HIST 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Republican Motherhood, Cotton Gin, John Woolman
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Native americans: most wanted to stay neutral, but were more inclined to support the. British: they gave them land, kept colonists from moving west, the trade, said it should be remembered as the indian"s revolution , because everyone"s fighting on their land, no positive outcomes for natives, they lost the most overall. 1810- 30,000 in north, 1840- 1,000 in north, 18 left once emancipation proclamation was issued: 13th amendment freed slaves, proclamation didn"t free any. South argues that they were economically intertwined with the institution of slavery. Women: wages went to husbands, even for her labor. Land went to husbands, couldn"t vote, some exceptions to widowed women: they got their husbands vote and land until it was shut down, not much changes for them. Established in philly- the young ladies academy: equivalent to high school, didn"t include hard math/sciences, available to middle or upper class women, in order to raise children who understand the history of their country very important.
