Lockridge study questions Ch. 1, 3, & 4
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Study Questions for Lockridge, Chapters 1, 3 & 4
Chapter 1
Describe the “communal ideal” pursued by the settlers of the town of
Dedham.
What were the sources of this ideal?
To live by the law of God. That if a man were to contradict any of these laws
they would be expelled from the community or killed. To live in a world where
there was love and fear of God.
What were the tenets of their “Covenant.”
How did it work to realize this
ideal”?
That all men should promise to submit their differences as they delicately put
it. And a little
What were the sources of wealth in Dedham?
How was it distributed?
Why
was it distributed in this way?
How were disputes settled within the community?
Give examples.
Important Terms & Phrases:
Puritan
Christian Utopian Closed Corporate Community
“city upon a hill”
“mediators” or “arbitrators”
“peasant utopia”
Chapter 3
Can the system of government established by those who settled the
community at Dedham be characterized as “democratic”?
If yes, why?
If
not, how else would you characterize it?
Who were the “selectmen”?
How were they chosen?
What were their
duties?
Describe the power relationship between the “town meeting” and the
“selectmen.”
Describe the political philosophy of the Puritans.
How does it address these
questions: (1) why does government exist? (2) what is the function of
government? (3) what is the source of power? (4) what is the relationship
between leader and subject?
What were the sources of the Puritans” “love of order” and their fear of
dissent?
How did the Puritans’ political system work to realize their “communal
ideal”?
Important Terms & Phrases:
“town meeting”
oligarchy
Thomas Hobbes
consensus
“Conservative Corporate Voluntarism”
“organic society”
Chapter 4
Describe the economic life of the town of Dedham.
Did they support a
philosophy of economic individualism?
Were they capitalists?
How did men and women earn their livings?
What opportunities for success
were there?
Were there large gaps between the rich and the poor?
Were
there distinct economic classes or social groups in 17th-century Dedham?
Was there a great deal of geographic or economic mobility in the town of
Dedham?
How did the economic system established at Dedham work to realize the
Puritans’ “communal ideal”?
Important Terms & Phrases:
subsistence agriculture
“yeoman” or “husbandman”
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