American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Transcendentalism, Meritocracy, American Literature
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When winthrop arrived in the colonies in 1630 there were about 2 000 people. Most of the population were european settlers along with indentured servants as well as african slaves. There were voluntary and involuntary indentured servants: once they were done their time, they were free. Thousands of slaves were shipped to the new world. There was a lot of money to be made in the new world. The 13 colonies were all independent of one another but were under british rule: they had autonomy to wage war against the native population, as the settlers population rises, the native population decreases in new. Individualism + equality = social mobility + the american dream. Served as a surveyor in french during the french and indian wars (the seven. After the british defeat of french forces in 1759, he moved to new york state, marries, buys land and becomes a successful farmer.