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Major Problems in American Colonial History, 3rd Edition

This comprehensive textbook is designed to encourage critical thinking about American colonial history. It introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in American history. The third edition of "Major Problems in American Colonial History" presents a radically new vision of the subject, taking a more continental and thematic approach.

Who Uses It?

Primarily, this book is used by students and educators in introductory American colonial history courses at the college and university levels. It is also a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American colonial history, including professionals looking to refresh their knowledge or expand their understanding of historical principles.

History and Editions

The third edition of "Major Problems in American Colonial History" has been updated to reflect current developments in the field. Each chapter includes an introduction, headnotes, and suggestions for further reading. This edition offers a fresh perspective on American colonial history, incorporating new insights and methodologies that are relevant to contemporary teaching practices.

Author and Other Works

Karen Ordahl Kupperman is the author of "Major Problems in American Colonial History." Karen Ordahl Kupperman is known for her scholarly contributions to the field of American colonial history. She has written several books on related topics, including "The English, The Disease, and The New World: An Anthropohistorical Perspective" and "A Pathway to Empire: Panama and the California Gold Rush."

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Hardcover: ISBN-13: 9780495912996
eTextbook: ISBN-13: 9780495913000
eTextbook: ISBN-13: 9780495913017
Loose-leaf: ISBN-13: 9780495913024
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Publisher: Cengage
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
Number of Pages: Varies by edition
Language: English
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The book is available in various formats, including hardcover, eTextbook, and loose-leaf. The eTextbook versions are designed for digital access, providing flexibility for students and instructors.

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9780495913000
9780495913017
9780495913024
0495913008
0495913015
0495913022

Note: The exact number of pages and dimensions may vary depending on the specific edition. This information is accurate as of the publication date of the third edition.

