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Offline redman555

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Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« on: September 21, 2009, 01:54:13 PM »
My college professor talks fast, i have a few questions Im hoping some of you may know:


1.)    What generalizations can you make about the Chesapeake at 1700:

      a.   politically
      b.   economically
      c.   socially


2.)   In what ways did the impact of European farming and architecture change the patterns of Indian family life?  How did single-family housing and the nuclear family reduce the influence of Indian women in their society?


3.)  How were white captives treated by Native Americans and why did so many chose not to return to white society while virtually no captive Indians chose to stay with white society given the choice?


4.)  Describe the transition from slavery in early Virginia when slaves came from the Caribbean (the “charter generations”) to the “Africanization” of slavery later in the 17th century


Really appreciate any help on these questions!


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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 10:28:51 PM »
Hmm, not really my period, but I'll take a shot at it...

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a.  The Chesapeake would have been included in the colonial system managed and answering to the British.  Indeed, the residents of the area at this time (at least the white ones) would have been considered British subjects.  For anything more in depth than that you'll have to consult your textbook.

b.  I'd assume the area was heavy into fishing.  There was probably a lot of farming inland, and the various cottage workshops that supported the colonial societies of this time.  This was pre-industrialization, so there wouldn't have been any heavy industry at all.  Overall, everything would have been rather agrarian in nature.  I'm not sure of the status of money at this time, or if trade largely revolved around a barter system.  Again, consult your textbook.  Also consult it for the role of slavery in said agrarian economy.

c.  People would probably have been pretty up tight by our standards today, but living in something of a frontier area (could it have been called that?) they would probably been a little looser with their moral standards than back in Britain.  This is just a guess.  It's a safe bet that religion was very important in the community, and that strong family structures were highly valued.  Also they would probably have been largely Anglican or of some protestant denomination.  I'll bet drunken women were still regarded as sluts at this point in time, but try not to quote me on that.  The families would have been paternalistic in nature.  Not sure about choices in marriage or anything like that. 

2.  The answer to this depends on the cultures of the tribes of the area.  They were probably more static than tribes from the western states, but maybe not as landed as white settlers.  Their housing situation would have probably been more communal, with the women having more influence in the day to day operation of domestic life.  If they were forced to adopt a more European mode of family life, the women would have been relegated to a role more akin to a domestic servant.  There would have been less of a say for them in terms of family policy and the choices that were made in the day to day functioning of their basic social units.

3.  White captives were largely integrated into the tribes and taken on as family members.  This is not universal, but this is what generally happened.  It stemmed from long traditions of integration of captives from other native tribes over the years.  Indians taken into white society were probably looked down upon and forced to change ways to ascribe to white society.  They would have been made to reject their own cultures, while still not being included as full members of the new culture that they were being required to take up.  Many resented this, and would have wanted to return to their tribes whenever they could.

4.  I have no good ideas on this one.  It probably has something to do with the character of slaves from the different areas.  Maybe the races of them.  Maybe the slaves from the Caribbean would have been taken from established cultures there and were largely culturally homogeneous, whereas slaves coming straight from Africa were taken from many different cultures along the western coast and even from further inland, representing a more diverse group.  The contrast of culture from the Caribbean to Africa would be stark anyway, but given a wide mix coming from Africa, you've got a melting pot of traditions, languages and beliefs all thrown into one group.  That's my best guess.

All of this may be extremely off base, and could either be a good starting point for you or it could be leading you in the wrong direction.  My best advice to you is to look this stuff up in the literature that your Prof has assigned, and to compare notes with the other students in your class.  If you need, don't be afraid to go into your Prof's office hours and ask them to clarify things.  That's why they're there.

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 08:55:57 AM »
Those look like book-driven questions.

In other words, while some of us here may have opinions, etc, etc, I'll bet that the textbook has the answer(s) that the teacher is looking for.

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 10:21:16 AM »
Here's a golden piece of advice that will get you through college:  You're supposed to read the relevant text before the lecture.

Like saurdauker says, asking us for advice is probably not a good idea.  Some of us may know a thing or two about these topics, but your professor is going to want textual support for the answers you give.
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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2009, 11:08:39 AM »
You really should do your own homework.

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2009, 02:29:30 PM »
You really should do your own homework.

Yet another golden piece of advice...

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2009, 03:39:34 PM »
If s/he talks fast, try bringing a microphone device of some sort.  You crazy kids nowadays can probably use your newfangled phones.  Various recording methods worked for my friends -- just make sure you get the ok from the prof first.  Also, get your hands on a laptop or net book if possible (you can find a VERY basic one of either for pretty cheap) and take notes via keyboard.  The vast majority of gamers can type a whole lot faster than they can write.  I'm certainly no exception on that one, and wish I invested in a laptop sooner than 2nd semester of sophomore year. 

Good luck on your studies -- this isn't the place for em.  (Not trying to be a jerk here)

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2009, 10:55:44 PM »
Here's a golden piece of advice that will get you through college:  You're supposed to read the relevant text before the lecture.

Like saurdauker says, asking us for advice is probably not a good idea.  Some of us may know a thing or two about these topics, but your professor is going to want textual support for the answers you give.

we did not receive a book, it is a lecture class

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2009, 12:09:28 AM »
-- just make sure you get the ok from the prof first. 

That's key right there.  I had one Prof that specifically forbade recording devices in class, because some students will try to record lectures and use them spitefully against their instructors.  Also some kids just try to sleep through lecture...  Make sure it's ok with your Prof before doing that one, but it could be a good study tool if they're alright with it.

No books???  Nothing in the syllabus to point you to any reference material?  What are history classes coming to?

Ask other kids in the class and talk to your Prof.
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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2009, 05:58:57 AM »
we did not receive a book, it is a lecture class

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I've never taken a course at a University where there wasn't assigned reading.  Never.  Your use of the word "receive" troubles me.
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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2009, 06:28:15 AM »
Don't you have you buy your own books?

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2009, 07:35:22 AM »
we did not receive a book, it is a lecture class

-BigBOBCH

Taken several courses like that in college but none were history classes. That is an odd one.
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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2009, 09:24:50 AM »
You really should do your own homework.
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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2009, 09:33:45 AM »
I've never taken a course at a University where there wasn't assigned reading.  Never.  Your use of the word "receive" troubles me.

I had one... kinda.  Senior Thesis was a lecture/discussion/paper course but since I wrote my paper on the ideological differences between Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, I ended up having to read anyway.  :D

But for a basic course such as this?  Cant see a way around a text.

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Re: Got some 1600-1800 history questions need help on!
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2009, 12:40:57 PM »
At this moment bigbob is finding out that there's 3 1000 page textbooks he's supposed to have purchased at the bookstore for his history course. :o
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