Converging Worlds

Communities and Cultures in Colonial America, a Sourcebook
Herausgeber: Breen, Louise A

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. The ideal accompaniment to Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America, this Sourcebook is a collection of primary documents that contextualize and bring to life the exciting narrative of early America. The expert authors of each chapter have hand-picked multiple documents corresponding with the same chapter in the textbook to help students delve deeper into the diverse geographic regions and variety of topics covered in this time period, including: * Letters * Pamphlets and newspaper articles * Excerpts from diaries * Patents and charters * Court records * And much more! While the Sourcebook and course book make a perfectly integrated package, the Sourcebook also features general introductions and section introductions framing the documents, so students can easily use it on its own to explore the vast colonial world up close. In addition to the helpful maps, timelines, and further resources available for students on the companion site, instructors will have access to the full text of many of the documents included in the Sourcebook.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780415964968
• ISBN-10: 0415964962
• Artikelnr.: 34158656

Autorenporträt

Louise A. Breen is Associate Professor of History at Kansas State University. She is the author of Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630-1692.

Inhaltsangabe

Beginnings
1. European Ambitions by Timothy Walker
Document 1: Spain and Portugal divide the world at the Treaty of
Tordesillas, 1494
Document 2: The Spanish way of announcing their intention to take
control, 1512
Document 3: Queen Elizabeth issues a patent to Humphrey Gilbert, 1579
Document 4: Sir Walter Ralegh receives the Roanoke patent, 1584
Document 5: The States General of the Netherlands establishes the
Dutch West India Company, 1621
2. Tentative Testimonies by Heather McCrea
Document 1: Bartolomé de las Casas decries the "Destruction of the
Indies," 1542
Document 2: Spain enrages colonists with "new laws" that protect
Indians, 1542
Document 3: Bernal Diaz remembers the Conquest
Document 4: Florentine Codex account of the Massacre at Cholula
3. First Contacts by Michael Oberg
Document 1: Thomas Harriot reports on the native people at Roanoke, 1588
Document 2: Henry Hudson arrives at Manhattan, 1609
Document 3: William Bradford comments on an epidemic among native peoples
of New England, 1634
Regions
1. Chesapeake by L.H. Roper
Document 1: A Jamestown planter asks permission to marry a native
woman, 1614
Document 2: An Englishman writes the Virginia Company with news of
Jamestown, 1620
Document 3: Charles I takes the Governor and Council of Virginia to
task, 1637
Document 4: Virginians complain about the founding of Maryland and
the actions of their governor, 1635
Document 5: A rebellious colonist denounces William Berkeley, 1676
Document 6: Virginians develop laws on slavery, 1661-1705
2. New England by Richard Gildrie
Document 1: John Winthrop instructs and encourages colonists
traveling to New England, 1630
Document 2: A minister warns against the dangers of religious
toleration, 1647
Document 3: A militia officer envisions Pequot women captured in war
as servants, 1637
Document 4: The Narragansett sachem Miantonomi tries to create a
pan-Indian union, early 1640s
Document 5: An English war captive recalls her suffering and the
workings of providence during King Philip's War, 1682
Document 6: The Massachusetts General Court legislates against the
immoral behaviors thought to have "provoked" God to allow New
Englanders to suffer Indian violence, 1675
Document 7: An Englishman voices sympathy for the suffering of
Indians during King Philip's War, 1677
3. Caribbean by James Robertson
Document 1: Barbadians discover and punish a plotted slave rebellion,
1675
Document 2: A ship master complains of being robbed by Spanish
sloops, 1730
Document 3: A patriot planter from Georgia advises his son to leave
Jamaica, 1776
Document 4: The governor of Jamaica sympathizes with the plight of
his counterpart in Virginia, 1776
4. Middle Colonies by Wayne Bodle
Document 1 The Half Moon crew explores the future New Netherland
while seeking a route to Asia, 1609
Document 2 : Early colonists recall the geographical extent of Dutch
holdings
