European parents). Only in Nova Scotia (now part of Canada) did the conquerors expel the previous colonists. Instead they all lived side by side in peace. There were no major civil wars among the 13 colonies‚ and the two chief armed rebellions (in Virginia in 1676 and in New York in 1689–91) were short-lived failures. Wars between the French and the British—the French and Indian Wars and Father Rale’s War—were recurrent‚ and involved French support for Wabanaki Confederacy attacks on the frontiers. By
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the first act of serious opposition to authority in America‚ occurring in Jamestown‚ Virginia. The two sides in the battle were the governor of Virginia‚ Sir William Berkeley and Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon was a troublemaker and schemer and was sent to Virginia by his father to mature. He was the cousin of Berkeley so naturally Berkeley treated his cousin nicely and gave him land and a government position. Virginia was going through many issues during this time. The main issue was economically with the
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expansion of the thirteen British colonies in North America; the Virginia Company of London gave headrights to settlers. Indentured Servitude: a form of debt bondage‚ established in the early years of the American colonies and elsewhere. It was most used as a way for poor teenagers in Britain and the German states to get free passage to the American colonies. Bacon’s Rebellion: was an armed rebellion in 1676 at Jamestown by Virginia settlers led by youngNathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor
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England due to primogeniture laws‚ immigrated to this area for land. However‚ they served as indentured servants for several years of their lives before obtaining their promised land in the New World. According to the Ship’s List of Emigrants bound for Virginia of 1635‚ males ranging from the ages of fourteen to forty came to America for opportunity in vast numbers‚ while a scarce amount of women migrated to this area (Doc. C). In contrast‚ the New England area was more desireable to families. On March
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Outline Chapter 3 Expansion and Diversity: The Rise of Colonial America‚ 1625-1700 The Stuart Dynasty in England Name‚ Reign Relation to America James I‚ 1603-1625 VA.‚ Plymouth founded; Separatists persecuted Charles I‚ 1625-1649 Civil Wars‚ 1642-1649; Mass.‚ MD formed Interregnum‚ 1649-1660 Commonwealth; Protectorate (Oliver Cromwell) Charles II‚ 1660-1685 The Restoration; Carolina‚ Pa.‚ N.Y. founded; Conn
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Movie Extra Credit During the winter break I watched the movie Matewan. It was directed by John Sayles and stars Chris Cooper‚ James Earl Jones‚ and Mary McDonnell. It takes place in the turbulent town of Matewan‚ West Virginia during the 1920’s as heads butt on whether creating a workers union is the right thing. The coal workers go on strike to fight against the hazardous working conditions and low pay‚ but are dismayed by the fact the coal company is replacing them with Italian immigrants and
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access to freedom for blacks. “A Virginia law of 1662 provided that in the case of a child one of whose parents was free and one slave‚ the status of the offspring followed that of the mother. (This provision not only reversed the European practice of defining a child’s status through the father but also made the sexual abuse of slave women profitable for slaveholders‚ since any children that resulted remained the owner’s property.)” (106) And‚ “In 1667‚ the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that
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that were located in Virginia. Chief Powhatan united 30 tribes to form this confederacy. Interacted with Jamestown colonists whom among them were captain john smith. They essentially helped the colonists survived and created the story of
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one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was an exclusively a Southern institution prior to the American Revolution. Obliquely‚ all 13 British colonies in North America depended on slavery. The introduction of tobacco market in 1620 Virginia under white servants to perform the arduous labor. Before the establishment of slavery in 1675‚ only a fraction of plantations held slaves. While most slaves were found in Southern states‚ slavery extended to middle and Northern colonies such as
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With the increase of life expectancy because of better health care‚ less native American attacks and less 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
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