Columbus Day
What holiday do some people think we should replace Columbus Day with?
Indigenous People's Day
What is the idea of the "City Upon a Hill"
Puritan societies would be an example for others of how they should live their lives.
What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 do?
Halted the westward expansion of the colonies.
What is Coverture?
Women's property becomes their husband's as soon as they get married
Crispus Attucks
Protester who died in the Boston Massacre, believed that the Revolution could lead to the end of slavery
What part of the world did the Columbian Exchange affect negatively?
The New World/Native Americans
What was the halfway covenant?
Made it easier to become a member of the church; you didn't need a conversion experience.
How were the colonial governments set up?
Royal governor - appointed by the King
Colonial Assemblies - elected by the colonists
What is Republican Motherhood?
Women should raise their sons to be good citizens/believe in liberty and their daughters to be good mothers. Girls get more education
Bartolome de las Casas
Wrote letters about how he disagreed with Columbus' actions in the New World
What was the Encomienda system?
Columbus' men were not paid in money, they were given land and Native people as slaves
All humans are born corrupted due to the "Original Sin" of Adam and Eve. People don't deserve God's grace.
How did the colonists protest the acts passed by Parliament?
Boycotts, Public Demonstrations (violence), Petitions from Colonial Assemblies (letters), Stamp Act Congress
What did women hope to gain after the revolution?
More political and economic rights, specifically the right to vote
Argued for more education for women, not for votes, so they could educate their children and possibly run households
What is the "Usable Past"
A way of interpreting history that allows people to feel a certain way about the present: usually positive.
What effect did Puritan society have on its children?
Increased anxiety - especially regarding conversion experiences
What is Republican Virtue?
The idea that democracy depends on the "unselfish commitment of each citizen to public good". People cannot put their own self interest ahead of the good of society.
What was Lord Dunmore's Proclamation?
Slaves of Patriot Masters would be freed if they joined the British Army
Samual Mather
Puritan child who wrote about the anxiety he felt in Puritan society.
What might Columbus symbolize to American leaders such as Lyndon B. Johnson?
Bravery, Adventure, Exploration, The American Spirit, etc.
What was the Puritan patriarchy like? How might our current idea of Patriarchy differ from theirs?
God the father. Submission to god = submission to your actual father. Men were in charge but they were expected to respect the women and children around them and be a good role model.
What is virtual representation?
The colonists do not directly elect members of Parliament but Parliament is told to make decisions with the entirety of Great Britain in mind
How did the North and the South disagree about slavery after the war?
Southerners still believed their slaves were property that people were trying to take away.
Northerners believed that slavery was hypocritical because "All men are created equal"
George Bancroft
Historian who wrote a history of the United States beginning with Columbus