Colonial Beginnings Virginia Maryland Carolinas

Cause and Effect Chains: British Colonization in the New World English Protestantism Queen Elizabeth I Spanish Success in the New World Enclosures Primogeniture English Colonial Failures Economic Depression Joint Stock Company Peace with Spain

Virginia - Jamestown Colony 1607 The Trading Post Model The Death Trap Syndrome Tidal River Explanation: Fecal pollutants Swamps: malaria Summers were the dying time The Starving Time Anglo Powhatan Wars The Survivor Show Model 1500 of 8000 by 1624 The Economic Problems Younger Son Syndrome Early economic thrust Tobacco John Rolfe, Santo Domingo Output ,000 lbs 1627:500,000 lbs Indentured Servitude 3 Schemes 1612, 1616, 1624

Planter Indentured Servant Relationships Planter Negative incentives Use of Force Don’t work well Positive incentives Offered tools shorter contracts Very common and effective Indentured Servant 7 Years No incentive to work hard

1619 the Year of Change The Virginia government model established: The Virginia House of Burgesses - 1st American Representative government Colonial permanency Boat load of women arrive - Changing labor scheme: Shipment of Africans (Dutch traders)

Virginia Social, Political, and Economic Evolution Virginians shared a low quality of life prior to ,000 residents Enter: Sir William Berkeley ,000 Cavalier migration Royalist immigrants Many servant-immigrants ages During this period a ruling elite evolved from the Royalist families who controlled Virginia government

Maryland Catholic Elite Attempted manorial system Tobacco as a cash crop Backcountry farmers - Protestants Gain political superiority Restoration Colonies Carolinas South Coastal West Indies link rice and indigo Barbados slave code Inland North: Virginia farmers tobacco