The Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising in Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1676 led by 29 year old planter Nathaniel Bacon. The uprising was caused by thousand of Virginians gathering all with the same resentment against the governor William Berkeley. Many were upset because of Berkeley’s kind policies toward the American Indians. The Bacon’s Rebellion was a major turning point for America in many ways one being forced removal of Berkeley from office. Governor William Berkeley favored the Indians even though
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England. 1607 Jamestown founded 1612 Tobacco made a profitable crop by John Rolfe 1619 First group of blacks brought to Virginia First legislative assembly meets in Virginia 1620 First Pilgrims in Plymouth 1622 Indian attacks in Virginia end hopes of becoming a bi-racial society 1629 Great Puritan migration to Massachusetts Bay 1636 Harvard founded 1650 1750 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion 1686 Creation of Dominion of New England 1688 Glorious Revolution in England 1700 250‚000 settlers in
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mainland colonies? Social Factors T.H. Breen‚ ‘A Changing Labor Force and Race Relations in Virginia’‚ Journal of Social History CHANGE OVER TIME Virginia in the years 1660-1683: much unrest‚ rioting‚ violence. According to the landowners and politicians this was due to “opportunists” (individuals usually) taking advantage of the “giddy multitude” (H.R. McIlwaine‚ ed.‚ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60-1693‚ [Richmond‚ 1914]‚ 73) – indentured servants‚ slaves‚ poor whites and blacks
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Indians couldn’t labor because died too quickly‚ slaves cost too much‚ so they used indentured servants. (Englishmen who fled because of economy‚ or tenants forced to leave‚ etc.) They got some corn‚ clothes‚ an axe/hoe‚ and some land. Maryland and Virginia used headright system (see list of terms)‚ some masters combined the investments and formed gigantic plantations. Chesapeake planters had 100‚000 indentured servants‚ representative of ¾ of all European immigrants to Mary and Virg. Indentured had
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avoid oppressing which is a sin. New England colonies were ruled by Puritans‚ and most settlers were puritan also. They wanted to impress God and carry out his plan of a great land( Massachussets Bay). Document "C" shows how most emigrants bound for Virginia in 1635 were majority men. Men were needed to work the tobacco plantations‚ and help develop the colony of Virgina. " There was no talk. . . but dig gold‚ wash gold‚ refine gold‚ load gold. . ."(Doc. F). the main prioirty of Virgina was to obtain
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New England and Chesapeake Bay. In 1607 the first colony of the Chesapeake region was colonized. Under the rule of King James I‚ the English Settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia was formed. Eventually the Chesapeake Bay consisted of Virginia‚ Maryland‚ New Jersey and Delaware. Men ranging from ages 14-50 began immigrating to Virginia‚ in search of economic ventures (Document C). During the early years of the Jamestown Colony‚ the conditions of the Chesapeake Bay were brutal‚ many died of starvation
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Why colonies rebelled against the British (Midterm) The American Revolutionary War Begin in 1775 as an open battle between the combined thirteen colonies and Great Brittan. The colonies won their independence in 1783 by The Treaty of Paris. The colonists had come to the New World seeking political‚ religious‚ and economic independence. The geographical distance helped to create an exclusive identity for the colonies. Americans felt that they deserved all the rights that Englishmen had.
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ESSAY QUESTIONS USED ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS 1979-2009 The following questions are listed chronologically by subjects. It is hoped that clues as to how subjects in United States History can be presented analytically can be identified by studying this list. Many of the questions required students to compare two or more periods of history‚ and these questions appear in each period specified in the essay. The questions are placed under the titles of the topics I use in my U.S. History A.P. course
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Terms for Chapter 2 Sea Dogs-roving English ships that plundered Spanish treasure ships (1560s) St. Augustine–fort Spain created in Florida 1565 to protect the route of its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners
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African-American labor was beginning to be more valuable than white labor. African laborers were beginning to be looked at as property‚ as well as being treated that way. By the 1660’s‚ the status of the African was an indentured servant was gone. Virginia had begun to make laws‚ which were defining slaves as property. Africans were economically better‚ due to British control of the slave trade making black labor cheaper.# In the 1600’s‚ tobacco became the main source of income for most of the colonists
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