1.
The discussion for this week is on the video clip on New York’s growing trade and manufacturing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The prompt for this weeks discussion is:
- What change described in this video had the greatest impact on New York and why?
- New York Disc 1 06 Trade & Economic Growth in the Early 1800s – YouTube
As with many questions there is not just one right answer, so don’t feel you have to look for one.
Requirements for this assignment:
- Your post should be about 1 paragraph long and is due on Thursday by midnight. (14 points)
- You will also need to respond to one other person’s post by midnight Sunday (6 points)
2.
So first you need to read chapter 6, and then answer the following 3 questions:
- Discuss Turner’s thesis. Why was it a “significant” thesis? What prevailing assumptions did it challenge?
- How is the thesis a product of Turner’s time (i.e. how was it influenced by ideas and events that were prominent around the time it was produced)?
- What was the topic of Thomas Abernethy’s research? What did his research conclude, and what was its effect on Turner’s theory?