Document 3: The Mohawk Iroquois and representatives from the
Chesapeake engage in diplomacy under the Covenant Chain, 1677-79
Document 4: William Penn proposes a scheme for intercolonial
cooperation, 1697
5. Carolinas by Noeleen McIlvanna
Document 1: An Anglican missionary proclaims the evils of the Albemarle
during Cary's Rebellion, 1711
Document 2: A South Carolina official describes the Stono Rebellion, 1739
Document 3: Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts visits South Carolina, 1773
Themes
1. Salem Witchcraft by Louise Breen
Document 1: A Boston merchant denounces witchcraft beliefs and the
Salem trials
Document 2: Magistrates interrogate Tituba, 1692
Document 3: A Boston sea captain and merchant remembers being accused
as a witch, 1700
Document 4: Cotton Mather's advice to two witchcraft judges, 1692
2. Purgatory - Christian Missions by David J. Silverman
Document 1: Puritan Thomas Shepard describes the first encounter
between the Wampanoags and John Eliot, 1647
Document 2: Jesuit missionary Paul LeJeune writes of the hardships of
life with the Montagnais, mid 1630s
3. Slave Trade and Slavery by Ty Reese
Document 1: A former slave ship surgeon reveals the horrors of the
Middle Passage
Document 2: An English traveler comments on the rape of a slave in
Massachusetts, 1638
Document 3: Virginia owners advertise for help recovering runaway
slaves, 1761-66
4. Women by Linda Sturtz
Document 1: William Bradford describes communal and church obligations
using familial and gender metaphors, 1644
Document 2: A Marblehead fisherman describes how a crowd of women killed
his two Indian prisoners, 1677
Document 3: An African woman, "prophetess," and freedom fighter in Jamaica,
1732
Document 4: A slave woman pleads with the Archbishop of Canterbury for
religious liberty and protests her sale to the West Indies, 1760
Document 5: Georgia's founder extols the importance of women in ensuring
order and productivity during a time of chaos and war, 1742
Document 6: A war captive from Pennsylvania recalls how she made a new life
among the Indians
Document 7: Advice from 18th century almanacs on family, women and
marriage, 1736-1760
Transformations
1. Backcountries by Warren Hofstra
Document 1 German explorer John Lederer reports on the Shenandoah
Valley, 1669-70
Document 2: Moravian missionaries trek through western Virginia, 1749
Document 3: Ohio Company agent Christopher Gist scouts for land and
trade opportunities, early 1750s
Document 4: An English traveler presents an idyllic view of the
Shenandoah Valley, 1759-60
Document 5: Ben Franklin condemns the "Paxton Boys" as barbaric, 1764
Document 6: The "Paxton Boys" defend their actions and express their
frustrations, 1764
Document 7: An Englishman travels the backcountry, 1774
2. Spiritual Awakenings by Kenneth Minkema
Document 1: Johann Arndt on "Dying to the World," 1606
Document 2: George Whitefield proclaims the necessity of the New
Birth, 1737
Document 3: John Marrant narrates the "Lord's Wonderful dealings"
following his conversion, 1785
Document 4: Handsome Lake calls for a hybridized nativism, 1799
Document 5: Joanne Southcott's dispute with Satan, 1802
Document 6: Pierre Cholenec praises Catherine (Kateri) Tekakwitha,
ca. 1700
Document 7: An account of the first sighting of the Virgin of
Guadalupe
3. Enlightenment by Ned Landsman
Document 1: Women correspond in efforts to help one another "improve"
Document 2: Benjamin Franklin networks and experiments with a secular
way of inculcating virtue
Document 3: A Virginia planter expounded on the characteristics of
native peoples and Africans
4. New France by Robert Morissey
Document 1: A Jesuit explains the "Polity of the Hurons, and Their
Government," 1636
Document 2: A French negotiator works to establish unity among
Menominee (Malhominis) and Potawatomi refuses at Chequamegon Bay.
1660s
Document 3: A French ceremony asserting possession at Sault Ste.
Marie, 1671
Document 4: Grand Treaty establishes peace with the Iroquois, 1701
5. French and Indian War by James Piecuch
Document 1 Virginia governor instructs George Washington to assess French
strength in the Ohio Country, 1753
Document 2 George Washington describes defeat, 1755
Document 3: The colonies contemplate union, 1754
Document 4 A French officer reflects on the direction of the war, 1758
Document 5 Indian Superintendent William Johnson explains the strategic
importance of the Iroquois, 1763