DE History (labor and triangle trade)
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| What were the Labor and the Creation of America | ⚫ Abundance of resources and land ⚫ Problem: Shortage of labor |
| What were the Labor and the Creation of Britain and Europe | ⚫ Abundance of workers ⚫ Problem: Shortage of resources and land |
| What was the solution to the labor problems for New England and some of the Middle Colonies: | LABOR SOURCE WAS THE FAMILY: -Small family farms -Women and children worked -Males inherited land by their mid twenties -Others families expanded into western New England for land OR to escape the rigors of the Puritans. |
| What was the solution to the labor problem in Chesapeake and the South. | First: Headright system in Virginia Reason for its use: -Lack of discipline in the Jamestown Colony -Near starvation conditions |
| What was the Headright system in Virginia | Arrangement-Promises of land if one was willing to migrate -had to pay for passage -Each white male was counted as “head” of family and promise land to work |
| What was the problem of the Headright system in Virginia | Too expensive for commoners |
| What was a solution for the labor problem | Indentured Servitude |
| What was the positives in indentured servitude's | Arrangement-Passage paid for in return for service -5-7 years -Promise of land Who-Many Scots and Irish |
| What were the problems in having indentured servitude's | Temporary and unstable--runaways were common Laws did not always recognize the arrangement Less inclined to do labor intensive work (tobacco) |
| What was the final solution to the labor problem? | African Slavery |
| What were the positives of African Slavery at the time | -Permanent and dependable -Developed slowly (compared to the Americas)- 1600s |
| What region mostly used slaves | Chesapeake Region ((Va/Md) |
| Development of Slavery connected to ____ | Development of Slavery connected to Race |
| What was the time line of slavery | Origins: Early 1600s In flux: Mid 1600s Permance: End of 1600s |
| Early 1600s-Origins/Early Years of Colony | -Status defined by your religion, level of sophistication and land ownership -Africans gained freedom owned land and had servants -Labor source was mix of peoples |
| Mid 1600s-Status was in flux | 1. English view of outsiders as barbaric (Indians, Irish, Africans) + 2. Instability of other sources (Indentured servants. Servants, Natives) + 3. Growth of plantation economy depended on intensive labor First records of Africans enslaved appears in the 1640s Still, many Africans remained independent in Virginia |
| End of 1600s-Permanence | Laws passed insured the permanency of slavery with race: -Status through the Mother’s line -Lifetime status -Conversion did not mean freedom -Limit movements of enslaved/free blacks |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | -poor whites rebel against Va. governor -Refused to open lands for settlement/heavy taxes -Forced poor whites to serve as tenants -bloody rebellion forces a shift to slavery |
| What are some of characteristics of Slavery | Permanent/ Laws ● Viewed as property ● Forced Migration ● Kidnapped ● Africans ● POWs-result of Civil Wars ● Lucrative trade |
| What are the characteristics of Indentured servitudes | ● Temporary (5-7 years)/Fluid ● Viewed as individuals ● Voluntary migration ● Arrangement ● Poor Europeans (Scots and Irish) ● Debtors- encouraged by governments ● Depopulate Europe |
| What are the similarities of slavery and indentured servitude's | ● Labor source ● Farms/ Plantations ● Unpaid ● Harsh treatment ● No Rights ● Runaways |