Hist 1000 Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture PURITAN UTOPIA: THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA?I. Religion as a Democratizing ForceA. Protestantism and the Priesthood of All BelieversB. Predestination and the Community of the SaintsC. The Protestant Work EthicII. Economic Conditions as a Democratizing ForceA. Widespread Availability of LandB. Increased Value of LaborC. Subsistence Family Economy and Class HomogeneityD. Improved Life Expectancy III. Political Structure as a Democratizing ForceA. Decentralization: the Power of Local PoliticsB. One Man, One Vote: The Power of the FreemanTerms: Utopia, Priesthood of All Believers, Subsistence Family Economy, Mayflower Compact, 1620, FreemanOutline of Current 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 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.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 Terms: Utopia, Priesthood of All Believers, Subsistence Family Economy, Mayflower Compact, 1620, FreemanCurrent LectureTerms:- Utopiao A place of ideal perfection, especially laws o The puritans wanted to show how New England could be a perfect society- Priesthood of all Believers- Subsistence Family Economyo Dependent on the work of your householdo When you only have boys or girls, you apprentice them to get a particular trade. - Mayflower Compacto Made this in the hold of the boato The rules of how they were going to rule their societyo Made the one man, one vote idea- 1620o Puritans first came over on the Mayflowero Mayflower was the first boat to come over- Freemano All of the men of the house will go to town meetings and vote on what they want One man, one vote They will become free men, instead of having no power like men have in EnglandPuritan Utopia: The Origins of Democracy in America?Religion as a Democratizing Force- Started to create democracy where the people ruleo Thought this because individual people should be able to decide whether if they are absolved of their sins or not. Required to be literate, needed to be able to read the bible- Protestantism and the Priesthood of All Believers- Predestination and the Community of the Saintso Everyone is a saint; only thing that is important is that God chose you. We are in charge of controlling ourselves- The Protestant Work Ethico Very hardworking peopleEconomic Conditions as a Democratizing Force- Widespread Availability of Lando Puritans decided that they should divide the land eqally- Increased Value of Laboro The way they set up the land, labor was in short supply. o All the households have way too much land, and not the labor to work the land This is democratizing because - Subsistence Family Economy and Class Homogeneityo Make the people that don’t own land, makes them more valuable than the people that do own lando The labor of the wife and children are more valuable because the men need help- Improved Life ExpectancyPolitical Structure as a Democratizing Force- Decentralization: The Power of Local Politicso The pilgrims are away from political authority (Britain)- One Man, One Vote: The Power of the Freemano Puritans made this new idea.o Every household has a vote (the
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