thing will be withheld from those saved by The Lord, you will be forgiven of your sins, you will become Children of God. Goes on for a while basically repeating what he just said in greater detail in order to purely answer a question that he considers to be perverted by others.
Bacon’s Manifesto/Declaration in the Name of the People: 1676
1) taxes and lack of fortified towns
2) abusing power
3) monopolizing beaver trade and wronging his Majesties.
4) for having protected, favored, and emboldened Indians against the settlers
5) for withdrawing their army when they could have eradicated the Indians in their area so they would cease bothering them.
6) raised the army due to the outcries of the assembly for protecting the colonies
7) ???
8) for trying to stop ruin among themselves when they could have been battling the Indians.
Smallpox Debate: 1721
The question was whether or not to vaccinate people for smallpox. The clergymen supported the vaccine because it helped healed the sick and they saw God in that. Physicians were against it because the incision that they had to make to insert the vaccine often became infected, and people just went from being infected with smallpox to dying of fever.
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges: 1701
William Penn
This document states many different rules/privileges that people were granted when living in Pennsylvania and describes some laws that are beneficial to running the government such as that all criminals shall have the same privileges as their prosecutors; privileges such as this were crucial to the development of the Pennsylvania colony.
