HSTAA 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Great Wagon Road, Sarah Osborne, Rationality
8 Nov 2018
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Hundreds of native societies stretching to the west coast. 1750: parts of pennsylvania, virginia in map"s light colors. Pioneer"s didn"t have legal claims just did it, defended from natives. 1776: 250k in backcountry (homesteading mostly in 19th c. ) Prior to 1790: no real technological advancements in transportation. Transportation 30 miles inland cost as much as transportation over the atlantic. Names of settlers, referencing their hard lifestyle (woodmason reading) Many want to be religious, but can"t because of lack of knowledge/infrastructure. Lack of concern of propriety: see town names: No indentured servitude because land was already available anyway. Heavy trekking, poor quality of stay, all just to perform his duties. Lacking in x: not the land of abundance. Didn"t send for one even after several years. English ignorance of societal conditions creating society (especially in the case of money) Previous experience of settlements structure by church not the case here.
