Davidson feels that people valued social structure in the book, Nation of Nations, while Zinn believes people were scared of fraternalism and made social class drama in the novel, A People’s History of the United States. First, Davidson felt that the people valued social structure and at the top of the classes of the Old South were the slave owners. On average, only one white southerner in four belonged to a slave owning family, and fewer than two percent were members of a wealthier planter class. Next, most slaveowners owned only just a few slaves. With its elegant homes and strong sense of family, the refined plantation society of the Tidewater, was much different from the society found on the cotton frontier, where planters often lived
With reference to chapter 8 and 9 of Zinn’s book: "Slavery without Submission", “Emancipation without freedom” in A People's History of the United States, It was clearly established that that the Civil War was not really fought over the moral issue of slavery, but rather the economic issue of slavery. To reveal these American intentions behind the abolition of slavery, Zinn focuses on the Civil War which usually thought of as the paramount event in U.S. emancipation. After reviewing a few slave revolts and their defeats, he turns to focus on Abraham Lincoln and his ability to "skillfully blend the interests of the very rich and the interests of the black at a moment in history when these interests met.
The Southern Colonies consists of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. And in those areas, there were three groups: social planters, Yeoman farmers, and the frontier families. All three of these social groups played a major role in the lifestyle of those from the Colonial period. I’m here to identify and describe the lifestyle of these three major groups: planters, Yeoman farmers, and frontier families.
The gender and class relations would suffer just as they did in the planters' households. The yeoman settlements closely bordered those of the planters. These close proximities allowed for the interaction of these two very different social classes. The yeomen, in general, yearned to be a part of the planter's class. It was this undying hope that helped to pit this otherwise completely different class of people, with the wealthy plantation owners of the area. One of the many aspects of society that set these two classes apart was the ownership of slaves. This also set the scene for the influx of racial inequalities. The blacks in the area were overwhelmingly landless slaves. Even the yeomen, who greatly outnumbered the elite planters, suffered from inequalities.
Combining the different reasons the settlers came to Chesapeake and New England and the types of people they were results to the societies that were constructed in these colonies. Chesapeake was agriculturally driven while New England on the contrary had commerce and was much more business-like. Chesapeake also had a few varieties in the levels of society. Small farmers held most of the population, then there are the landless whites, great farmers, indentured servents and slaves. Because of the little amount of women until the 17th century, Chesapeake had very weak family ties. One in three brides were already pregnant! In New England marriage was an extremely important key to their society. Their orderly society was based on religion, but was not very tolerant. The Congregational Church could be found here along witht the General Court. Agriculture was not used much at all in this colony. Ship building, labor, and
First of all, New England developed well-organized townships that focused on the community. Each community was tight-knit and very religiously orientated. Wooden houses built from the abundant amount of forestry surrounded a center where the church and school were located. This setup created an orderly and structured society that was similar to their envisioned model city. It also allowed the Puritans to easily help each other out when food supply was low or communication was urgent. There was also little distinction between social classes in New England as everyone received planting ground (Doc 2). This was mainly due to the Puritan religious motivation and emphasis of being together under one God. On the other hand, the Chesapeake established a fragmented, disorganized colony that led to strict social divisions. Wealthy planters owned large areas of land and lived in relative isolation from neighboring plantations. Unlike the Puritans, the settlers of the Chesapeake region were individuals who were independent and did not have a strong reason to live in communities when there was fertile land almost everywhere and religion was seen as less of a priority than gaining wealth and riches. Social class was distinctly separated in the
During the 1700's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England area possessed a very happy and healthy life. This high way of living was due in part to better farming, a healthier environment, and a high rate of production because of more
Zinn’s book also has a more pessimistic feel focusing on the negatives of certain events and the damage the event caused such as the slave trade as a materialistic form of cheap labor, On the other hand Schweikart and Allen’s book appeals heavily to the patriot’s with glorified version of historical events such as the genius of the founding fathers in creation of the constitution, and choosing to undermine or ignored some of the
The Chesapeake economy was based on the tobacco industry and other industries. The tobacco plantations raised plantations raised enough money for importation of obligated servants, who then worked on the plantation, increasing production further. With the flourish climate and land, Chesapeake settlers farmed as the settlers of Chesapeake region needed the land for agricultural and slaves, the space between neighbors had to enlarge unlike New England, which the Chesapeake region tended to become “county.” However, the economy of New England based on farming, fishing and lumbering so that they tended to stay closer neighborhoods and become “villages.” Farming was done on a smaller scale because the society and religion was family oriented, farms were usually large enough for to feed ones family. The farming in New England was nowhere near the size of the size of the vast plantations of Chesapeake; this was simply because New England’s focus was not on economic gain, but the freedom of
2. By assigning both, The People’s History of the United States, and A Patriot’s History of the United States, it allows us to take a look at two different views of American history. Howard Zinn, the author of The People’s History of the United States, seems to tell the story from the view of those not in power, like those in slavery, women, and Native Americans. Conversely, the authors of A Patriot’s History of the United States, Larry Schweikart and
Social life was more stratified as the wealthy class made themselves more distinct and created a gap. Only plantation owners' children were educated and only people who could afford it went to college. They were not super religious, unlike the New England Puritans, and 1/15 residents were actually members of the church. In 1642, Virginia officially became Anglican which was popular among large land owners. In the 18th century Anglican became the official church of the south.
Howard Zinn discussed several things in this chapter. At first, he mentioned the white frontiersmen rebellion and how the rebellion threat the government. This rebellion was bacon’s rebellion. Also, he talked about how the England government ended this rebellion. The main argument for Zinn in this chapter was the division of the community in the colonies according to social and economic status into upper class which was the wealthy people, and the lower class which consist of poor people. Also, he talked about the relationship among white, and Indians, and black slaves.
The Southern Colony was predominantly rural and members of this colony enjoyed overseas culture, which is evidenced by their aristocratic buildings and clothing. Regions of the Southern Colony such as Georgia and Virginia had fertile land and in farmers found in the tidewater area partook in slave labor. Families that engaged in slavery had the most political power and the best lands in the
A Peoples History of the United States was written by Howard Zinn. Zinn’s main purpose for writing this book was to give a precise and detailed exposition of American History from the victim’s point of view. “I prefer to try to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slaves…” He wants to uncover hidden episodes of the past, be skeptical about the government and even talk about the cruelties the victims put on each other because of their oppressors. He wants to understand why the oppressors killed the victims and how these victims felt and what actions they took. Zinn wants to tell history’s greatest achievement from the point of view of the people who get slaughtered, robbed, taunted and anything else that happened to the victims while
In Bagel Nation II, the social structure is Bagelism. We use the USD as our currency and have a mixed economy. This means the government, which is a democracy, supports and regulates trade. Our main export and source of income are bagels and various other types of bread. Our president is Emily and Darby is our vice president. Matthew is the secretary of state, Annie is the leader of the military, and Giselle is our ambassador. Lastly, there are three economic levels, lower, middle, and upper class. Lower class is only allowed plain bagels with no toppings. Middle class is allowed four spreads-Nutella, onion cream cheese, regular cream cheese, and honey. And upper class is allowed a bagel with whatever topping they would like.
While Mesopotamian cultures were organized around the complex building projects needed to irrigate their fields, societies in the Nile River had other pressures. Their cropland was regularly fertilized and irrigated, so their complexity developed out