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The Agricultural South

- A Plantation Economy Arises 1). In the early days of Jamestown, the planting tobacco helped the settlement. 2). The southern colonists had staked their livelihood on the fertile soil( from the Chesapeake region to Georgia) 3). Specialized in raising a single cash crop(Grow for sale not for own use) 4). In Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina - Broad green leaves of tobacco 5). In south Carolina and Georgia - rice and indigo 6). plantation developed instead of towns(south)

- Life in Southern Society As the Southern colonies grew in wealth and population, they also grew in diversity. (Not all group benefited equally) 1). large number of European immigrants traveled North America to search of a new start(17s) 2). Immigrants helped create a diverse population in both the Northern and Southern colonies 3). raised grain, livestock, and tobacco 4). residing mainly along the hills of western North Carolina 5) plantation controlled the South's economy, political, and social institutions 6). tobacco prices had rebounded after tumbling during the late 1600s(great economic boom)

 1). They had only few legal or social rights 2). They could not vote or preach 3). Even daughters of wealthy Southern planters were usually taught only the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic. 4). Average Southern woman worked over a hot fire baking bread or boiling meat 5). Their our door duties included milking the cows, slaughtering pings for ham and bacon, and tending the garden. 6). They were also expected to sew, wash clothes, and clean. (women of the planter class escaped most of these tasks, servants handled most of household chores)

1). Low on Southern society ladder 2). Few rights wile in bondage 3). Significant portion of the colonial population in the 1600s

- Slavery Becomes Entrenched The English colonists use of African slaves(considered the property of others) after efforts to meet their labor needs with enslaved Native Americans and indentured servants failed.

 1). Forced Native Americans to work (difficult to enslave Native Americans) 2), servant population fall, price of indentured servants up 3). Used African slaves (think they are better to make them work in hot climate)

 1). Before using African slaves they used slaves in the West Indies. 2). Imported many slaves in Jamaica and Barbados 3). Africans were part of the triangular trade

 1). The voyage that brought Africans to America was called the 'Middle Passage' 2). Many Africans were dead during the 'middle passage'

 1). Slave owner directed his/her slaves 2). some worked in the house and some slaves worked on the field. 3). Full-time work began around age 12 and continued until death

- African's Crops in Their New World The people who have different cultures and language from the Africa forced to labor in a stage new land

1). Africans developed a way of life based strongly on their cultureal heritage. 2). kept alive their musical traditions 3). dance

 1), Enslaved Africans resisted about their position by many ways 2). some slaves pushed their resistance to open revolt(Stono Rebelliion) 3). there was group of escaping slaves