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HIST. 201: U.S. History to 1877 - Week 3 Study Questions - Prof. M. Doyle, Study notes of World History

Study questions for week 3 of the hist. 201: u.s. History to 1877 course at ball state university. The questions cover various topics including the atlantic world, quakers in pennsylvania, william penn's policy towards indians, the emergence of slavery, and the impact of africans on colonial life. Students are also asked to analyze primary sources and consider the european perception of native americans.

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Dr. Michael Wm. Doyle Office Phone: 765-285-8732
Department of History E-mail: mwdoyle@bsu.edu
Burkhardt Bldg. 213 Office Hours: Weds, 2:00-4:00 PM & by appt.
Ball State University Fax: 765-285-5612
Muncie, IN 47306-0480 Course Home Page: http://www.bsu.edu/web/mwdoyle/hist_201 [HST201SQ.W3.Rev6]
HIST. 201-002: U.S. HISTORY TO 1877
Fall Semester 2009
Week 3 Reading Assignment Study Questions
Norton:
Chap. 3 “North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720”: pp. 60-89
Marcus:
Mary Rowlandson, “Captured by Indians,” pp. 28-36
“Visual Portfolio: New World Images”: pp. 37-42
Pedro Naranjo and Josephe, “Testimony of Pueblo Indians,” 58-63
Boller:
“The Underside of Privilege”: p. 17; “Virginia Slavery Legislation (1630-1691)”: pp. 19-20
“A New England Woman”: pp. 30-31; Anne Bradstreet, “Two Poems (ca. 1660)”: pp. 31-33
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Norton, Chap. 3: “North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720”: pp. 60-89
1. What, according to the authors, was a proprietorship colony?
2. Why did Quakers settle in Pennsylvania instead of already established colonies?
3. What was William Penn’s policy towards the local Indians? Why did this policy
ultimately bring the opposite result of what Penn intended?
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Dr. Michael Wm. Doyle Office Phone: 765-285- Department of History E-mail: mwdoyle@bsu.edu Burkhardt Bldg. 213 Office Hours: Weds, 2:00-4:00 PM & by appt. Ball State University Fax: 765-285- Muncie, IN 47306-0480 Course Home Page: http://www.bsu.edu/web/mwdoyle/hist_201 [HST201SQ.W3.Rev6] HIST. 201-002: U.S. HISTORY TO 1877 Fall Semester 2009 Week 3 Reading Assignment Study Questions Norton: Chap. 3 “North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720”: pp. 60- Marcus: Mary Rowlandson, “Captured by Indians,” pp. 28- “Visual Portfolio: New World Images”: pp. 37- Pedro Naranjo and Josephe, “Testimony of Pueblo Indians,” 58- Boller: “The Underside of Privilege”: p. 17; “Virginia Slavery Legislation (1630-1691)”: pp. 19- “A New England Woman”: pp. 30-31; Anne Bradstreet, “Two Poems (ca. 1660)”: pp. 31-


Norton, Chap. 3: “North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720”: pp. 60-

  1. What, according to the authors, was a proprietorship colony?
  2. Why did Quakers settle in Pennsylvania instead of already established colonies?
  3. What was William Penn’s policy towards the local Indians? Why did this policy ultimately bring the opposite result of what Penn intended?
  1. Although the English had not practiced slavery previously in their history, the enslavement of Africans became established in the American colonies during the 1660s and ‘70s. How and why did this occur?
  2. Even as slaves, the Africans influenced the lifestyles of their masters. Give specific examples of how these slaves preserved their cultural customs and traditions as well as ultimately influenced their masters’ daily lives.
  3. What were the functional differences between slavery in the Northern colonies and slavery in the Southern colonies? How were these differences evident?
  4. According to the authors, what was mercantilism?
  5. How was the doctrine of mercantilism evidenced in the Navigation Acts enacted between 1651-1673?

Marcus: “Visual Portfolio: New World Images”: pp. 37-42:

  1. What perception of the inhabitants of the New World does the image in Plate 1 (and the accompanying text of ca. 1505) present? How accurate do you think it is? How might Europeans have reacted to it?
  2. Early illustrations of Native Americans tended to portray them as either noble or ignoble savages. In this light, how specifically does Plate 3 (and Thomas Hariot’s accompanying text of 1588) differ from the way Plate 1 depicts the Indian?
  3. How might the absence of men in Plate 4 change the European view of the character of Indians? Pedro Naranjo and Josephe, “Testimony of Pueblo Indians,” 58-
  4. When the Spaniards colonized the Americas they sought to convert the natives to Catholicism. How does this passage reflect this?
  5. How do the Spanish view the Indians’ religious practices, especially those of Popé?
  1. What did Pedro Naranjo give as the reason the Indians rebelled?
  2. Why did Josephe say he fled from his master?
  3. What motive did Josephe give for the Indians rebelling? Boller: “Virginia Slavery Legislation (1630-1691),” pp. 17-20:
  4. The excerpts from the Virginia slavery legislation indicate that the laws passed regarding “Negroes” changed over time. Early laws proscribed sexual relations between whites and blacks. What did the later laws address? Why were those crimes considered more dangerous to the Virginia body politic than the earlier ones?
  5. How severe were the punishments provided for offenders against the law?
  6. What penalties were provided for a master who killed one of his slaves?