History 270: The United States to 1865
Spring Semester 1999 - Dr. Thomas R. Maddux
Lecture Outline
18th Century Society and the Backcountry

  1. 18th Century Colonial Society
    1. Enlightenment Ideas
      1. Natural order with laws from God
      2. Cotton Mather and smallpox
      3. Benjamin Franklin and good works
    2. Great Awakening
      1. Religious revival of the 1740s: George Whitefield
      2. Regain original Puritan community
      3. New Birth and evangelical ideology vs. rationalists and worldly success
      4. Jonathan Edwards and Issac Backus
    3. Moral Economy vs. Market Economy
      1. Concord, Massachusetts
        1. Founded 1635, 1,5000 in 256 families by 1775
        2. Nature of town life and politics
        3. A Declining town?
      2. Carisle, Pennsylvannia
        1. Founded 1751
        2. Location as gateway to backcountry
        3. Market mentality and trade networks
        4. Material culture in homes

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