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Comparing American Colonies

Comparing American Colonies. Southern, New England, and Upper Spanish Rio Grande By Dr. Michael Faubion, UTPA Department of History and Philosophy. Spanish Upper Rio Grande. San Juan NM Hearth 1598 Region includes western TX., NM., AZ., CA.

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Comparing American Colonies

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  1. Comparing American Colonies Southern, New England, and Upper Spanish Rio Grande By Dr. Michael Faubion, UTPA Department of History and Philosophy

  2. Spanish Upper Rio Grande • San Juan NM Hearth • 1598 • Region includes western TX., NM., AZ., CA. • Most settlers came from Seville and Central Mexico

  3. Southern Settlement Patterns • Jamestown Hearth • 1607 • Region includes Va., N.C., S.C., and Ga. • Most settlers from Southern Coastal England (Kent and Sussex)

  4. New England Settlement Patterns • Plymouth Hearth • 1620 • Region includes Ma., CT., RI., NH., VT. • Most settlers came from Northern England (York and Lancaster)

  5. Government and Society • Southern- • Manorial ideal plantations • Rank centered honor and based on race • Slavery, over 600 acre land grants • New England- • Town ideal hamlets • Rank based on grace • Equality in town meetings, 90 acres for farms • Rio Grande- • Pueblo ideal missions • Rank on personal honor based on nativity and ethnicity. • Encomiendas and 1000 acre grants

  6. Architectural Comparisons • Southern- • Wood and Brick • Hall and parlor • New England- • Wood Frame • Salt Box • Rio Grande- • stone or mud brick • Courtyard

  7. Adobe Style

  8. New England

  9. Southern

  10. Marriage, Age, and Gender Relations • Southern- • Protestant Ceremony (M 24/F 18) • Male dominated, primogeniture • New England- • Civil Contract (M 26/F 23) • Limited Equality, women could inherit • Rio Grande- • Catholic Ceremony (M 28/F 22) • Patriarch dominated, women could inherit if no male

  11. Family and Child Raising • Southern- • Extended Families (3 ave.) with 4-5 servants • Norman Teutonic child names. Weak parish schools • New England- • Strong nuclear (7 ave) with 0-1 servants • Biblical names and strong town schools • Rio Grande- • Extended nuclear (5 ave.) with 4-5 servants • Saint names with religious mission schools

  12. Food and Material Culture • Southern- • Roasting and Frying • Bright Colors for clothes, class identity • New England- • Baking • Somber Colors and simple styles • Rio Grande- • Open flame and sauces • Contrasting colors, ethnic identifiers

  13. Rio Grande Clothing

  14. Southern Clothing

  15. New England

  16. Interests and Leisure • Southern- • Liturgy centered religion • Low literacy and interest in divination • Blood sports and gambling • New England- • Congregation based interests • High Literacy and fear of magic • Town and team centered activities • Rio Grande- • Tradition based religion • Moderate literacy and native spiritualism • Field contests and blood sports

  17. Bibliography • David Hackett Fischer. Albion’sSeed. Oxford: Oxford, 1991. • Mark Burkholder and Lyman Johnson. ColonialLatinAmerica. Oxford: Oxford, 2001. • Gary Nash. Red, WhiteandBlack. NY: Prentiss Hall, 1974. • Marc Simmons. SpanishPathways. Albuquerque: UNM, 2001.

  18. Helpful Websites • http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/CULPEPER/BAKEWELL/ • http://www.archives.gov/ • http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/

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