HIST 1100 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture PURITAN UTOPIA: THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA?I. Religion as a Democratizing Force A. Protestantism and the Priesthood of All Believers B. Predestination and the Community of the Saints C. The Protestant Work Ethic II. Economic Conditions as a Democratizing Force A. Widespread Availability of Land B. Increased Value of Labor C. Subsistence Family Economy and Class Homogeneity D. Improved Life Expectancy III. Political Structure as a Democratizing Force A. Decentralization: the Power of Local PoliticsB. One Man, One Vote: The Power of the Freeman Outline of Current Lecture DISSENTERS: RELIGIOUS AND OTHERWISEI. Was Colonial New England a Golden Age For Women? A. Religion as a Democratizing Force1. Women as Saints2. Literacy for Women3. Women’s Position in the ChurchB. Subsistence Family Economy as a Democratizing Force 1. Increased Value of Labor2. Increased Life ExpectancyC. Changes in the Legal Status of Women: Feme Couvert 1. Separate Examination2. Dower Rights3. Feme Sole4. Harmonious Relations: The GoodwifeI. The Case Against New England as a Golden Age: Internal Dissent A. Why are all the “exceptional” women religious deviants?B. Ann Hutchinson, the Antinomian Crisis, and the Question of the Hydrofoil Mole, 1636C. Women as Witches, the Salem Witchcraft Crisis, 1692, and the Problem of EuropeanizationCurrent LectureDissenters: Religious and OtherwiseWas Colonial New England a Golden Age for Women?- Religion as a Democratizing Forceo Women as Saints Nothing is more important to the Puritans than becoming a saint. Women could be a saint Men and women are equal in the church. o Literacy for Women Women learned to read because they were saints. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. They needed to be able to read their own bible. Have a internal conscience and morality o Women’s Position in the church Saints Literacy Think by themselves But, they are not able to be in the structure of the church- Cannot speak in church.- Cannot be elders or ministers of the church- Subsistence Family Economy as a Democratizing Forceo Increased Value of Labor The way they set up the land, labor was in short supply. All the households have way too much land, and not the labor to work the land The labor of women are more valued and recognized in this societyo Increased Life Expectancy- Changes in the Legal Status of Women: Feme Couverto Separate Examination If the husband was going to do something with the assets of the family, like selling the land. The Puritans would intervene and examine the women individually; it gave a veto to the women. o Dower Rights Women bring things into the marriage and then it becomes the mans property. However, if your husband dies, then you get your dower rights. Widows have the right to have the third of the estate. The Puritans give more thanthe standard dower rights. Do this because they value the women’s laboro Feme Sole Even if you are a married woman, you are still able to have businesses. Feme soul means woman can choose what they want. Allowed for business purposes you could make a woman partially “single”so the woman can choose her own things and pay the own billso Harmonious Relations: The Goodwife Puritans believed that the men and women should live harmonious together forever. Could be punished if the woman were a common scold (talking bad a lot) - The Case Against New England as a Golden Age” Internal Dissento Why are all the “exceptional” women religious deviants?o Ann Hutchinson, the Antinomian Crisis, and the Question of the Hydrofoil Mole, 1636o Women as Witches, the Salem Witchcraft Crisis, 1692, and the problem of
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