HIST 1051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: British America, Age Of Enlightenment, Aristocracy
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Commerce and manufacturing: significant infrastructure development, small-scale colonial manufacturing, foreign trade still dominated the economy. Regional economies: new england"s economy based on timber for ships and barrels, boom during king george"s war, 1739-1748, known in europe as the war of the. Middle ground : trade vs gift giving, criminal acts and eye for an eye, war. Oral cultures: only a few french and spanish could read, while 2/3 of the anglo-americans could read, many of them could not write. Information travelled slowly: culture was centered on family and local public events. Polite and learned culture: wealthy people began building large homes, dressing in fine clothes, and putting on. Airs : began and emphasis on polite manners, education for genteel men became prized including, for some, travel to london or. Edinburgh to finish the study of medicine or law: few women were exposed to higher learning outside of convents. Hist 1050: instead, genteel women concentrated their focus on womanly accomplishments,
