HIST 289R Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Townshend Acts, Mercantilism, Shoplifting
26 Feb 2018
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Sumptuary laws - tried to regulate ostentatious fashion. Exception was if you had over 2000 pounds. Taxed goods included imports such as paint, lead, glass, tea (goods that cant be produced in america) Americans were allows to trade only with britain for these items. Homespun - fabric made by women to stop importing british fabric and it was a patriotic act. Edenton tea party - (1774) penelope barker and 51 other women signed a statement of protest and vowed to give up tea and boycott other british products. Producerist economy - in general, people made the things they ate, wore, etc. But if they had access to some cash or barter they acquired goods. The use of consumer goods to create identities. The debate over the morality of consumer acquisitiveness. African slaves were integral to the expansion of the world of consumption.
