KIN 2501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Olympic Games, Dead Ball, Fox Hunting
8 Dec 2015
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Overview of us history (cid:1) found playing games like lacrosse, field hockey. 1500"s- found native americans playing sports/ dancing/ exercising. 1600"s and 1700"s- wanted to create something unique. 1800"s- us at peace, government established, ect (cid:1) (cid:1) Came in search of religious freedom, new home, freedom. Puritan work ethic: work hard, devoted to god, no play on sunday, didn"t believe on idle play. Primary exercise was done in preparation for survival. Banned soccer, horse racing, gambling, sledding, football, ect. Strong desire to educate: others in new england area began copying their schools, boston latin school- first public school for children in united. States: harvard university- first university in united states (cid:1) (cid:1) Came in search of wealth (opposite of massachusets) Set early precedence for sport: late 1600"s governor set up first horse race, set aside time for regular horse races.