America and Europe
Essays
Karen Ordahl Kupperman, American, African and European polities compared
Juliana Barr, The Colonial Sunbelt: St. Augustine to Santa Fe
IndiansÆ Response To European Presence
Documents
Maushop Leaves New England: An Indian legend About Colonization, 1787
In the Beginning: Tewa creation story, oral tradition from pre-contact times
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca acts as a curer and shaman across the American Southwest, 1527-36
ManhattanÆs natives express wonder at the first arrival of Europeans, printed in 1818
Canadian natives recount their traditions of the first sight of men dressed in iron, 1633
Chickahomy Indians become ôKing James his Men,ö Sir Thomas Dale to D. M., June 18, 1614
Powhatan empire strikes back at expanding Virginia colony, 1622
Pueblo Indians see the apparition of the Lady in Blue and Fray Alonso de Benavides identifies her as the Spanish nun Sor Maria de Ágreda
Mohegan Indians petition the king in their dispute with the colonial government of Connecticut; The ôMajor Partö of the Mohegans protests ConnecticutÆs recognition of Ben Uncas as sachem, 1738; Ben Uncas asks for recognition of his status as sachem, 1739
Choctaw leaders come to negotiations accompanied by women to indicate their peaceful intentions
Essays
Natalie Zemon Davis, Iroquois Women, European Women
Jenny Hale Pulsipher, New England Indians Adopt a Political Relationship to the English Government
First Colonies
Documents
Coronado Explores the Southwest, 1540-1542
Pedro Menendez de Aviles visits the Calusa King Carlos after the foundation of St. Augustine
Menendez encounters Spaniards who had lived as captives among the Indians and finds that female captives sometimes chose to stay with their native families
Don Juan de Oñate describes the founding of New Mexico
Fray Alonso de Benavides Reports New Mexico Indians Eager for Conversion, 1634
Captain John Smith analyzes the human scene, both English and Indian, from Jamestown, 1624
Virginia Company acknowledges that the colony will never be successful without women and family life
Certificates attesting to the good preparation of prospective wives for Virginia planters
Pocahontas and John Smith meet in London where she accuses him of cowardice and lying
John Rolfe reports large amounts of tobacco planted in Virginia, 1616
Richard Frethorne begs his parents for support, 1623
Essays
J.H. Elliott, Imperial competition in the early Atlantic
James Horn, Tobacco and the Peopling of Virginia
The 1630S: The First Great Wave Of English Colonization
Documents
Pilgrim Leaders create the Mayflower Compact and describe the first Thanksgiving, 1620, 1621
The Reverend Thomas Hooker warns of EnglandÆs impending punishment by God, 1631
Governor John Winthrop gives a Model of Christian Charity, 1630
Colonist John Pond writes to his mother and father for help, 1631
John Winthrop laments the growth of competitive economic practices in New England in the case of Robert Keayne, 1639
Maryland enacts religious toleration for all Christians, 1649
A blank servant indenture form, 1635
Robert Cole provides for education and property for his daughters and sons in his Will
George Alsop argues that servants in Maryland have a good deal, 1666
Essays
Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Religion, the Common Thread of Motivation
Lois Green Carr and Lorena S. Walsh, The Experience of White Women in the Chesapeake
1675: Turning Points
Documents
John Easton tries to avert the war by hearing King PhilipÆs grievances, 1675
Cotton Mather describes the Indians of Massachusetts and John EliotÆs mission to them, 1702
Mary Rowlandson interprets her captivity during King PhilipÆs War, 1676
George Alsop argues that servants in Maryland have a good deal, 1666
Nathaniel BaconÆs Manifestos, 1676
Thomas Mathews describes the outbreak of BaconÆs Rebellion
VirginiaÆs leaders appeal to the Queen of Pamunkey for aid
New MexicoÆs Indians Rebel Against Suppression of their Native Religion, 1680: Alonso García to Fray Francisco de Ayeta; Fray Antonio de Sierra to Fray Francisco de Ayeta; Statement of One of the Rebellious Christian Indians; Statement of Pedro García
Pedro Naranjo describes PopéÆs vision and leadership, 1680
Essays
Jill Lepore, John Sassamon Between Two Cultures
April Lee Hatfield, Conflicting Interests in Expanding Virginia Lead to BaconÆs Rebellion
Pluralism: Religious and Ethnic
Documents
Jasper Dankaerts calls on the planter Maria van Rensselaer, 1680
Sarah Kemble Knight encounters Dutch and English in New York, 1704
Per KalmÆs Travels Through New Jersey and New York, 1750
William Penn offers a Prospectus for Merchants, 1683
Francis Daniel Pastorius describes the Founding of Germantown, 1685
Gabriel Thomas promises High Wages and Great Opportunities in Pennsylvania, 1698
Gottlieb Mittelberger describes the system of recruiting German colonists, and the suffering they endured, 1754
Huguenots in North Carolina write to their sponsor, Agnes van Wassenaer Obdam, describing their experiences, 1688
Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg reports on Moravian Plans for the Settlement of Wachovia, 1752
Dr. Alexander Hamilton encounters Scots-Irish colonists
Essays
Rosalind J. Beiler, German-Speaking Immigrants in the British Atlantic World, 1680-1730
Patrick Griffin, The People with No Name: UlsterÆs Migrants and Identity Formation in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania
Expansion in the South: Hopes and Realities
Documents
Richard Ligon describes the beginnings of sugar cultivation and plantersÆ adaptation to the climate in Barbados, 1654: The Sugar Revolution; English Adaptation in Barbados; Treatment of Slaves and Servants
English official Edward Randolph reports to the Board of Trade on Economic Prospects and the Spanish Threat in South Carolina, 1699
Thomas Nairne reassures prospective settlers about the environment and trade of South Carolina, 1710
Indian Trader John LawsonÆs Journal of Carolina, 1710
James Oglethorpe, ôPersons ReducÆd to Poverty May be Happy in Georgia,ö 1732
