Chapter+4+Notes

Chapter 4 Notes 1600s 1619 First Africans in VA 1625 2,000 population 1636 Harvard 1662 Halfway covenant 1670 VA freeman 1676 Bacons rebellion 1680s slavery 1689-91 Leister’s rebellion 1692 Salem witch trials 1693 William and Mary College 1698 slave trade monopoly end 1700s 250000 population 1712 NY slave revolt 1739 SC slave revolt Chesapeake settlers died from many bad diseases Pilgrims relied on tobacco as income and inflation ruined it 100000 indentured servants came by 1700 In 1676 Bacon rebelled with other frustrated servants The “middle passage” was a dangerous passage for slaves In 1750 50 percent of the population was slaves in Virginia The Deep South had a slot worse of labor then the lesser south colonies In NY City in 1712 a slave rebellion led to the execution of 21 blacks New Englanders had no diseases Women had rights to the estate and men were punish for any abuse to women New Englanders were tight knit and has proprietors Education was important and elementary was required Puritans led democratic town meetings that Jefferson appraised Halfway covenant 1692 Salem witch trials Claimed Indians to waste the earth