HIST 2055 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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Chesapeake bay: economic reasons, poor standard of living, single men, not much growth due to reproduction, slave societies, religious freedom, diverse. New england: religious freedom (puritans, high standard of living, lived long, large families families, concentrated, rise of slavery force. Slavery wasn"t initially present in the colonies, indentured servitude supplied the work. 1619 first african slaves to jamestown by the dutch. Legal status not defined, first slaves were treated as were indentured servants. Small slave pop, however slave population did not boom until english took over in racism. Slave laws: no sex, no rights, murders ok, cannot testify. 1676 - bacon"s rebellion of 1676 led planters to worry about the prospective dangers of creating a large class of restless, landless, and relatively poor white men (most of them former indentured servants). Changing disease rate (slaves lived longer than indentured servants worked) New england colonies (mass 268, rhode island 52, connecticut 206)