William Byrd Praises the Plan to prohibit slavery in Georgia, 1736
Governor William Tryon Assesses the Prospects for Life in the North Carolina Backcountry, 1765
J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur contrasts the culture of Charlestown and the situation of slaves, 1782
Eliza Lucas Pinckney on the Perfection of Indigo, 1785
Essays
Jack P. Greene, Barbados as a Colonial Model
Alan Gallay, Jonathan BryanÆs Plantation Empire in Georgia
Slave Life and Culture
Documents
The Board of Trade Seeks Information on the Slave Trade, 1708. Replies: Rhode Island Governor William Cranston; Maryland Governor John Seymour; Edmund Jennings of Virginia
Olaudah Equiano on the experience of Enslavement, 1750s
The Reverend Hugh Jones describes Virginia slavery in 1724
Johann Martin Bolzius describes the slavesÆ lives in Georgia, 1750s
Supplies needed to set up plantation, including enslaved women and men, cattle, and equipment, along with the work the slaves will do
Slave woman listed as
schoolÆs endowment in Virginia
Advertisement for sale of enslaved girl named Esther
Essays
Ira Berlin, Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society
Jennifer L. Morgan, Enslaved womenÆs labor
Religious Awakenings
Documents
Benjamin Franklin listens to his Friend George Whitefield, 1739
Nathan Cole Describes the Crowds Going to Hear Whitefield at Middletown, 1740
George Whitefield describes the mixed congregations he preached to
Jonathan Edwards describes the awakening in his congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts
Sarah Pierpont EdwardsÆs own account of her religious experience
Susannah AnthonyÆs description of her religious conversion, ca. 1740s
Gilbert Tennent Presents The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, 1740
Newspaper Account of the Expulsion of James Davenport, 1742
John MarrantÆs narrative of his conversion
Joseph Fish Reveals the Activities of Samuel Niles, Narragansett New Light Preacher, 1765
The Reverend Charles Woodmason Views the Backcountry in the 1760s
Essays
Frank Lambert, George Whitefield, the Grand Itinerant
Catherine Brekus, Euroamerican WomenÆs and MenÆs Experiences in the Great Awakening
Frank Lambert, African-AmericansÆ Experience of the Revivals
Changing Relationships Within the Empire
Documents
James Blair tells the Bishop of London of the MinistersÆ Persecution in Virginia, 1704
Several ministers in New Jersey attest to their suffering and ask for a bishop to protect them, 1714
The Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts on Massachusetts Governor DudleyÆs treatment of Anglicans, 1713
Governor Dudley presents his defense and counter-accusations, 1714
Governor Bellomont of New York writes home of his money problems and the dishonest ways of the colonists he is forced to deal with, 1700
Commissioner William Stephens describes his meeting with Coosaponakeesa
Mary Musgrove BosomworthÆs statement to Col. Alexander Heron and HeronÆs reply
Statement of sovereignty by Georgia Indian leaders, 1747
Essays
Alison M. Olson, Transatlantic interest groups and the colonial governors
Julie Anne Sweet, Mary Musgrove maneuvers between empires
New Realities in the Backcountry
Documents
Conrad Weiser describes Madame Montour, 1737
Moravian Leader Count Zinzendorf records his impressions of Madame Montour and Andrew Montour, 1742
Mary Jemison recounts her experience of capture and adoption as a Seneca, 1755
Albany Plan of Union, 1754
Sir William Johnson confers with Iroquois leaders, 1762
Virginia Governor Spotswood describes plans for defense of the frontier and settling colonistsÆ grievances, 1713, 1714, 1720
Multiple versions of Teedyscung speaking to a treaty negotiations, July 28, 1756
A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown. With Some Observations on the Same, 1764
The Apology of the Paxton Volunteers addressed to the candid and impartial World
Essays
James H. Merrell, Reading Andrew Montour
Nicole Eustace, The Sentimental Paradox: Humanity and Violence on the Pennsylvania Frontier
The Market Economy in Port Cities
Documents
A Connecticut farmer deals with the market
Benjamin Franklin Advises Readers How to Get On in Philadelphia, c. 1730-c. 1750
Letter from a Widow on The Abuses of the Road, and City-Watch December 14, 1752
Club of widowed matrons meets to send their thanks for publishing letter
Will of Margrieta van Varick, New York merchant, 1695
A Brief Consideration of New-York, with respect to its natural Advantages: Its Superiority in several Instances, over some of the neighbouring Colonies, January 18, 1753
Self-fashioning by servants and the enslaved to free themselves from servitude
Essays
Serena R.Zabin, New York as a commercial center and womenÆs roles in trade
David Waldstreicher, Unfree workers take advantage of their economic experience to free themselves
Empires, European and American, Compete for Control of North America
Documents
Missionary David Brainerd describes his encounter with a Delaware prophet, 1745
James Kenny dreams of new relationships on the frontier at the end of the French and Indian War
NeolinÆs journey to the Master of Life, described in 1763
Robert Navarre describes the suffering of beseiged Detroit
Royal proclamation of 1763 prohibiting movement of settlers into the trans-Appalachian West
Essays
Gregory E. Dowd, The IndiansÆ Great Awakening and PontiacÆs War
Fred Anderson, The Consequences of Victory
Colonial America at Mid-Century
Documents
Jean-Bernard Bossu advises newcomers on the way to health in Louisiana, 1762
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Surveys the Variety of Pennsylvania, 1744
Pelatiah Webster Describes the Uniqueness of Charleston, 1763
Janet Schaw Visits Wilmington, North Carolina, 1774
William Eddis praises the society of Annapolis, Maryland and speculates on the fate of American Indians, 1771
Essays
T. H. Breen, Consumption, Anglicization, and the Formation of American Identity
John M. Murrin, The Dilemma of American National Identity
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