The life expectancy in the South at the time was ten years less than in England; half of the people born in these colonies did not make it see their twentieth birthday. The deadly disease that swept through the colonies and the constant breaking up of families led to the high mortality rates and the quality of life being very poor at this time.
Since African slaves were too expensive at the time, and England had a surplus of workers, these men came over to America to be indentured servants. They worked for their masters in exchange for a trip across the Atlantic, an ax, a hoe, a barrel of corn, some clothes, and possibly a small piece of land.
Bacon resented Berkley due to his friendly policies towards Indians. Bacon’s Rebellion caused resented …show more content…
This was different in the Chesapeake region as they large expanses of fertile soil made it possible for the new settlements to be chosen in a more random fashion in comparison to the positioning of New England colonies.
The role of education was taking seriously in New England, with towns with more than fifty families being required to provided elementary education, and Massachusettes’ Harvard College was established only six years after the colony was founded. The South was not as focused on education due to the fact that farming was the center of their societies, therefore parents would rather have their children work in the field than go to school. This philosophy is evident in the fact that Virginia’s first college, William, and Mary was established in 1693, eighty-six years after the colony was founded.
Thomas Jefferson stated that town meetings are “the best school of political liberty the world ever saw”. This is true because before town meeting came about the common man could not speak his mind, now with town meetings landowning white men had the ability to help chose a new school teacher, and express their opinions on town projects. Town meetings helped unite the community by giving people the opportunity to speak their
Since African slaves were too expensive at the time, and England had a surplus of workers, these men came over to America to be indentured servants. They worked for their masters in exchange for a trip across the Atlantic, an ax, a hoe, a barrel of corn, some clothes, and possibly a small piece of land.
Bacon resented Berkley due to his friendly policies towards Indians. Bacon’s Rebellion caused resented …show more content…
This was different in the Chesapeake region as they large expanses of fertile soil made it possible for the new settlements to be chosen in a more random fashion in comparison to the positioning of New England colonies.
The role of education was taking seriously in New England, with towns with more than fifty families being required to provided elementary education, and Massachusettes’ Harvard College was established only six years after the colony was founded. The South was not as focused on education due to the fact that farming was the center of their societies, therefore parents would rather have their children work in the field than go to school. This philosophy is evident in the fact that Virginia’s first college, William, and Mary was established in 1693, eighty-six years after the colony was founded.
Thomas Jefferson stated that town meetings are “the best school of political liberty the world ever saw”. This is true because before town meeting came about the common man could not speak his mind, now with town meetings landowning white men had the ability to help chose a new school teacher, and express their opinions on town projects. Town meetings helped unite the community by giving people the opportunity to speak their