Century. After the abolition of slavery forms of labor that inquired the exploitation of workers remained alive. The most prominent was indentured servitude‚ which became one of the driving forces for global interdependence. The necessity for cheap laborers and desire to strengthen the economy stimulated the exploitation and transportation of indentured servants from Asia‚ Africa‚ the Pacific Islands and India‚ thus creating a self-sufficient and diverse environment in the world’s powerhouses.
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died from dysentery. 3. Cotton Mather – was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister‚ prolific author and pamphleteer; he is often remembered for his role in theSalem witch trials. 4. Indentured servitude - consisted of a worker (the "indentured servant")‚ usually from a foreign country‚ agreeing to work for a specific time‚ usually about 7-8 years‚ to pay off his costs of travel to the new country. 5. Slave codes - were laws which each colony‚ enacted which defined
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AP U.S. History Summer HW Sec. 1: 1. The settlers were finally able to get food when the Indians decided to give them corn and bread. The problems that still remained were that they were once again running out of food and they had no houses to live in. This led to sickness and starvation amongst the settlers. 2. The indications that Smith gave that morale and leadership were problems for the young colony were that their president of the colony‚ Captain Wingfeild‚ was deposed of his presidency
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slave work first developed in Virginia‚ and even though it was the most effective and productive way‚ it was unrewarding‚ violent‚ and oppressive labor. -Many men scrambled for labor during the time of the Tobacco Boom (1620’s). -These men [Indentured servants] would serve up to 7 years in exchange for a pre-paid passage over to the Americas. -A few laborers from
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slaves and indentured servants served an important contribution to the growth and success of the New World. Although Slaves and indentured servants had much in common‚ They were at the same time so far apart from one another. Slaves and Indentured servants are very different from one another in so many different possible ways. What is the difference between a slave and an indentured servant? How do you become a slave vs being an indentured servant? Why was it better to be an indentured servant rather
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disease from mosquitos‚ indentured servants were starting to live longer. Indentured servants living longer meant that more of them would finish their 5-7-year term with their master. Leading to their master having to give them land and clothes. So before this most of the time indentured servant’s masters would try to work their indentured servant to death‚ making them not have to give them any land. Then this stopped happening because people start living longer‚ indentured servants start actually getting
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it may in fact have been a power play by Bacon against Berkeley and his favoritism towards certain members of court. Bacon’s financial backers included men of wealth from outside Berkeley’s circle of influence. The alliance between former indentured servants and Africans against bond-servitude disturbed the ruling class‚ who responded by hardening the racial caste of slavery.While the farmers did not succeed in their initial goal of driving Native Americans from Virginia‚ the rebellion did result
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that came to Jamestown as tough‚ individualistic‚ and willing to exploit people and resources (24). The people of Virginia were willing to do whatever it took to make a quick buck. They exploited the land for tobacco and exploited the use of indentured servants and later slavery to do their work for them. The people that colonized Virginia did not live close together like inhabitants of most other colonies. This was as Breen put it a “cultural phenomena” (25). I think he means that the people
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Out of extreme desperation‚ a Virginia indentured servant‚ Richard Frethorne wrote home to his family who still resided in England‚ with the hopes of getting food‚ supplies‚ or money to redeem his contract to get out of the terrible situation he found himself in. Life in the early 1600’s in England were hard. Not everyone agreed with the King and his religious views and were treated badly because of it. The difference in religious opinions was not the only thing taking place at this time‚ England
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People living down in the southern colonies weren’t very religious. They didn’t care if you went to church or not. They really had religious tolerance. Since the land was great for farming and people had a whole lot of land they hired people as indentured servants to work their fields. After Bacon’s Rebellion they switched over
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