Ap Us History Dbq Essay
AP U.S. Summer Assignment
Mr. O’handley Nicholas West Due Date: Sept. 5 2012
AP U.S. Summer Assignment
Nicholas West Mr. O’handley 7/27/12
OUTLINES CH 1-5 “With the dawn of the 16th century, there came together in Europe both the motivation and the means to explore and colonize territory across the sea.”
-Trade- the concurring of the Inca Empire led by Francisco Pizarro led to the shipping of tons of gold and silver to Spain causing inflation. Also the colonization of the new world led to the exporting of corn, potatoes, pineapples, tomatoes, tobacco, beans, vanilla, and chocolate. Trade also led to the start of slave labor of Africans and the new worlds people …show more content…
The Chesapeake was unhealthy because malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took a cruel toll, cutting ten years off the life expediency of newcomers from England. Life in the American wilderness was harsh. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought over all of them. The Chesapeake region had fewer women and a 6:1 male to female ratio is a good guide, most single men died from disease. What was the tobacco economy?
The tobacco economy was known as the source of income for peoples in Chesapeake, which was mainly the farming of tobacco. The Chesapeake was very good for tobacco cultivation. Chesapeake Bay exported 1.5 million pounds of tobacco yearly in the 1630s, and by 1700, that number had risen to 40 million pounds a year. With these enormous numbers of production, it made the tobacco prices depress. Early on, most of the laborers were indentured servants. Life for them was hard, but there was hope at the end of seven years for freedom. Conditions were brutal, and in the later years, owners unwilling to free their servants extended their contracts by years for small
Mr. O’handley Nicholas West Due Date: Sept. 5 2012
AP U.S. Summer Assignment
Nicholas West Mr. O’handley 7/27/12
OUTLINES CH 1-5 “With the dawn of the 16th century, there came together in Europe both the motivation and the means to explore and colonize territory across the sea.”
-Trade- the concurring of the Inca Empire led by Francisco Pizarro led to the shipping of tons of gold and silver to Spain causing inflation. Also the colonization of the new world led to the exporting of corn, potatoes, pineapples, tomatoes, tobacco, beans, vanilla, and chocolate. Trade also led to the start of slave labor of Africans and the new worlds people …show more content…
The Chesapeake was unhealthy because malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took a cruel toll, cutting ten years off the life expediency of newcomers from England. Life in the American wilderness was harsh. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought over all of them. The Chesapeake region had fewer women and a 6:1 male to female ratio is a good guide, most single men died from disease. What was the tobacco economy?
The tobacco economy was known as the source of income for peoples in Chesapeake, which was mainly the farming of tobacco. The Chesapeake was very good for tobacco cultivation. Chesapeake Bay exported 1.5 million pounds of tobacco yearly in the 1630s, and by 1700, that number had risen to 40 million pounds a year. With these enormous numbers of production, it made the tobacco prices depress. Early on, most of the laborers were indentured servants. Life for them was hard, but there was hope at the end of seven years for freedom. Conditions were brutal, and in the later years, owners unwilling to free their servants extended their contracts by years for small