History 1100 Dissenters: Religious and Otherwise Central Argument: I. Was Colonial New England a Golden Age For Women? A. Religion as a Democratizing Force 1. Women as Saints 2. Literacy for Women 3. Women’s Position in the Church B. Subsistence Family Economy as a Democratizing Force 1. Increased Value of Labor 2. Increased Life Expectancy C. Changes in the Legal Status of Women: Feme Couvert 1. Separate Examination2. Dower Rights 3. Feme Sole 4. Harmonious Relations: The Goodwife I. 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, 1636 C. Women as Witches, the Salem Witchcraft Crisis, 1692, and the Problem of Europeanization Golden Age: Feme Couvert/Feme Sole: Freeman/Goodwife: Ann Hutchinson: Europeanization:Economy and Society of the Southern Colonies I. Largely Subsistence Family Economy vs. Primarily Staple Producing Market Economy A. New England and the Subsistence Economy: Working to Live B. The South and the Market Economy: Living to Work II. The Case of the Virginia Commonwealth and the Market Economy: Choice or Destiny? A. The Social Composition of the Original Settlers B. Discovery of the Staple: Tobacco and the MarketC. Development of a Bound Labor Force: Indentured Servants D. Impact on Living Conditions: He’s Not Your Father, She’s Not Your Mother Work to Live: Live to Work: Tobacco: Indentured Servants: Orphan