1. 09/01 Bellringer 5+ sentences http://ghhsapush.com/bellringershttp://ghhsapush.com/bellringers Indentured servitude was a labor system whereby young people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years. It was widely employed in the 18th century in the British colonies in North America and elsewhere. What might would motivate a person to sell themselves into indentured servitude?

2. British colonists came to America for a wide variety of reasons: escape poverty, gain wealth, or gain land religious freedom & to flee religious persecution escape violence during the English Civil War As a result, British colonies were very different from each other & were never very unified

3. Looking for gold so they did not prepare to stay long in America; They did not plant crops & faced starvation John Smith took control & forced settlers to farm “He who will not work, will not eat” Located on a swamp Led to outbreaks of disease among colonists

5. No gold was found so…colonist had to find another way to make money Tobacco = $ so… …more land cleared …plantations …workforce Due to the success of tobacco, the Jamestown settlement expanded into the Virginia colony

7. African slaves were transported from Africa to America on slave ships across the “Middle Passage”

8. Virginia was a royal colony…the governor was chosen by the king, but the H of B made the important decisions As the Virginia colony grew, it needed government.

9. Elected leaders were usually rich and did not truly represent poor farmers in the colony Poor farmers, led by Nathaniel Bacon, blamed Virginia’s governor for not protecting them & started a rebellion

11. Separatists = “Pilgrims” the first example of self-government in America

12. Pilgrims faced disease & hunger Received help from local natives like Squanto

13. Boston should be a “city on a hill”