HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Magical Thinking, Special Relationship
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Right away addresses class distinctions- some are rich, some are poor and all this is. Wealth is connected to value of a person. Differences are characteristic of the world god created. Rich and poor have inherently different character traits. It is for the common good of mankind. Covenant with god: rich should take care of the poor, but not so much that they become rich (keep them in line) Colony where they are going will serve as an example of the way devout christians should live: with brotherly love. Time: 1630, age of faith, age of magical thinking, lived in world of wonders , focus on. Puritans: families as immigrants, built-in community (one of the first to bring women and children), own community, kept to themselves, owned slaves bc of bible. French had huge expanses of land, very little emphasis on community, very few women so had to import women from homeland, commerce and trade, converting natives to.
