ColonialismReview

FYI•  1517—Luther’s95Theses•  1529-1536—Henry8thandAnglicanChurch•  1607—Jamestown•  1619—SlavesinNewWorld•  1620—Plymouth/CapeCod– By1640—20,000PuritanstoNewWorld

•  1636—HarvardasMinisterTrainingSchool•  1675—KingPhilip’sWar

Puritansv.Cavaliers•  Puritans/Roundheads

•  CapeCod/Plymouth•  NewEnglandSmallFarmers/Traders

•  AnV-England•  FocusonScripture•  Winthrop’s“CityontheHill”

•  Cavaliers•  Jamestown•  SouthernPlantaVons/SlaveLabor

•  EmbraceEnglishWays

•  FocusonArtsandSciences

•  Humanist/RaVonalist

SlaveNarraVves•  1stPersonAccounts•  MiddlePassageofTriangularTrade

•  Raid/Capture•  FirstEncounter•  Voyage•  Marketplace•  SlaveLife•  Freedom—PropagandaforAboliVonistMovement—Putpersonalfacetoissue—MakecountrysympatheVc—PlaytoreligioussenVment

Slavery

•  10-15milliontotal•  2milliondeadinpassage

•  US—60,000escape•  6,000interviews•  100sofnarraVves•  FirstBlackliterature•  Equiano’sstory?

Equiano

•  Firstsightofship/crew•  Concreteimageryofship•  Fishandfloggingexamples•  Escapeexamples•  Barbadosarrival•  RhetoricalquesVonsofChrisVans

JonathanEdwards

•  PurposeandToneandTools•  Imagery– HandofGod• PitofFire• DammedWaters

– Bowandarrow– Spideronthread– ConcreteimagesofHell

•  Shibatend

Franklin

•  BackgroundinBoston– Collinsanecdote– DrunkDutchman

•  JoblessinNewYork•  JourneytoNewJersey(cold,walk,survival)– Dr.BrownandsaVricalBible

Franklin•  ArrivalinPhiladelphia – Archetypeoftheself-mademan– 3Rolls(altruism,– Asleepinchurch

•  MoralPerfecVon– RaVonalism– Self-Improvement

OtherIdeas•  RaVonalism/Deism– Arriveattruththroughreason– Godas“clockmaker”– StudylawsofnaturetogetclosertoGod– Roleofself-improvement

OtherIdeas•  GreatAwakening– 1734-1750– RevivalofPuritanism– Useoffieryspeechandfearpropaganda

•  SalemWitchTrials– 1691-1692– 150accused– Spiritualfervor—DeviltesVngmostholyplace– Seaport(richmerchant)vsVillage(poorfarmer)– Women’sindependenceandsexuality– ErgoVsm

HenryandPaine•  Purpose– TopreparetofightagainsttheBriVsh

•  Audience– Henry–Speechtowealthydelegates– Paine–Pamphlettocommonpeople

•  3ComponentsofArgumentaVon – Logos– Pathos– Ethos

HenryandPaine

•  LogicalFallacies– AdHominem– SlipperySlope– Either/Or– FalseAnalogy– AppealtoAuthority– RedHerring

HenryandPaine

•  Propaganda– GliheringGeneraliVes– Bandwagon– TesVmonials• PlainFolk• Spokesperson

HenryandPaine

•  Rhetoric– RepeVVon• Anaphora

– RhetoricalQuesVons– ParallelStructure– Imagery