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Chapter Four
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From 1607-1692 what regional differences continued to crystallize in the colonies.
What ravaged early settlers?
What was the cash crop of the Chesapeake, and who cultivated it?
What were freedom dues?
What was the headright system? Who did it benefit?
Who participated in Bacon’s rebellion? Why?
What roles did Nathaniel Bacon, Governor Berkeley, the “rabble” , and the gentry of Virginia play in
Bacon’s rebellion.
After the rebellion where did lordly planters look for new labor?
When did the slave trade start in earnest?
What colony monopolized the slave trade?
What was the Middle Passage?
When did the first slave codes appear and what did they say?
What was a “chattel”?
What two “categories” modeled the American slave system? Explain.
Be sure to read Makers of America: From Africa to America
Because of horrific working conditions, what sustained the slave population?
What is Gullah?
What was the Stono River Rebellion?
Who was at the top of the Southern social pyramid and so on down to the bottom? ( 5 groups in total)
Who is left off the pyramid?
How long did New Englanders live? Why was this age expectancy longer than the Chesapeake area?
What was a typical “New England” family like, especially for women?
What did a “proprietary” town look like?
What was the first colony in the colonies? Why was it founded?
What was the New England showcase of democracy?
What was a Puritan jeremiad?
What was the Half Way Covenant? How did it eventually weaken the Congregational church?
What was the Salem Witch Trial all about?
What does the metaphor “witch hunting” refer mean?
How did stones and rocks and weather impact New England?
What did hardy New Englanders experts in doing?
What were the real gold mines of New England?
What was “Yankee ingenuity”?
What was a typical work day like for men, woman and children?
What was Leisler’s Rebellion?