AHIS 100
British North American & the Atlantic World
Dr. Kane
mkane2@albany.edu
Office Hrs: W 10:30-11:30 & F 11:30-12:30
Social Science 60S
maevekane.net/ahis100/lecture-slides
September 16
coming up
- Midterm I -- Sept 28
- yes there will be a study guide
- I need DRC, university, sports or military paperwork by the end of this week!
- second paper due
- read all the assignment requirements!
- due 9:20AM
- no Pages file format please
- look at your feedback and ask for help
why shouldn't I write _____?
- no one is modern in the 17th century!
- "Throughout history/American history," or "Since the beginning of time"
- what do you have evidence for?
- Friday's paper asks you to think about what your evidence actually is
why was there a shift to mercantilism after the English Civil War?
- A. England had incurred many debts from wars in North America and wanted the colonies to help pay
- B. Parliament wanted to punish the colonies which had allied with the Crown during the war
- C. Parliament sought to extend more economic and legal control over colonies which wanted to exercise the power of Crown-in-Parliament themselves
- D. England wished to prevent trade between its colonies and French and Spanish colonies
- E. England sought to encourage more free trade between its colonies to make them more profitable
who cares about colonial charters
- Charter: Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts
- governance vested in local authority
- Proprietary: Virginia, Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
- governance vested in whoever owns the colony
- Crown: British Nova Scotia and British Caribbean, New Hampshire, Georgia
- governance vested in appointed governor, Parliament and local advisory council
- converted to Crown colonies after 1680: Massachusetts, Virginia, Carolina
why #blacklivesmatter
- colonial power of Crown-in-Parliament based on laws creating race
- slavery is pervasive and foundational thoughout all North American colonies
- differentiation between servants and slaves foundation for right to local government
- history is inherently political
African Burial Ground, NYC
coastal sugar
inland tobacco
what was the ideal for 17th century English households?
- A. Men owned their wives and kept them in the home to control their labor
- B. Men hired and supervised field workers so that women could supervise work in they dairy, gardens and kitchens
- C. Women were expected to work in the fields until they were married, so many people married very young
- D. Men whose wives worked in the fields were taxed, and so most women worked in the home to avoid this tax
race and Crown-in-Parliament
- Parliament allows limited, local legislation for colonial problems
- colonial legislation foundational to political rights and social organization
- royal governors seen as proxy for the Crown in local parliaments
- 1700: increasing tension over who has authority to govern
- race takes precedence over religion, nationality or class as a social organizer