American Life in the Seventeenth Century

1607-1692

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

1607-1692

Life in the ChesapeakeLife in the Chesapeake

• Disease • Life expectancy• Population rate• Immigrant vs. native

born

• Disease • Life expectancy• Population rate• Immigrant vs. native

born

TobaccoTobacco

• Tobacco first, crops to eat second

• Soil depletion• Supply vs. demand• Laborers• Headright System

• Tobacco first, crops to eat second

• Soil depletion• Supply vs. demand• Laborers• Headright System

Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion

• Indentured servant to freeman

• Causes• Significant

contributions• Effects

• Indentured servant to freeman

• Causes• Significant

contributions• Effects

SlaverySlavery

• Post-Bacon’s Rebellion

• Affordability of slaves• Population impact• Triangle Trade and the

Middle Passage

• Post-Bacon’s Rebellion

• Affordability of slaves• Population impact• Triangle Trade and the

Middle Passage

Africans in AmericaAfricans in America

• Deep South vs. Chesapeake labor

• Slave culture• Skilled labor and

menial labor• Stono Rebellion

• Deep South vs. Chesapeake labor

• Slave culture• Skilled labor and

menial labor• Stono Rebellion

Southern SocietySouthern Society

• Planters• Small farmers• Yeoman• Landless

• Planters• Small farmers• Yeoman• Landless

New England LifeNew England Life

• Family structure• Population growth• Role of women• Puritan influence• Harvard• Puritan Theocracy• Salem Witch Trials

• Family structure• Population growth• Role of women• Puritan influence• Harvard• Puritan Theocracy• Salem Witch Trials

Still in New EnglandStill in New England

• Geography• Economy-Farming,

fishing, ship building• Culture-Calvinist,

homogenous, WASP from England

• Geography• Economy-Farming,

fishing, ship building• Culture-Calvinist,

homogenous, WASP from England

GenderGender

• Men’s roles• Women’s roles• Children’s roles• Socioeconomic status

• Men’s roles• Women’s roles• Children’s roles• Socioeconomic status

Leisler’s Rebellion of 1691Leisler’s Rebellion of 1691

• Merchants vs. landholders

• Colonial resentment• Leisler’s removal• Impact/significance

• Merchants vs. landholders

• Colonial resentment• Leisler’s removal• Impact/significance

Main IdeasMain Ideas

• Life in the Chesapeake was harsh due to disease for the first generation

• The need for labor in the tobacco fields spurs the headright system, providing passage for English immigrants

• The impact that Bacon’s Rebellion had caused a shift from indentured servant to African slave in the fields

• The Triangle Trade became lucrative, meeting the labor demands of the Middle Colonies

• Slave labor varied from the Deep South to the Chesapeake• New England society was governed by its Puritan origins

• Life in the Chesapeake was harsh due to disease for the first generation

• The need for labor in the tobacco fields spurs the headright system, providing passage for English immigrants

• The impact that Bacon’s Rebellion had caused a shift from indentured servant to African slave in the fields

• The Triangle Trade became lucrative, meeting the labor demands of the Middle Colonies

• Slave labor varied from the Deep South to the Chesapeake• New England society was governed by its Puritan origins