HIS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Abigail Adams
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Race + enlightenment in the 1700/1800s (don"t forget the individual) 1795; louisiana, culturally french, spanish, french, and american. Women will serve in military groups as spies + intelligence. Women will be key members of boycotts + key gures on the gatherers home-front. Women would hand make their own household goods to. British tea was boycotted and colonists opted to drink coffee instead! avoid buying british goods. Women will keep farms + plantations going (abigail adams) In particular to seek the right to vote (sufferage) Process of othering people [usually negative + damaging] In the western world, prior to the 1500s, divided ( othered )by religion. 1600 + 1700s, skin color + race replaces religion in this way. Enlightenment, guring out how to organize the world. They wanted to use observable traits, modern classi cation traits based on this. With people enlightenment thinkers will also use observable traits. Because europeans are creating this white people will be the best.
