Major Problems In American Colonial History
ISBN: 9780495912996 | 0495912999
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 12/15/2011
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The collection of essays and documents in the third edition of MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY introduces students to American colonial history and presents a radically new vision of the subject that accords with developments in the way the subject is currently taught.
| America and Europe | |
| Essays | |
| Karen Ordahl Kupperman, American, African and European polities compared | |
| Juliana Barr, The Colonial Sunbelt: St. Augustine to Santa Fe | |
| IndiansÆ Response To European Presence | |
| Documents | |
| Maushop Leaves New England: An Indian legend About Colonization, 1787 | |
| In the Beginning: Tewa creation story, oral tradition from pre-contact ti... MORE | |
| Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca acts as a curer and shaman across the American Southwest, 1527-36 | |
| ManhattanÆs natives express wonder at the first arrival of Europeans, printed in 1818 | |
| Canadian natives recount their traditions of the first sight of men dressed in iron, 1633 | |
| Chickahomy Indians become ôKing James his Men,ö Sir Thomas Dale to D. M., June 18, 1614 | |
| Powhatan empire strikes back at expanding Virginia colony, 1622 | |
| Pueblo Indians see the apparition of the Lady in Blue and Fray Alonso de Benavides identifies her as the Spanish nun Sor Maria de Ágreda | |
| Mohegan Indians petition the king in their dispute with the colonial government of Connecticut; The ôMajor Partö of the Mohegans protests ConnecticutÆs recognition of Ben Uncas as sachem, 1738; Ben Uncas asks for recognition of his status as sachem, 1739 | |
| Choctaw leaders come to negotiations accompanied by women to indicate their peaceful intentions | |
| Essays | |
| Natalie Zemon Davis, Iroquois Women, European Women | |
| Jenny Hale Pulsipher, New England Indians Adopt a Political Relationship to the English Government | |
| First Colonies | |
| Documents | |
| Coronado Explores the Southwest, 1540-1542 | |
| Pedro Menendez de Aviles visits the Calusa King Carlos after the foundation of St. Augustine | |
| Menendez encounters Spaniards who had lived as captives among the Indians and finds that female captives sometimes chose to stay with their native families | |
| Don Juan de Oñate describes the founding of New Mexico | |
| Fray Alonso de Benavides Reports New Mexico Indians Eager for Conversion, 1634 | |
| Captain John Smith analyzes the human scene, both English and Indian, from Jamestown, 1624 | |
| Virginia Company acknowledges that the colony will never be successful without women and family life | |
| Certificates attesting to the good preparation of prospective wives for Virginia planters | |
| Pocahontas and John Smith meet in London where she accuses him of cowardice and lying | |
| John Rolfe reports large amounts of tobacco planted in Virginia, 1616 | |
| Richard Frethorne begs his parents for support, 1623 | |
| Essays | |
| J.H. Elliott, Imperial competition in the early Atlantic | |
| James Horn, Tobacco and the Peopling of Virginia | |
| The 1630S: The First Great Wave Of English Colonization | |
| Documents | |
| Pilgrim Leaders create the Mayflower Compact and describe the first Thanksgiving, 1620, 1621 | |
| The Reverend Thomas Hooker warns of EnglandÆs impending punishment by God, 1631 | |
| Governor John Winthrop gives a Model of Christian Charity, 1630 | |
| Colonist John Pond writes to his mother and father for help, 1631 | |
| John Winthrop laments the growth of competitive economic practices in New England in the case of Robert Keayne, 1639 | |
| Maryland enacts religious toleration for all Christians, 1649 | |
| A blank servant indenture form, 1635 | |
| Robert Cole provides for education and property for his daughters and sons in his Will | |
| George Alsop argues that servants in Maryland have a good deal, 1666 | |
| Essays | |
| Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Religion, the Common Thread of Motivation | |
| Lois Green Carr and Lorena S. Walsh, The Experience of White Women in the Chesapeake | |
| 1675: Turning Points | |
| Documents | |
| John Easton tries to avert the war by hearing King PhilipÆs grievances, 1675 | |
| Cotton Mather describes the Indians of Massachusetts and John EliotÆs mission to them, 1702 | |
| Mary Rowlandson interprets her captivity during King PhilipÆs War, 1676 | |
| George Alsop argues that servants in Maryland have a good deal, 1666 | |
