Many Europeans, including French, Dutch, and British, came to the New World for their own reach such as a settlement. They had to adapt to new environments, learn about Native Americans, and develop new institutions. The Southern Colonies was the first region that these Europeans, especially British settlers, came to the New World for seeking riches, resources, and trading opportunities. And these purposes brought them to settle in new lands. The Southern Colonies consisted of Virginia, Maryland, Chesapeake, and Caribbean Islands where Europeans came for their purposes. The first land was Virginia where a first group of British merchants called themselves as the Virginia Company. This company was divided by two groups. The first settles’ group was the Virginia Company of
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In this land, those people brought useful agricultural skills that led to build tobacco farms. The main incomes received from exporting tobaccos and respectively creating household items. However, the troubles that people in Chesapeake experienced were the average age of these people remained below fifty because of diseases, malnutrition, and warfare (Gillon, pg.54). Some women died from childbirth and incurrent diseases during pregnancy. This short-lived problem had an impact on beginning a family. The other troubles were difficulties in building a farm, which people had to break ground and then plant crops and tobaccos, and women duty. These women and girls had to work hard for their farms and households. They were busy tending garden vegetables, making cider or beer, preserving meat, baking, plucking chickens, turning sheep’s wool, weaving, and fulling cloth (Gillon, pg.55). Moreover, there were a lot of black slaves in Chesapeake. These black people were hard workers and were defined as human properties. For example, Africans were described as slaves and their offspring were declared to be slaves too (Gillon, pg.
In this land, those people brought useful agricultural skills that led to build tobacco farms. The main incomes received from exporting tobaccos and respectively creating household items. However, the troubles that people in Chesapeake experienced were the average age of these people remained below fifty because of diseases, malnutrition, and warfare (Gillon, pg.54). Some women died from childbirth and incurrent diseases during pregnancy. This short-lived problem had an impact on beginning a family. The other troubles were difficulties in building a farm, which people had to break ground and then plant crops and tobaccos, and women duty. These women and girls had to work hard for their farms and households. They were busy tending garden vegetables, making cider or beer, preserving meat, baking, plucking chickens, turning sheep’s wool, weaving, and fulling cloth (Gillon, pg.55). Moreover, there were a lot of black slaves in Chesapeake. These black people were hard workers and were defined as human properties. For example, Africans were described as slaves and their offspring were declared to be slaves too (Gillon, pg.