Chesapeake Area
What is the number of men to women in the early Chesapeake colony?
Where the majority of slaves came from?
What is West Africa?
Families who were established in Virginia before 1690 and 70% of leaders in Virginia were part of these
Who were the FFV's?
This united the New England colonies and gave them a purpose.
What is Puritanism?
Most children did not have one of these in the early Chesapeake colony.
What is a grandparent?
The largest slave port in the South.
What is Charleston?
Average lifespan in New England.
What is 70 years old?
The center of town in most towns in New England.
What was the Meetinghouse?
Virginia and Maryland had a this system to encourage indentured servants, meaning that if they worked for a certain period of time, they were able to acquire 50 acres of land.
What is the headright?
These plantations were a little easier, closer together, and allowed for some intermingling of the slaves.
What are Tobacco plantations?
Most colonists were this and lived according to the cycles of daylight and the seasons.
What are farmers?
Most people/communities in New England had what type of political views.
What is democratic?
Another system was abusive in nature, as indentured servants who misbehaved could be punished with extended work time.
what is "freedom dues"?
Laws that kept slaves in line and stated that slaves and the children of slaves were property of the slave owners.
What are slave codes?
The average colonists was more what than their European counterparts.
What is affluent?
This was not profitable on the small farms of New Enlgand.
What is slavery?
This crop deteriorated the soil and caused farmers to need more land which lead to more encroachment on the native lands.
What is tobacco?
Slaves revolted in 1739 and tried to march to Spanish Florida but were stopped by the local military
What was the Stono Rebellion?
When governor berkeley refused to do something about attacks from natives, it led the freedmen of Virginia to this.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
People in New England became experts in these 2 things.
What is shipbuilding and commerce?