Sir William Berkeley 1642 o Focused on trade relationship with natives o Was rebelled against Bacon s Rebellion When its all over Native americans were forced to reservations o People get more land Planters are looking more toward African slave labor vs indentured slaves Other colonies o Dutch Henry Hudson ie Hudson River Fur Trade Traded furs with the Indians Settled around Manhattan o Sweden Delaware bay referred to as New Sweden Dutch soldiers take out the swedes o 3 major wars btwn Europe and Swedes and Dutch During 2nd of wars England sends fleet to take out new Netherlands they Maryland succeed o Sir George Calvert died before seeing Maryland come to be Son Cecil obtains charger Religious freedom for all Christians Supposed to be a colony for catholics since too few catholics came they allowed for religious freedom to bring more people Gathering colonists o They learned from the problems of Jamestown Certain amt of what was grown was to be saved to be eaten rest was sold for profit However it was easier to draw common people to work the land o Aristocracy grew Life in the colonies o Tobacco exports Main crop grew exponentially o Indentured servitude Contracts 4 7 years owners provided passage and room and board o Slavery o Women From Africa wasn t a fixed status at the time some Africans became freemen Most people in Virginia were men women outnumbered 6 1
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