White examines the "middle ground" as both a place (the pays d'en haut of the Great Lakes region between 1650-1815) and a process of mutual accommodation between Algonquian-speaking Indians and French, British, and Americans. The middle ground consisted of creative misunderstandings in which Indians and Europeans attempted to build a set of mutually understandable practices. Several conditions are necessary for a middle ground process: a nonfunctioning or weak state authority, a relatively evenly-balanced distribution of power between peoples, the inability of one side to effectively use force over the other, and the need or desire to interact with one another (such as for trade goods). Both sides then try to engage in practices that the other side might find intelligible, such as European leaders consciously taking on the role of a patriarch that distributes gifts, mediates conflicts, and "covers" violent deaths. Indians, meanwhile, began participating in a market economy, compromised on legal punishments, and submitted to a limited degree to European oversight. The middle ground took place on both formal diplomatic levels (European powers budgeting for gift-giving) and the more everyday scale of individual interactions (sex and violence). People on both sides tried to justify their actions in terms of what they THOUGHT the other side's cultural framework to be (creative misunderstandings). Perhaps the best example is that of how they treated homicide, with both sides compromising - Europeans would sometimes cover the dead, while Indians would sometimes allow for individual perpetrators to be punished.
The narrative arc of The Middle Ground begins with a story of refugees, as Algonquian-speaking Indians flee northward from brutal warfare at the hands of the Iroquois during the 1640s-1660s. This places them in the orbit of French traders and missionaries and allow for the middle ground to flourish. The first half of the eighteenth century was a golden age for the middle ground, as Algonquians developed a relationship with Onontio (the title for a French governor) in which he was expected to act as a father in disbursing gifts and mediating conflicts. During this period the fur trade became deeply entangled with gift-giving, representing a hybrid form of exchange that was necessary for the system to function for both sides. During the 1740s and 1750s the French-Algonquian alliance began to weaken with increased competition from British. White drives home the point that in the pays d'en haut local, village politics were inseparable from imperial politics - instead of a hierarchical system of competing nation-states, the world of the middle ground took place between village alliances, intermarriages, and the decisions of specific chiefs that ended up reverberating across imperial politics.
A good side of the short term is that those who
are representing will have more focus on the work they are responsible for and
will not lose motivation. Another aspect I that with the shorter term more
people will have the opportunity to participate in administration bringing out
new ideas and innovations competing and trying to show the best in the time. A
negative side is that sometime someone can commit mistake which they want to
rectify but cannot due to short term which can be a plus point for long term.
Answer:
14.) they purposely created a weak gov. because of their fear of recreating the tyranny of England which they so desperately tries to get away from. they wanted to give barely any power to the central gov so they couldnt boss around *for a lack of better words* the states.
15.) Shays' is so important because of Shays' rebellion. Although James Madison knew the Articles needed to be completely rewrote, he couldnt voice his opinion since so many others didnt believe him or feared the truth. so when shays rebellion happened it kinda woke up the delegates and forced them to see what no taxing and no central gov was doing to the newly founded country. Daniel shays was the leader of the shays rebellion, a group of farmers and unpaid veterans who needed their money that they rightfully deserved from the war.
Explanation:
I learned this extensively in last year history and remember it almost to a tee
<u>Answer:</u>
The correct answer option is C. To understand what information will best persuade your audience.
<u>Explanation:</u>
When developing an argument, you need to consider the opinions of your audience as to understand what information will best persuade them.
Giving a thought to what your audience has to say will strengthen your persuasion skills and also you will get to know the direction your audience is going towards.
Once you get along with their point of view,it will help you convince them in a better way.
