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Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century
Chesapeake Expansion
Short life expectancies and heavy disease
reliance on tobacco industry
used huge swaths of land bc of soil deletion
rich owned most of land
large plantations were popular
created need for labor ie slavery
Headright system: sponsored indentured servants passage in exchange for cheap land
larger social gaps
Bacons Rebellion against Governor after prioritizing business w/ natives over poor colonists
Chattel Slavery
slavery expanded greatly after 1680s
rising wages for servants created demand for cheaper labor
chattel slavery enforced by slave codes
enforced discrimination against blk ppl and their future children
most came from W Africa and across middle passage
as more blk women were brought into slavery family structures strengthened and slave population in NA became self-sustaining
fusion of cultures
purely african american culture diversified from traditional african roots
many adapted to christian religion w/ elements of traditional african
slave songs were disguised as christian songs
New England
stricter family structure and religious life than southern conterparts
congregational church: met democratically to elect reps
puritan church expanded
half way covenent: relaxed church rules
growing popukation remained puritan
salem witch trials
cod and fishing expanded as large agriculture was not possible
did not have a massive slave pop