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Chapter 4

1) **The Unhealthy Cheasapeake** > a) Cheasapeake Settlers >> i) very short life expectancy >> ii) Men outnumbered women >> iii) most brides were pregnant before wedding

2) **The Tobacco Economy** > a) tobacco industry >> i) planted before corn >> ii) risked Indian attack for land >> iii) ships hauled 1.5 million pounds > b) headright system >> i) indentured servants >> ii) 50 acres of land per person >> iii) freedom dues >>> (1) corn >>> (2) clothing >>> (3) maybe land

3) **Frustrated Freemen and Bacon's Rebellion** > a) Nathaniel Bacon >> i) resented Gov. Berkley's love of N.A.'s >> ii) attacked Indians >> iii) died of disease

4) **Colonial Slavery** > a) slavery >> i) 400000 went to North America >> ii) 1710- 10000 slaves >> iii) discrimination black=property

5) **Africans in America** > a) cultures blend >> i) Gullah= blended language >> ii) African contributes >>> (1) jazz >>> (2) dance >> iii) African labor improved socitey

6) **Southern Society** > a) planters ruled economy and politics > b) social classes >> i) plantation owners >> ii) small farmers >> iii) landless whites >> iv) slaves and indentured servants

7) **New England Family** > a) Life >> i) clean air/ water >> ii) long life expectancy >> iii) high birth rate > b) Marriage >> i) divorce rare >> ii) widow's rights

8) **Life in New England Towns** > a) Organized >> i) Town Fathers recieved land grant > b) Puritans ran churches

9) **The Half Way Covnent and the Salem Witch Trials** > a) Half Way Covnant >> i) baptized= allowed in church >> ii) baptisims given out like flyers >> iii) less pure church > b) Witch Trials >> i) 20 people killed >> ii) ended after gov.'s wife accused

10) **New England Way of Life** > a) Farms >> i) rocky soil >> ii) no money for slaves > b) Livestock >> i) pigs >> ii) horses >> iii) cattle >> iv) sheep > c) Mercanitle >> i) shipbuilding >> ii) commerce

11) **The Early Settler's Days and Ways** > a)Way of Life >> i) depends on season, climate, location > b) Jobs >> i) men >>> (1) feilds >>> (2) outside chores >> ii) women >>> (1) cooking >>> (2) inside chores >>> (3) children