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1 Colonial Society Defining America

2 Chesapeake Region Unhealthy Tobacco
½ of Va. and Md. residents die before 20 17th Cent. Virginia most populous/ Md. 3rd Tobacco Largest product Indentured Servants (3/4 of Pop.) Headright System

3 Slavery Causes Bacon’s Rebellion Wages rise in England in 1680’s
Royal African Comp. loses monopoly

4 Slavery 7% of Pop. in 1670 50%-60% of Pop. in 1750
Slave Revolts (NY 1712, Stono 1739) Slave Codes

5 Slavery in Deep South worse than Chesapeake

6 Slave Society Speech Music Imported words: Goober/ Voodoo Jazz
Banjo/ Bongo

7 Southern Society Plantation Families Small Farmers
Landless Whites: Former Ind. Servants Few cities/ Poor Roads

8 New England Education Elementary Schools for 50+ families Colleges
Harvard 1636 William and Mary 1693

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10 Great Awakening 1730’s-1740’s Jonathan Edwards George Whitefield
Faith alone can save George Whitefield New Light Style

11 Press John Peter Zenger “Libel isn’t libel if its true”
Freedom of the Press

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13 Northern P S E Middle Southern


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