HIST 1056/6/13- Jamestowno Virginia Co. came in 1607 made of private investorso Jamestown named for King Jameso 104 initial colonists with different occupationso 38 survived first wintero Encountered Powhatten- Arrivalo Europeans didn’t recognize Indian agricultureo Became dependent on Indians for food and profit for investorso Indians responded with welcome- Tradeo Indians traded furs for toolso This started wars over beaver between nativeso Used the middle passage for trade and military strategyo Tobacco is native to America and Virginia used it as a luxury for profito Sugar and beaver also sent back for profit- Progenitor and Entailo Eldest son received all family goodso Other children were SOLo Caused immigration- Prospects of Americao Potential for land without prior family ownershipo England had basically no more land- Headwright systemo Everyone who came was entitled to 100 acreso +100 if he had a spouseo +50 per childo Extra for labor brought over- Indentured Servantso Saw opportunity to gain land in exchange for so many years of serviceo Passage paid for their serviceso Gender ratio: 6/1 male/femaleo Females had opportunity to marry upo 40% died before contract expiredo 75% were young meno Male life expectancy 45 in Virginia, For England was 55o Children born under indentured servants became indenturedo Regarded as sellable property- Newcomerso Had to take land farther from rivers and lakeso Moved closer to Indians- Caveat Emptoro Buyer Bewareo If you knowingly sell damaged property you can be charged- Caveat Venditoro Seller Beware- Antonio Johnson 1625o Listed as Antonio the negro, servanto Married marry, another servanto Had his own land and servant later- John Puncho In 1640 Was indentured servant but ran away and got caughto His punishment was life-long enslavemento First laws applied from this case in 1662o All children had same status as mothero IN 1667 other laws added: Baptism does not bring automatic freedomo From there laws about enslavement cascaded to less rights for nonwhite slaves- Bacon’s Rebellion 1676o Rebellion against government in Chesapeake that forced royal troops to arriveo Governors didn’t want poor white people to vote against themo So instead of bringing more poor white indentured servants brought African slaveso Color became an indicator of status and signifier of rights- Statso English colonies developed bi-racial systemo French and Spanish had multiracial all working together and blendingo Many political and economic benefits to
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