AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17 TH CENTURY. LIFE IN THE CHESAPEAKE AMERICAN WILDERNESS BRUTAL DISEASE MALARIA, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID LIFE EXPECTANCY DECLINED MEN.

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AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17 TH CENTURY

LIFE IN THE CHESAPEAKE AMERICAN WILDERNESS BRUTAL DISEASE MALARIA, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID LIFE EXPECTANCY DECLINED MEN OUTNUMBERED WOMEN 6 TO 1 MEN COULD NOT FIND MATES

TOBACCO PLANTED TOBACCO TO SELL BEFORE PLANTING CORN TO EAT EXHAUSTED SOIL DEMAND FOR NEW LAND WENT FURTHER UP RIVERS AND PUSHED WEST MORE TOBACCO = MORE LABOR INDENTURED SERVANTS

CONT. HEAD-RIGHT SYSTEM SERVANT WORKERS PAID PASSAGE = 50 ACRES OF LAND 100,000 INDENTURED SERVANTS = 1700 VIRGINIA/ MARYLAND

BACON’S REBELLION FREEMEN = LOOKING FOR LAND / WOMEN GOVERNOR BERKELEY FRIENDLY POLICIES WITH NATIVE AMERICANS NATHANIEL BACON LOOKING FOR UNTAMED LAND 1,000 BROKE OUT OF CONTROL = 1676 PLUNDERING AND PILFERING CIVIL WAR IN VIRGINIA

COLONIAL SLAVERY 7 MILLION SLAVES TO NEW WORLD

CONT. 1680’S BLACK SLAVES OUTNUMBERED WHITES IN PLANTATIONS COLONIES ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY = CHARTER LOST RHODE ISLANDERS = CASH IN ON SLAVE TRADE 1750 ½ POPULATION = VIRGINIA OUTNUMBERED 2 TO 1 = S. CAROLINA

MIDDLE PASSAGE JOURNEY FROM AFRICA TO THE WEST INDIES PASSAGE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT 20% OF THE SLAVES DIED ON THE TRIP

AFRICANS IN AMERICA SLAVE LIFE SEVERE IN DEEP SOUTH LIFE DRAINING RICE/INDIGO TOBACCO = LESS DEMANDING PLANTATIONS CLOSER TOGETHER MORE CONTACT WITH OTHER SLAVES CULTURE GULLAH (LANGUAGE) JAZZ

CONT. NEW YORK SLAVE REVOLT – WHITES DIED 21 SLAVES EXECUTED = BURNED AT THE STAKE SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVE REVOLT – SLAVES STONO RIVER = SPANISH FLORIDA

SOUTHERN SOCIETY PLANTATION OWNERS RAN THE SOUTH’S ECONOMY MONOPOLIZED POLITICAL POWER FAMILIES = FITZHUGHS, LEES, WASHINGTONS DOMINATED HOUSE OF BURGESSES HARD WORKING, BUSINESSLIKE, LONG HOURS SMALL FARMERS LARGEST GROUP HAND TO MOUTH 1-2 SLAVES LANDLESS WHITES FORMER INDENTURED SERVANTS

CONT. SOUTHERN FAMILIES = ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WOMEN MEN DIED YOUNG WOMEN RETAIN SEPARATE TITLE TO THEIR PROPERTY WIDOWS RIGHT TO INHERIT

CONT. FEW CITIES SPROUTED LIFE REVOLVED AROUND PLANTATIONS WATERWAYS = TRANSPORTATION

NEW ENGLAND CLEAN WATER, COOL TEMPERATURES ADDED 10 YRS TO LIFE MIGRATED AS FAMILIES EARLY MARRIAGES BIRTH RATE INCREASED 10 PREGNANCIES / 8 CHILDREN PARENTS / GRANDPARENTS

CONT. WOMEN GAVE UP PROPERTY WHEN MARRIED LAWMAKERS = PROTECT / DEFEND MARRIAGES DIVORCE RARE MIDWIFERY CHILDBIRTH FEMALE MONOPOLY

NEW ENGLAND TOWNS TIGHT KNIT SOCIETY PURITANS = UNITY OF PURPOSE MORAL HEALTH DISTRIBUTION OF LAND IN HANDS OF PROPRIETORS WOODLOT, TRACT (CROPS), PASTURE 50 PLUS = SCHOOLS MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD – 1636 VIRGINIANS WILLIAM AND MARY – 1693 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH GOVERNMENT

CONT. JEREMIAD DOOM-SAYING SCOLDED PARISHIONERS DECLINE IN CONVERSIONS HALF WAY COVENANT ADMIT TO BAPTISM – NOT FULL COMMUNION DOORS TO PURITAN CHURCH SWUNG OPEN

CONT. SALEM WITCH TRIALS – 1692 MASSACHUSETTS WITCH HUNT 20 INDIVIDUALS GOSSIP SUPERSTITIONS PROPERTY OWNING WIDOWS ENDED IN 1693

NEW ENGLAND LESS ETHICALLY MIXED STONY SOIL /EXTREME WEATHER EXPERT SHIPBUILDERS / COMMERCE CODFISH “FISHY GOLDMINES OF NEW ENGLAND” HUGE IMPACT ON THE REST OF THE NATION MOST WERE FARMERS SUN UP TO SUN DOWN WOMEN MANAGED THE HOME (PLANTATION)