AP US History
Mr. R. Martinez
23 Sep 2014
Outline
I. Thesis Statement: Although the evolution occurring in the 17th and 18th centuries would lead to diversity involving three important factors: social issues, economics, and politics.
II. Social Issues
A. Young males (Doc C)
B. Stratification (Doc H)
C. Families (Doc B)
D. “Knit together” (Doc A)
III. Economics
A. Individual colonists, indentured servants, and slaves came for riches or new beginning (Doc C)
B. Greed (Doc F)
C. Wage and Price Regulation (Doc E)
D. Order with economy (Doc D)
IV. Politics
A. Governor George Berkeley (Doc G)
B. Bacon’s Rebellion (Doc H)
C. Articles of Agreement (Doc D)
V. Conclusion: The factors of social issues, economics, and politics were the cause of diversity …show more content…
However, over time the two regions evolved into two distinct societies. These patterns in evolution will cause the regions to grow apart and, eventually in the future, rebel against one another. Although the evolution occurring in the 17th and 18th centuries would lead to diversity involving three important factors: social issues, economics, and politics. The first factor accounting for the differing development is social issues. The Chesapeake region was mainly populated by young men (and some women), who are mostly possibly indentured servants (Doc C). Being independent, these people migrated to this area seeking riches or a new beginning. As time progressed, the colonies in the Chesapeake began to disperse creating a social stratification. In 1676, this social gap will spark an uprising called Bacon’s Rebellion. After leader Nathaniel Bacon forced the House of Burgesses to authorize him to attack the Indians, Governor George Berkeley declared Bacon and his followers – land-hungry, white, indentured servants and slaves, who were a majority of Virginia’s