Sumários

New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. Mary Rowlandson, a woman "survivor". Growth in the 18th century.

8 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies: economy, socio-political organization, religion - table and results of last class focus-group discussions. http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/map-of-colonial-america.html
Mary Rowlandson, excerpts from The Sovereignty and he Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682)

http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/homework-mary-rowlandson.html
Growth in the 18th century; the beginning of the "melting pot" analysed by B. Franklin (anthology, p. 67).

Conflicts with Native Americans (17C); New colonies as the century progresses.

4 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Conflicts with Native Americans in the 17th Century: Great Indian Uprising; the Pequot Wars, King Philip's War (treason and translation).

http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/16th-century-conflicts-with-native.html
New "New England" Colony: Rhode Island and Roger Williams (tolerance for native Americans and religious tolerance)
The formation of the Middle Colonies: New Jersey and New York taken from the Dutch; Pennsylvania, the breadbasket of America.
New "Southern" Colonies: Maryland
Focus-group autonomous work on the groups of colonies (N England, Middle, Southern).

The early settlements (conclusion). Puritanism in New England.

1 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Contrast of Marianne Moore's poem "Enought" with video: "America: the story of us - episode 1, rebels":  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x75mrmp

Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies.
John Winthrop, “A Model of Christina Charity” (1630).
Oral Presentation: Women in the Puritan colonies: Anne Bradstreet and Ann Hutchison:
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/women-in-colonies-anne-bradstreet-and.html
Dissidence: Roger Williams. Rhode Island. 

Pilgrims / Puritans. Jamestown and Plymouth Colonies. The Mayflower Compact.

27 Setembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The first failed attempts to settle in North America.

Pilgrims / Puritans. J
amestown and Plymouth Colonies.  http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/09/chronology-early-english-speaking.html
The Mayflower Compact.
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/09/homework-september-27-mayflower-compact.html

Christopher Columbus's letter on the Discovery of America. The first settlement attempts.

24 Setembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Christopher Columbus's letter on the Discovery of America. 

Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Sepúlveda: the Valladolid controversy.
The first exploration and settlement attempts.
Chronology: http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/09/from-native-americans-to-early.html