American Life in the Seventeenth Century
Life in the Chesapeake Disease Life expectancy Population rate Immigrant vs. native born Disease Life expectancy Population rate Immigrant vs. native born
Tobacco Tobacco first, crops to eat second Soil depletion Supply vs. demand Laborers Headright System
Bacon’s Rebellion Indentured servant to freeman Causes Significant contributions Effects Indentured servant to freeman Causes Significant contributions Effects
Slavery Post-Bacon’s Rebellion Affordability of slaves Population impact Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage
Africans in America Deep South vs. Chesapeake labor Slave culture Skilled labor and menial labor Stono Rebellion Deep South vs. Chesapeake labor Slave culture Skilled labor and menial labor Stono Rebellion
Southern Society Planters Small farmers Yeoman Landless
New England Life Family structure Population growth Role of women Puritan influence Harvard Puritan Theocracy Salem Witch Trials Family structure Population growth Role of women Puritan influence Harvard Puritan Theocracy Salem Witch Trials
Still in New England Geography Economy-Farming, fishing, ship building Culture-Calvinist, homogenous, WASP from England
Gender Men’s roles Women’s roles Children’s roles Socioeconomic status
Leisler’s Rebellion of 1691 Merchants vs. landholders Colonial resentment Leisler’s removal Impact/significance Merchants vs. landholders Colonial resentment Leisler’s removal Impact/significance
Main Ideas Life in the Chesapeake was harsh due to disease for the first generation The need for labor in the tobacco fields spurs the headright system, providing passage for English immigrants The impact that Bacon’s Rebellion had caused a shift from indentured servant to African slave in the fields The Triangle Trade became lucrative, meeting the labor demands of the Middle Colonies Slave labor varied from the Deep South to the Chesapeake New England society was governed by its Puritan origins Life in the Chesapeake was harsh due to disease for the first generation The need for labor in the tobacco fields spurs the headright system, providing passage for English immigrants The impact that Bacon’s Rebellion had caused a shift from indentured servant to African slave in the fields The Triangle Trade became lucrative, meeting the labor demands of the Middle Colonies Slave labor varied from the Deep South to the Chesapeake New England society was governed by its Puritan origins