Concord:the birthplace of Independence 1825:expansive town, 19,000 inhabitants Ø Economic(thriving): crafts and trade, and farms Ø Political(prominent): shire town, a leading center of Middlesex County Mid-1830solitical and economic pinnacle, 200,000 inhabitants Ø Business:stores, shops and other facilites Ø Manufacturing:mill village, rising production BUT: agood many people were left out of the prosperity w 64%landless vs top tenth controlled the wealth w Tie frays w old workcustoms→modern capitalists w Temperance→abandon the customof drinking with workers →There was nopoint in pretending to common bonds. looseningof familiar obligations →personal autonomy and voluntary choice Ø religiouspluralism in 1834→two existing churches deserted Ø townspeople: promotediverse projects for the common good Ø privilegedclasses: exercised public power
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