What was happening to the right to vote in the first half of the 19th Century? Is it likely that the newly enfranchised voters would have differences in concerns from those who had already been voting? Due to what factors? Find a partner and address how you think about these hypothetical voters in 1828. Identify whether each individual would have been enfranchised after 1800, disenfranchised after 1800, or enfranchised before 1800. What are the likely differences in the concerns of each that might affect voting?
A NJ widow whose husband left her a fortune and a successful shipbuilding business
A NJ tradesman who makes inexpensive chairs by hand in a home-based manufacturing business. His clients often pay with goods and/or services. The tradesman rents his modest home very inexpensively.
A wealthy NJ male who owns a profitable shipbuilding business after inheriting if from his father 5 years earlier.
A NJ tradesman whose home-based blacksmithing business finally turned highly profitable six years ago, at which time he began to buy up property.
A free African-American male from MA who owns a successful lumber yard.
LEQ Analysis: Evaluate the extent to which ideas of self-government influenced American colonial reaction to British imperial authority in the period from 1754 to 1776. We will work together to read and review responses.