economically. That was the start of the indentured servants for the individuals who could not afford to pay the fare‚ and as a result was paid by the landowners. In return they have to repay by working for them for a number of years. After paying off their time‚ the indentured servants were free.
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With a growing demand for tobacco and sugar and a shortage of workers‚ England saw slavery as the only option. Britain had been colonizing in the new world for many years before slavery became a commonplace in English-American society. In fact‚ in Give Me Liberty author Eric Foner writes‚ “...the shipping of slaves from Africa to the New World became a major international business. But only a relative handful were brought to England’s mainland colonies. By the time plantation slavery became a major
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I. Answer the following questions as completely as possible. Use The American Pageant chapters 2‚ 3 and 4 and any other source you’d like. List all sources after each answer. 1. Who were the Puritans? Why did they come to America to settle? The puritans were a group of religious reformers wanted to purify the Church of England they were unpopular and oppressed therefore they got a charter and left England the king was very happy to sign the charter and get them out of their land. They came
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employment were mercantile‚ fishing‚ shipbuilding‚ lumbering‚ and small farms. They were mainly focused on supporting themselves. Virginia was more of a business town than a family area. The main people migrating there were wealthy business owners‚ indentured servants‚ and slaves. This in combination with the use of the Headright system created many large farms and plantations spread over many miles. The land all went to large rich owners‚ and there was little left for others. The primary field of employment
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inhabitants of the New England colonies from those of the Chesapeake Bay colonies. These dissimilarities include but are not limited to the differences between the social structure‚ family life‚ forms of government‚ religion‚ and the lives of indentured servants and children in the two colonies. The social structure and family life of the two colonies varied greatly. The inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay colonies were never able to establish a successful social structure or sense of family life due
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crop Jamestown found to help them survive.* Jamestown was able to grow fields and fields of tobacco‚ but there was not enough people to work the fields. At first‚ the men of the English working class supplied the labors for the fields. Indentured servants were also brought in to work the fields. But such workers were susceptible to disease and often proved unreliable as they could always choose to leave work behind and return to their people.* In 1619 Jamestown didn ’t have enough white
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region and time period. The differing climates of the Chesapeake region and Deep South determined the crops that would be grown and consequently the severity of slave labor. Likewise‚ over time slavery evolved from a class based system (poor indentured servants working alongside blacks) to a racially based system‚ creating an identity within the slave community. However‚ not only the slave experience differed‚ the institution itself transformed. The transition from class-based slavery to racial slavery
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Max Bender Ms. Rackley APUSH‚ 2A 5 August 2013 Essay 1B: At the beginning of the colonial period‚ many‚ if not all Europeans had started to develop a sense of white superiority. This view allowed them to justify their subjugation and ultimate takeover of the natives and their land. With many similarities and differences between the Spanish‚ English‚ and French methods of subduing the natives‚ including the employment of missionaries and captivation and selling of natives‚ they all produced
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such as indentured servants‚ angry civilians‚ and the United States Constitution. Indentured servants were people of a lower economic class who worked for people of a higher economic background. These servants worked for a given amount of time‚ usually between five and seven years and either worked for money‚ food‚ shelter‚ or freedom. Indentured servants were originally made up of mostly young white males who were trading their time in prison or their poverty for time working as a servant. The
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Migrations Essay From the period of 1700 to 1900‚ long-distance migrations that included the African Slave Trade and the movement of Irish and British colonists to America. After the African Slave Trade was banned‚ the use of indentured servants was put into place. An agricultural famine caused Irish to flee to America. The African Slave Trade was caused by a need for labor in the Americas. The imported slaves mainly worked on plantations that supplied cotton and tobacco
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