 What are some reasons why you would pack up your belongings and move to another country?  List 2 and explain

Immigration and Slavery

 1600’s-90% of migrants were from England  ½ of those were indentured servants  Poor immigrants who traded passage to colonies for 7 yrs of work  After 1660-English immigrants start decreasing-England’s Economy gets better, religious conflicts diminish. People choosing to stay in England

 3 Waves  1 st came from Scottish Lowlands  2 nd came from Scottish Highlands  3 rd - province of Ulster in Northern Ireland 250,000 Scotch Irish came to colonies  Settled in “Back Country” in Pennsylvania to Carolina

Immigrants  Mostly Protestant  From Rhine Valley in SW Germany  War, taxes, and religious persecution sent Germans to Colonies  Pennsylvania was ideal place for Germans because almost no taxes collected

 1600’s Indentured Servants used as labor; late 1600’s a new labor source is needed  In beginning slaves treated like indentured servants but 1705 changed that  1705-Virginia General Assembly-declared all servants imported to be slaves

 Most were captured in war or by armed men  Triangular Trade  1 st Leg-Europeans traded goods for slaves in West Africa  2 nd Leg-Middle Passage-Took slaves from Africa to Colonies  3 rd Leg- Traded slaves to colonies for goods and returned to Europe

 New England/Middle Colonies-small percentage of slaves  South-majority of slaves; worked on plantations growing tobacco, rice, indigo, or sugar  African American population made up large parts of the population in the south

 Rebellion and runaways was happening  Largest Rebellion-South Carolina Slaves killed 20 whites before defeat  Maroons-runaways who hid in forests or swamps  Spanish welcomed runaways to Florida  To weaken British Colonies  Some Africans obtained Freedom  Phillis Wheatley-wrote poems-1 st African American to publish book in 1767-was granted freedom by owner in 1773