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Chapter 4 - Crude encampments of settlers became permanent - Disease cut 10 years from the life expectancy of settlers - Families were very fragile in the Chesapeake Colony, not many people stayed alive long enough - Finally, more women allowed population to rise in Chesapeake - All settlers wanted to grow tobacco and export it -  Displace farmers were slaves on tobacco plantations for passages and “freedom dues’ - Chesapeake planters brought more servants over so they could claim more land - “White slaves” were more than ¾ of all immigrants - Even after servants released, had to keep working because they had no money - Many freemen looking for land and a wife rebelled against state - The rebels fought Indians and burned the capital - People didn’t want it happening again so looked to Africa for slaves instead - 10 million Africans brought to America in the 3-4 centuries following Columbus’ landing - White colonists trying to get money needed invaluable cheap labor - Began buying African slaves, more black slaves than white after 1700 - More blacks than white in Virginia and South Carolina - Africans forced to cream on ships and traded in Newport, Rhode Island and Charleston - Giant slave market in South Carolina traded for more than a century. - Some early African slaves gained freedom but colonist did not like it. - “Slave Codes” said difference between black slaves and white servants. - Africans helped create a slave culture that shaped growing America. - Slaves helped build our country. - Blacks were easier to handle than white servants. - Southern hierarchy was determined through wealth and land ownership and top guys dominated political power. - 17th Century new English added ten years to life by moving. - Family was the center of life, increasing population.\ - In South, women had more rights but longer life expectancy and North gave women fewer rights. - New England had low divorce rates and men did not have total power over wives. - Puritanism united communities and made everyone care for each other. - Large towns provided schooling and half of adults could read and write. - 8 years after colonies found Massachusetts opened Harvard. - Salem witch trials happened after uncertainty with Puritanism. - English brought live stock and new food to America. - New England had a great impact on America. - Men and women had their own roles. - Equality and democracy in America.