The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 123, no. 1/2.
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Summary
The unprovoked murder of Conestoga indians of Lancaster county by the "Paxton Boys" and the subsequent Paxton march on Philadelphia resulted in a pamphlet war described by the author in this way: "All told, more pamphlets were generated by the Paxton Boys activities than by any previous Pennsylvania issue, including the 1755-56 crisis over Quaker reluctance to participate in the French and Indian War or the controversial Sugar Act enacted the same year the [Paxton] march occurred."This article points out the context of the massacre - the fear and anger of those living on the Pennsylvania frontier who believed the Quaker controlled state government was not making an effort to protect them from indian attacks during "Pontiac's Rebellion." She also describes the literary styles used in the pamphlets and the use of British-style satire.
From "Historical Society of Pennsylvania" referring to the Paxton pamphlet war: "Waged in pamphlets, political cartoons, broadsides, and correspondence, the ensuing pamphlet war featured some of Pennsylvanias preeminent statesmen, including Benjamin Franklin, governor John Penn, and Hugh Williamson, who would later sign the U.S. Constitution. At stake was much more than the conduct of the Paxton men. Pamphleteers used the debate over the actions of the Paxtons to stake claims about peace and settlement, race and ethnicity, and religious conflict and affiliation in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.
Summary
Although the United States has always portrayed itself as a sanctuary for the world's victim's of poverty and oppression, anti-immigrant movements have enjoyed remarkable success throughout American history. None attained greater prominence than the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, a fraternal order referred to most commonly as the Know Nothing party. Vowing to reduce the political influence of immigrants and Catholics, the Know Nothings burst onto the American political scene in 1854, and by the end of the following year they had elected eight governors, more than one hundred congressmen, and thousands of other local officials including the mayors of Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago. After their initial successes, the Know Nothings attempted to increase their appeal by converting their network of lodges into a conventional political organization, which they christened the "American Party." Recently, historians have pointed to the Know Nothings' success as evidence that ethnic and religious issues mattered more to nineteenth-century voters than better-known national issues such as slavery. In this important book, however, Anbinder argues that the Know Nothings' phenomenal success was inextricably linked to the firm stance their northern members took against the extension of slavery. Most Know Nothings, he asserts, saw slavery and Catholicism as interconnected evils that should be fought in tandem. Although the Know Nothings certainly were bigots, their party provided an early outlet for the anti-slavery sentiment that eventually led to the Civil War. Anbinder's study presents the first comprehensive history of America's most successful anti-immigrant movement, as well as a major reinterpretation of the political crisis that led to the Civil War.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Immigrants to Paradise: White Women in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake -- Ch. 2. Goodwives and Bad: New England Women in the Seventeenth Century -- Ch. 3. The Sisters of Pocahontas: Native American Women in the Centuries of Colonization -- Ch. 4. In a "Babel of Confusion": Women in the Middle Colonies -- Ch. 5. The Rhythms of Labor: African-American Women in Colonial Society -- Ch. 6. The Rise of Gentility: Class and Regional Differences in the Eighteenth Century -- Ch. 7. "Beat of Drum and Ringing of Bell": Women in the American Revolution -- Epilogue. Fair Daughters of Columbia: White Women in the New Republic.
Summary
The Indian, European, and African women of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America were defenders of their native land, pioneers on the frontier, willing immigrants, and courageous slaves. They were also - as earlier scholars tended to overlook - as important as men in shaping American culture and history. First Generations is one of the first books to examine these women's experiences, to look at them not only as wives, mothers, household managers, laborers, rebels,
but, invariably, as active participants in the creation of their societies. In fascinating biographical portraits and analyses of collective experiences, Carol Berkin conveys the varieties of female lives, separated by class, region, and race but linked by laws and presumptions that defined them by gender.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 524-528) and index.
Contents
Influential historical events -- The beginning in Rechbergreuthen -- Life in Ditzingen -- The trip to the new world -- The arrival -- Settlement in Pennsylvania -- Genealogy of the Hans Jerg Brendlinger family -- Genealogy of Conrad Brendlinger -- Genealogy of Joseph Brendlinger, Jr. -- Genealogy of John George Brendlinger -- The Pennsylvania German language -- Education and technology -- The return trip to the homeland.
