URSI 110--The City

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US: Colonial Period (1607-1776)

Key Ideas:

• Law of the Indies (Phillip VI of Spain)
• Town government
• Balloon frame construction

Context

• Political subdivision
• Geographic subdivision
• Colonial economy
• Military installations (Fort Niagara 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

City Form

• New England Village 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Southwestern Presidio 1, 2, 3
• “American Baroque” planned cities 1, 2
• American Creole 1, 2

Transportation

• Pedestrian city, with dray animals
• High masted sea-going ships
• Dugouts & canoes on the rivers

Public Buildings

• Churches 1, 2, 3
• Government buildings 1, 2

Commercial/Industrial

• Home crafts
• Mills
• Mercantile activity
• Inventions: Franklin stove

Residential/Daily Life

• New England Colonial 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• French Colonial 1, 2, 3, 4
• Spanish Colonial 1, 2, 3
• Williamsburg 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• Frontier housing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 24 May 06