Slavery vs Indentured Servitude
Name two ways white indentured servitude was different than African indentured servitude?
1) Longer years of service
2) African servitude was forced from the start
3) Harsher treatment
This colony led in the production of rice
Carolinas
This crop was vital for most Native American communities in both north and south America
Corn
What were the aims of the French settlements in North America?
Fur trading
How did the goals of founders of Jamestown differ from Plymouth?
Jamestown= gold-wealth- males
Plymouth= strict religious community (theocracy)- wealth- families
Describe the individuals that African kingdoms sold into slavery to Europeans.
Criminals, captives/conquered
Name two characteristics of Quakers
1) Pacifism
2) Increased opportunities for women (job/church)
3) Religious tolerance
4) Education
Puritans established this college
Harvard
Explain what is meant by the "black legend"?
This was a tale about how the Spanish were a power hungry conquering empire with brutal treatment of the natives.
What was John Smith's importance to Jamestown?
He instituted "no work, no eat" policy, discipline and leadership
This event could be argued as beginning of Virginia becoming a slave society
Bacon's Rebellion
George Oglethorpe founded this colony?
Georgia
What is Maryland's economy based on and views on religion?
Tobacco, tolerant, Calvert was Catholic
What is a mestizo?
Child of a Spaniard and native American
Who was Anne Hutchinson, what happened to her and why?
Puritan minister in Massachusetts
Banished from Massachusetts
Spoke against the Puritan leadership- held meetings in her house illegally
The slaves were captured and stopped by militia before reaching Spanish Florida
Who was Roger Williams?
Banished from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island
What was a difference between Native American cultures and Europeans?
Native Americans
-Women had leadership roles
-Land was not "owned"
-Women owned property
Name two ways the Spanish differed from the French, Dutch & English in colonization?
1) Extensive enslavement of Natives
2) Wealthy Spanish government officials given plantations (encomienda system)
3) Aggressive military force
This cash crop saved Jamestown....what did this development lead to?
Tobacco
indentured servitude
Name at least three legal changes to early colonial slavery that created the newer slave society
1) life long servitude
2) servitude was passed down to the child
3) Christians can own Christians
4) Could not assemble without a white
5) Could not possess a firearm
6) Could not read or write
What were the navigation acts?
Prevented the colonies from trading with other European nations
What was the headright system?
If one could pay for their passage to the colonies they would receive land
This group of Native Americans pulled off a successful revolt against the Spanish?
Pueblo
What defined a "freeman" in Massachusetts?
A male, land owning, Church member