Semester Dos, Blog Quatro

I would want to live in Plymouth, Virginia. I want to live there because Virginia was one of the richest most influential states out of the 13. I would probably be a philosopher that worked closely with people that were making the constitution. I would be interacting with very educated men that were about to be major players in shaping america. My day to day activities would probably be having conversations about how to shape the country.

I would not want to live on Roanoke island, in the research camp. This is because my daily life would consist of trying to figure out how to better protect and mine copper, whilst protecting the camp from the natives. I would be around a lot of mines and militia men, i would also be around scientists that were trying to better refine copper. I think it would be a very stressful unhappy life which consisted of mostly fighting Indians.

Semester Dos, Blog Tres

Education in the colonial varied from state to state, Massachusetts had a system that was for rich white folk. Both women and men were permitted into the very few schools that the state had. The schools were all privately owned so you needed to come from an upper class family. If you did not come from a rich family then you were sent into an apprenticeship to make sure you could survive colonial life. In school children were taught reading, writing, simple math, and prayers. After the basic schooling they were prepared for life on a plantation, men were taught to keep one running and women were taught how to be the housemaid. Papers and textbooks were very expensive but the ones that you would be able to get bath then would be; the bible, a primer, and a hornbook.

http://www.chesapeake.edu/Library/EDU_101/eduhist_colonial.asp

Semester Dos, Blog Post Numero Dos

I think what stands out to me the most is how much we are going into how to interpret history and not so much the history. I have never had this kind of historical readings, it has always been, this happened this way and because of this something happened. It has never really been how to interpret history correctly.