HIST 105 6 6 13 Jamestown o Virginia Co came in 1607 made of private investors o Jamestown named for King James o 104 initial colonists with different occupations o 38 survived first winter o Encountered Powhatten Arrival o Europeans didn t recognize Indian agriculture o Became dependent on Indians for food and profit for investors o Indians responded with welcome Trade o Indians traded furs for tools o This started wars over beaver between natives o Used the middle passage for trade and military strategy o Tobacco is native to America and Virginia used it as a luxury for profit o Sugar and beaver also sent back for profit Progenitor and Entail o Eldest son received all family goods o Other children were SOL o Caused immigration Prospects of America o Potential for land without prior family ownership o England had basically no more land Headwright system o Everyone who came was entitled to 100 acres o 100 if he had a spouse o 50 per child o Extra for labor brought over Indentured Servants o Saw opportunity to gain land in exchange for so many years of service o Passage paid for their services o Gender ratio 6 1 male female o Females had opportunity to marry up o 40 died before contract expired o 75 were young men o Male life expectancy 45 in Virginia For England was 55 o Children born under indentured servants became indentured o Regarded as sellable property Newcomers o Had to take land farther from rivers and lakes o Moved closer to Indians Caveat Emptor o Buyer Beware o If you knowingly sell damaged property you can be charged Caveat Venditor o Seller Beware Antonio Johnson 1625 o Listed as Antonio the negro servant o Married marry another servant o Had his own land and servant later John Punch o In 1640 Was indentured servant but ran away and got caught o His punishment was life long enslavement o First laws applied from this case in 1662 o All children had same status as mother o IN 1667 other laws added Baptism does not bring automatic freedom o From there laws about enslavement cascaded to less rights for nonwhite slaves Bacon s Rebellion 1676 o Rebellion against government in Chesapeake that forced royal troops to arrive o Governors didn t want poor white people to vote against them o So instead of bringing more poor white indentured servants brought African slaves o Color became an indicator of status and signifier of rights Stats o English colonies developed bi racial system o French and Spanish had multiracial all working together and blending o Many political and economic benefits to slavery
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