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    Flintoff  a) Yeoman who wanted to become rich slaveholding cotton planter‚ kept diary of his attempts  b) Demonstrated that one could move in and out of slaveholding‚ he could not achieve cotton planter class  6) Ferdinand L. Steel  a) Young man who tried to enter market economy‚ failed‚ and ended up becoming a minister  b) More typical yeoman‚ never came close to owning a slave and at the mercy of markets  7) landless

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    views of having an industrial and urban society. Jefferson envisioned for the country‚ an “agrarian society of independent farmers.” Under Jefferson‚ the Democratic-Republican Party urged strict construction of the Constitution. Hamilton’s proposals were claimed to be unconstitutional. Jefferson promoted state’s rights and the importance of yeoman farmers over merchants‚ industrialists‚ and bankers. Jefferson opposed Hamilton’s high tariff policies‚ the national bank‚ national

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    Moses An Per. 8 10/7/11 American Pageant Chap. 4 Yeoman farmers- Minor landowners who were prosperous farmers. Headright system- A legal land grant of 50 acres to any settler who brought over a servant worker. Gullah- African Americans who lived in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia. Proprietors- People who had the exclusive right or title to something Halfway Covenant- A form of partial church membership that enabled less faithful believers‚ children and grand

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    16th & 17th Century European Colonizing Efforts European Nation Geographical Range of Colonies Widest range of colonization‚ from the tip of South America to the current American southwest and throughout the Caribbean Sea. Emphasis/Focus of Colonies Early attempts at discovering rich Indian cities diminished by 1560 as Spanish sought to defend their colonies and pacify tribes through Franciscan missionary efforts. Portugal Brazil The Netherlands New York‚ Delaware

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    White politicians‚ many of whom were former yeoman‚ were the biggest supporters of white superiority and a continuation of slavery. This was due to their failed plans “to translate successes here into social or economic gains”. Many years later‚ after Reconstruction‚ the Redeemers‚ who were Southern capitalist Whigs‚ pushed hard for industry and left black and white farmers behind. This gave rise to the Populist movement‚ which included both whites and blacks

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    Chapter 7 Crash Course Notes 39 Key Tenets of Jefferson Democracy – the yeoman farmer best exemplifies virtue and independence from the corrupting influences of cities‚ bankers‚ financiers‚ and industrialists; the principle of states’ rights is proclaimed in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions; The Alien and Sedition Acts violated the principle that: freedom of speech and the press are essential rights‚ since government must be closely watched. 39 The Louisiana Purchase – to acquire the port

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    During the seventeenth century‚ in response to the change of; environment‚ social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from

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    * The nobility consisted of the dukes‚ earls and barons. The nobility would be called upon to muster up armies in times of war. * The gentry consisted of the Yeoman or farmers. * The church was also very powerful in Tudor times until King Henry VIII broke away from the Holy Roman Catholic Church. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT * There were many different forms of execution and torture during the Tudor era such

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    In 1803‚ the United Sates President Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana and started to expand the territory of the United States. During 1803 to 1850‚ the U.S continued to expand‚ and the expansion is called “The Westward Expansion of the United States”. The forefathers decided to expand their territory due to their wish to start new lives‚ their belief in “Manifest Destiny”‚ and their desire to spread slavery. To begin with‚ on no account should we ignore the fact that lands are essential to a

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    society around them1; they were eager to demonstrate their liberation from the harsh living situations‚ and extreme rules and regulations they were accustomed to while going through slavery. Goals were set to become farmers or/also called “Yeoman Farmers‚” meaning a small independent farmer through family owned labor. A Baptist minister by the name of Garrison Frazier‚ who purchased the freedom of himself and his wife in 1856‚ was chosen to express the common sentiments upon the matters of freedmen in

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