Chesapeake Culture in Pictures - Group 4 by Course Materials

INSTRUCTIONS

coursematerialbackup — 2017-01-18 02:15:56 UTC

After reading document 3-1 and “Virginia, A Troubled Colony,” make TWO posts:

(Be sure to put your name in the title of each post)

ONE: Choose and post any image (that does not appear in the textbook or lecture) that you feel is a good representation of Chesapeake colonial living conditions.
Then explain:

- Who created it and when

- What you believe it shows

- How it is tied to Chesapeake culture

- Be sure to include at least one specific piece of evidence from the documents.

TWO: Pick which one of your other group member's posts you think was best - make a new post next to it explaining why. Be sure to include one piece of evidence backing up your decision.

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coursematerialbackup — 2017-01-18 02:15:56 UTC

Chesapeake Colonial Living Conditions.

2017-01-23 19:59:18 UTC

Group 4 Mitchell Puffpaff
- Jason Bindewald created the picture below, no date provided.
- In my opinion it shows the death of a loved one, and the people are there to mourn their death.
- This is tied to the Chesapeake culture,death and mortality became very prominent issues in early Chesapeake societies.
- In the article, Jason, provided evidence and supporting detail by, the effects of diseases, deaths in childhood, the effects on families, and religious views of death.

Brandon Eldrdge

2017-01-25 23:15:43 UTC

I found this picture on a website and it appeared Henry Sage was the author but no date was given. I believe that this picture is showing the colonials unloading a ship that is bringing them supplies from Europe. I chose this picture because when i saw it reminded me of the "Letter to Father and Mother". He talked about how they had to wade into the water to unload the ships and they usually came in the winter so it was freezing water temps. I thought this picture was a close representation to what was talked about in that letter.

Response to Mitchell Puffpaff

2017-01-25 23:24:22 UTC

Death is something that was one of the most talked about issues in all of our readings so far. So I feel this is a very appropriate picture to symbolize colonial living. In our reading for this unit death was a common theme. There was a lot of talk about how people were dying from disease or Native attacks. It is just something that was to be expected in this time frame.
-Brandon Eldridge

Logan Maier

2017-01-26 02:38:44 UTC

-This image was painted by Sidney King and there is no apparent date.
- I believe this image depicts a stereotype and a harsh reality for some settlers. The settlers relied on the land to help maintain their colony, but what they took could be considered stealing for the natives. Maintaining relations with the natives would have been essential to survival.
- Richiard Frethorne writes, "...we heare there is 26 of English men slayne by Indians..." Depending how the settlers acted toward the natives, determined how hospitable or hostile they were.

Jeremy Babcock

2017-01-26 18:30:50 UTC

This picture is explaining that their were slaves or even servants working in Jamestown around 1600s' although what they were called was not important until the 1700s'. They were mostly used to help grow the tobacco industry.

The picture was a English Tobacco Label. The picture did not have a date, although the information I found was from a presentation.

- This is part of the Chesapeake because it was the slave trade that was talked about in our lecture.

< < Reply to Logan M.

2017-01-26 19:03:51 UTC

I really think your post was great and explained a lot about how they maintained their colonies. Although they did steal from the natives because technically it was their land first. I agree that if they came up with a plan to share the land or an agreement that fit both parties, it would've been a different situation then all the death that occurred.

Reply to Jeremy B.

2017-01-26 21:04:50 UTC

Logan Maier

I believe your image is very iconic. The explosion of the tobacco industry was unprecedented for this era. Also the introductions of slaves is something that has stained this country from centuries, and will never truly be vanquished from the minds of the prejudice.

Reply to Brandon Eldrdge

2017-01-26 21:18:02 UTC

Your picture describes them well, I remember reading about the freezing waters. In my opinion that would be terrible, and I completely agree that this reminds us of the "Letters to Father and Mother." great post!!!!

Lei Tang

2017-01-27 00:11:41 UTC

The image was created by Anton Hohenstein in 1823. The image is a representation of the wedding between Pocahontas a Native American princess to John Smith an American settler. The wedding came at such an important time because the natives and the English settlers were killing each other a lot and that was hurting both groups. From the picture, it is clear that the Europeans had to create good relations with the natives if they were to survive the land. The two groups, however, had prior interaction in terms of trade, whereby the Indians traded animal fur and foodstuffs for artifacts from the English. They also practiced hunting, whereby they killed animals for the meat selling the fur to the Europeans. The Europeans “bought corn from the natives at a low price than which their fellow men were selling to them” The writer is surprised at the kind of houses that they live in; scattered in such a way that they give them an advantage over any enemy. This became very handy when the peace was finally broken and they had to fight the Europeans. Native Americans were however defeated and their lands were taken, and their culture is almost extinct.

Reply to Logan Comment ^^

2017-01-27 00:12:54 UTC

The comment "<< Reply to Logan" was from Jeremy Babcock

Reply to Logan Maier

2017-01-27 00:20:07 UTC

The image by Sidney King is a clear representation of the conditions that the colonial life had brought upon the Indians. It shows two Indians with bows and arrows shooting at the settlers who are now escaping. It shows that the Indians proved to be more formidable than the Europeans thought, although they had inferior weapons they still managed to kill thousands of the settlers. This is clearly shown by Frethorne in his letter, where he tells of the situation the Indians had brought upon the settlers. He states that “they had killed 80 people” recently and the number of settlers was reducing. “32 left to fight against 3000”. He accepts the circumstances because they were too few remaining to put up an even fight with the natives. The image disproves the theory that the Europeans were completely dominant over the natives.

-Lei Tang