1. The Coming of the English 2.1

2. Land = Freedom Control own labor & right to vote Lured settlers –Access –Freedom dues Political favors –King grants land to companies or proprietor Source of wealth & power –Labor shortage

3. Dangers Diseases Dependent on mother country

4. Immigration Colonies would collapse w/o it England had families go to New World Conditions at home so bad –1607-1700 1/2 M people leave England –Ireland, West Indies, North Am.

5. Chesapeake – VA, MD –Tobacco production –Demand for cheap labor –120,000 (1660) New England – 21,000 (1640) Middle Colonies – 23,000 (1650) Families in NE & Mid. Young landless men

6. Indentured Servants 2/3 of settlers 5-7 yrs Like slavery –Bought & sold –Marriage restrictions –Physical punishment –Pregnancy adds time

7. Freedom Freedom Dues Free member of society Many die Freedom dues too little Many run away or cause trouble

8. English & Indians Displacement –Indians greatest crisis –Not taking them over or assimilation Separate accept for trade Recurring warfare –Superiority & separateness

9. Impact on Indians English trade goods –Woven cloth, kettles, iron axes, fishhooks, hoes, guns, glass beads, copper ornaments Hunting & cooking changes Beaver & deer overhunted –More Indian wars Devastating epidemics

10. Settlers Change Landscape Pigs & cattle – ruin Indian corn & gardens Forests depleted Fur trade diminishes beaver & other animals Indian ones who had to change