| Nathaniel BaconÆs Manifestos, 1676 | |
| Thomas Mathews describes the outbreak of BaconÆs Rebellion | |
| VirginiaÆs leaders appeal to the Queen of Pamunkey for aid | |
| New MexicoÆs Indians Rebel Against Suppression of their Native Religion, 1680: Alonso García to Fray Francisco de Ayeta; Fray Antonio de Sierra to Fray Francisco de Ayeta; Statement of One of the Rebellious Christian Indians; Statement of Pedro García | |
| Pedro Naranjo describes PopéÆs vision and leadership, 1680 | |
| Essays | |
| Jill Lepore, John Sassamon Between Two Cultures | |
| April Lee Hatfield, Conflicting Interests in Expanding Virginia Lead to BaconÆs Rebellion | |
| Pluralism: Religious and Ethnic | |
| Documents | |
| Jasper Dankaerts calls on the planter Maria van Rensselaer, 1680 | |
| Sarah Kemble Knight encounters Dutch and English in New York, 1704 | |
| Per KalmÆs Travels Through New Jersey and New York, 1750 | |
| William Penn offers a Prospectus for Merchants, 1683 | |
| Francis Daniel Pastorius describes the Founding of Germantown, 1685 | |
| Gabriel Thomas promises High Wages and Great Opportunities in Pennsylvania, 1698 | |
| Gottlieb Mittelberger describes the system of recruiting German colonists, and the suffering they endured, 1754 | |
| Huguenots in North Carolina write to their sponsor, Agnes van Wassenaer Obdam, describing their experiences, 1688 | |
| Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg reports on Moravian Plans for the Settlement of Wachovia, 1752 | |
| Dr. Alexander Hamilton encounters Scots-Irish colonists | |
| Essays | |
| Rosalind J. Beiler, German-Speaking Immigrants in the British Atlantic World, 1680-1730 | |
| Patrick Griffin, The People with No Name: UlsterÆs Migrants and Identity Formation in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania | |
| Expansion in the South: Hopes and Realities | |
| Documents | |
| Richard Ligon describes the beginnings of sugar cultivation and plantersÆ adaptation to the climate in Barbados, 1654: The Sugar Revolution; English Adaptation in Barbados; Treatment of Slaves and Servants | |
| English official Edward Randolph reports to the Board of Trade on Economic Prospects and the Spanish Threat in South Carolina, 1699 | |
| Thomas Nairne reassures prospective settlers about the environment and trade of South Carolina, 1710 | |
| Indian Trader John LawsonÆs Journal of Carolina, 1710 | |
| James Oglethorpe, ôPersons ReducÆd to Poverty May be Happy in Georgia,ö 1732 | |
| William Byrd Praises the Plan to prohibit slavery in Georgia, 1736 | |
| Governor William Tryon Assesses the Prospects for Life in the North Carolina Backcountry, 1765 | |
| J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur contrasts the culture of Charlestown and the situation of slaves, 1782 | |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney on the Perfection of Indigo, 1785 | |
| Essays | |
| Jack P. Greene, Barbados as a Colonial Model | |
| Alan Gallay, Jonathan BryanÆs Plantation Empire in Georgia | |
| Slave Life and Culture | |
| Documents | |
| The Board of Trade Seeks Information on the Slave Trade, 1708. Replies: Rhode Island Governor William Cranston; Maryland Governor John Seymour; Edmund Jennings of Virginia | |
| Olaudah Equiano on the experience of Enslavement, 1750s | |
| The Reverend Hugh Jones describes Virginia slavery in 1724 | |
| Johann Martin Bolzius describes the slavesÆ lives in Georgia, 1750s | |
| Supplies needed to set up plantation, including enslaved women and men, cattle, and equipment, along with the work the slaves will do | |
| Slave woman listed as | |
| schoolÆs endowment in Virginia | |
| Advertisement for sale of enslaved girl named Esther | |
| Essays | |
| Ira Berlin, Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society | |
| Jennifer L. Morgan, Enslaved womenÆs labor | |
| Religious Awakenings | |
| Documents | |
| Benjamin Franklin listens to his Friend George Whitefield, 1739 | |
| Nathan Cole Describes the Crowds Going to Hear Whitefield at Middletown, 1740 | |
| George Whitefield describes the mixed congregations he preached to | |
| Jonathan Edwards describes the awakening in his congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts | |
| Sarah Pierpont EdwardsÆs own account of her religious experience | |
| Susannah AnthonyÆs description of her religious conversion, ca. 1740s | |
| Gilbert Tennent Presents The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, 1740 | |
| Newspaper Account of the Expulsion of James Davenport, 1742 | |
