History of the American People to 187716 Sep 2020

Diversity & Tolerance in the Middle Colonies

In this lecture, Professor Totten argues the Middle Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were multi-ethnic and multi-racial societies that practiced more religious and cultural toleration than the Chesapeake or New England. New York began as a Dutch colony, New Netherland, which had relatively positive relations with nearby native tribes. In addition, women had more rights than in English colonies, as they could obtain divorces, own property, and give testimony in court. New Sweden, a Swedish colonial project, was absorbed by New Netherland, Eventually, the English captured the capital of New Netherland, New Amsterdam, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. As a result, the English removed many of the rights enjoyed by women and reinforced slavery in the colony.

Pennsylvania, by contrast, was a proprietary colony run by William Penn and his descendants. This colony differed from others, due to its large population of Quakers, a protestant sect that stressed equality and pacifism. Due to the middle-class origins of many Quakers, the colony quickly prospered. New Jersey and Delaware had large populations of Scottish and western European settlers and had relatively small economies, which were overshadowed by the more powerful New York and Pennsylvania. Thus, the Middle Colonies had eclectic ethnic, racial, and religious populations that were relatively tolerated, compared to the Anglican South and the Puritan North.

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The Communication, Market, and Transportation Revolution

In this lecture, Dr. Totten discusses the massive economic and technological changes that fundamentally altered the young republic in the 19th century.

5 Nov 202129min

The Lost Cause

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the greatest trick ever played on white southerners was convincing them that disunion and the protection of slavery was a good cause and that the the Confederacy ben...

8 Dec 202039min

A Fool's Errand: Reconstruction

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues Reconstruction attempted to bring due process, equal protection of the law, and voting rights to African Americans, but was thwarted by white southerners who attempt...

8 Dec 202045min

The Civil War: The Hard Hand of War

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues both northerners and southerners created false memories of the war that highlighted unity and downplayed the division that griped both home fronts.

8 Dec 202040min

The Civil War A Very Bloody Affair

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the Civil War was a a devastating conflict that killed 750,000 Americans.

8 Dec 202054min

The Secession Crisis

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues elite white southerners reacted to the election of Abraham Lincoln by pushing for secession. This was a rash decision, considering Lincoln never threatened slavery w...

8 Dec 202022min

The Political Crisis of the 1850s

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the debate over the expansion of slavery into the recently conquered territories of the Mexican Cession led to the outbreak of the Secession Crisis and ultimately th...

8 Dec 202038min

The Old South

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the South was a slave society, where every aspect of its economy, politics, and social hierarchy was wrapped around the sinful institution.

8 Dec 202036min