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Section 1

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Those who paid for the passage of a laborer got 50 acres of land

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Southern colonies social class

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Stono River Rebellion

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1739 - Tried to march to Spanish Florida but were stopped by local militia - 50 Southern Carolina blacks

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Lower social group than small farmers

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Landless whites who were former indentured servants and never got their payment

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Triangular trade and what was traded

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New England families - factors that contributed to better conditions

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- Clean water and cooler temperatures (less disease) - Immigrants added 10 years when settling in New England - 70-year life expectancy for Puritan colonists - People reproduced - Migrated as families - TIGHTLY-KNIT FAMILIES

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New town-founding process

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- Land distributed by proprietors after charter was issued from colonial authority - Moved to designated place with family and laid out the plan of the town - Each family got wood lot for fuel, a tract for growing crops, and another for pasturing animals

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Indentured servants

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displaced farmers coming to the colonies to work for several years and "received" parcels of land and some money at the end (3/4 of the immigrants to the colonies were indentured servants)

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Middle Passage

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- Passage from Africa to the West - The death rate was 20% - Survivors sold in auctions in major port cities

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Slave life in the Deep South

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- Climate was hostile to health - Labor was life-draining - South Carolina rice and indigo plantations - male Africans worked then died - Only new slaves could sustain population

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Economy of New England

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Fishing - cod off of coast of Newfoundland Lumber Shipbuilding - more exports of cod led to building better ships

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Half-way Covenant

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"allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized and thus become church members and have political rights" - Weakened distinction between elect and others - Weaker spiritual purity

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Characteristics of New England families

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- Mothers had many kids - Strong social characteristics - Children received habits of obedience and guidance from their parents and grandparents - Family stability reflected in low premarital pregnancy rates

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Barbados Slave codes made...

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Primary Source

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NYC Slave revolt

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1712 - Death of 12 whites and 21 blacks - Some burned at stake over slow fire

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Salem Witch Trials

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- 19 hung, 1 pressed to death, and 2 dogs hung - Most accused witches came from wealthy families - Most accusers came from subsistence farming families - Showed tension between classes

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Issues with Southern cities

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- Few cities, so water provided most transportation - Economy revolved around plantations - Professional class was slow to emerge - Family burial plots in the South occurred because the roads were bad for funeral parties

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Largest social group

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Small farmers - Tilled modest plots - Owned maybe 1-2 slaves - Ragged existence

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Slave life in the Chesapeake Region

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- Tobacco was less demanding - Size and proximity allowed more contact with friends and relatives - 1720 - female population in Chesapeake bay rose to make family life possible - Procreation of fertility and new imports for population

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Top of social group (characteristics)

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Plantation owners - monopolized political power - Fitzhughs, Lees, and Washingtons were major names in the social class - Possessed Virginia real estate - Dominated House of Burgess - Before Revolutionary War, 70% of leaders of VA legislature came from families in VA before 1690s (FFVs) - Usually labored over plantation issues and worked extremely hard

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African slavery (characteristics)

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- Black slaves outnumbered white servants in plantation colonies by 1680s - Royal African Company - lost charter to monopolize carrying African slaves to the colonies - Rhode Island rushed to trading slave industry - Slaves captured from West African tribes and traded to colonists

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Bacon's Rebellion (Causes, Events, Effects)

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Primary Source Document

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Southern vs. New England property rights

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— South - men died young in South, leaving wife as a widow. The wife was allowed to retain separate title to her property and got her husband's property rights to herself when he died — New England - Puritan lawmakers feared that recognizing separate property rights acknowledged conflicting interests - women gave up property rights when married

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Governor of Virginia in 1676

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William Berkeley

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Leisler's Rebellion

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Caused by animosity between landholders and merchants

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Life in the New England Towns

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- Tight-knit communities - Puritans close together - New towns legally chartered by colonial authorities

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