| John MarrantÆs narrative of his conversion | |
| Joseph Fish Reveals the Activities of Samuel Niles, Narragansett New Light Preacher, 1765 | |
| The Reverend Charles Woodmason Views the Backcountry in the 1760s | |
| Essays | |
| Frank Lambert, George Whitefield, the Grand Itinerant | |
| Catherine Brekus, Euroamerican WomenÆs and MenÆs Experiences in the Great Awakening | |
| Frank Lambert, African-AmericansÆ Experience of the Revivals | |
| Changing Relationships Within the Empire | |
| Documents | |
| James Blair tells the Bishop of London of the MinistersÆ Persecution in Virginia, 1704 | |
| Several ministers in New Jersey attest to their suffering and ask for a bishop to protect them, 1714 | |
| The Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts on Massachusetts Governor DudleyÆs treatment of Anglicans, 1713 | |
| Governor Dudley presents his defense and counter-accusations, 1714 | |
| Governor Bellomont of New York writes home of his money problems and the dishonest ways of the colonists he is forced to deal with, 1700 | |
| Commissioner William Stephens describes his meeting with Coosaponakeesa | |
| Mary Musgrove BosomworthÆs statement to Col. Alexander Heron and HeronÆs reply | |
| Statement of sovereignty by Georgia Indian leaders, 1747 | |
| Essays | |
| Alison M. Olson, Transatlantic interest groups and the colonial governors | |
| Julie Anne Sweet, Mary Musgrove maneuvers between empires | |
| New Realities in the Backcountry | |
| Documents | |
| Conrad Weiser describes Madame Montour, 1737 | |
| Moravian Leader Count Zinzendorf records his impressions of Madame Montour and Andrew Montour, 1742 | |
| Mary Jemison recounts her experience of capture and adoption as a Seneca, 1755 | |
| Albany Plan of Union, 1754 | |
| Sir William Johnson confers with Iroquois leaders, 1762 | |
| Virginia Governor Spotswood describes plans for defense of the frontier and settling colonistsÆ grievances, 1713, 1714, 1720 | |
| Multiple versions of Teedyscung speaking to a treaty negotiations, July 28, 1756 | |
| A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown. With Some Observations on the Same, 1764 | |
| The Apology of the Paxton Volunteers addressed to the candid and impartial World | |
| Essays | |
| James H. Merrell, Reading Andrew Montour | |
| Nicole Eustace, The Sentimental Paradox: Humanity and Violence on the Pennsylvania Frontier | |
| The Market Economy in Port Cities | |
| Documents | |
| A Connecticut farmer deals with the market | |
| Benjamin Franklin Advises Readers How to Get On in Philadelphia, c. 1730-c. 1750 | |
| Letter from a Widow on The Abuses of the Road, and City-Watch December 14, 1752 | |
| Club of widowed matrons meets to send their thanks for publishing letter | |
| Will of Margrieta van Varick, New York merchant, 1695 | |
| A Brief Consideration of New-York, with respect to its natural Advantages: Its Superiority in several Instances, over some of the neighbouring Colonies, January 18, 1753 | |
| Self-fashioning by servants and the enslaved to free themselves from servitude | |
| Essays | |
| Serena R.Zabin, New York as a commercial center and womenÆs roles in trade | |
| David Waldstreicher, Unfree workers take advantage of their economic experience to free themselves | |
| Empires, European and American, Compete for Control of North America | |
| Documents | |
| Missionary David Brainerd describes his encounter with a Delaware prophet, 1745 | |
| James Kenny dreams of new relationships on the frontier at the end of the French and Indian War | |
| NeolinÆs journey to the Master of Life, described in 1763 | |
| Robert Navarre describes the suffering of beseiged Detroit | |
| Royal proclamation of 1763 prohibiting movement of settlers into the trans-Appalachian West | |
| Essays | |
| Gregory E. Dowd, The IndiansÆ Great Awakening and PontiacÆs War | |
| Fred Anderson, The Consequences of Victory | |
| Colonial America at Mid-Century | |
| Documents | |
| Jean-Bernard Bossu advises newcomers on the way to health in Louisiana, 1762 | |
| Dr. Alexander Hamilton Surveys the Variety of Pennsylvania, 1744 | |
| Pelatiah Webster Describes the Uniqueness of Charleston, 1763 | |
| Janet Schaw Visits Wilmington, North Carolina, 1774 | |
| William Eddis praises the society of Annapolis, Maryland and speculates on the fate of American Indians, 1771 | |
| Essays | |
| T. H. Breen, Consumption, Anglicization, and the Formation of American Identity | |
| John M. Murrin, The Dilemma of American National Identity | |
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