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19 Cards in this Set
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Chesapeake Region
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[MD + VA] many died <20 b/c malaria, dysentry, typhoid - only growth = 17th c. w/many new men & after 18th c. immunities pop. grows more
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Chesapeake Tobacco
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grew 15-40 million lb. of tobacco/yr. --- lowered prices ---- planted more
labor = indentured servants |
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"Headright" System
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pay passage for laborer ---> get 50 acres of land [ in MD + VA]
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William Berkeley
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VA governor
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Nathaniel Bacon
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1676 led revolt vs. friendliness to Indians, killed Indians, Bacon died, torched Jamestown,
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Middle Passage
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20% death rate, trans-atl slave voyage
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Royal African Co.
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1698 lost monopoly for col,. slaves
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Gullah
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SC black language = English + Yoruba +Ibo + Hausa e.g. Goober, gumbo, voodoo
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Ringshout
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w. African religious dance, shuffling in a circle, used in jazz, black Methodists
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FFVs
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families from pre-1690, first families of VA,
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Social order
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planters [monopoly on politics] - small farmers - landless whites
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Urban prof. class
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emerged in S. e.g. lawyers, financiers
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NE pop. grew b.c
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fertile women + young marriage
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Only way for divorce =
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adultery [whipped + "A"] abandonment,
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Harvard
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est. 1636 by Puritans, oldest USA corp. , trained boys for ministry
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Jeremiad
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scolding parishoners for loosing faith, mid 17th c.,
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"Half Way Conversion"
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partial membership - not yet converted
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3 stages of progress in NE
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to get on, to get honor, to get honest
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Leisler's Rebellion
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NYC 1689-91 led vs. merchants
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