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Labor in Colonial America

Labor in Colonial America. Indentured Servitude. Focus Question. Describe your ideal job. What makes that job ideal?. Objectives. After today’s lesson, you will: Define the weekly vocabulary with complete accuracy Outline basic ideas of indentured servitude. Colonial Economics.

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Labor in Colonial America

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  1. Labor in Colonial America Indentured Servitude

  2. Focus Question • Describe your ideal job. What makes that job ideal?

  3. Objectives After today’s lesson, you will: • Define the weekly vocabulary with complete accuracy • Outline basic ideas of indentured servitude

  4. Colonial Economics • Colonial economics differed according to the region: • Southern Colonies • Plantation agriculture • Middle Colonies • Mixed agriculture, crafts, trade • New England • Mixed agriculture, fishing, trade • Each required a different type of labor • All were labor intensive societies

  5. The Indenture

  6. Labor and the Chesapeake • Chesapeake had a need for labor • Tobacco is a highly labor intensive crop • Poor Man’s Crop • Required bodies in the field • High Death Rates • Average life expectancy -- 6 years • Impacted workforce • Impacted role of women

  7. Recruitment Devices • Headright System • 50 acres granted to all new free settlers • 50 acres granted to all who brought a settler • Indenture System for the poor • Landowners paid for the journey • Indentured Servants worked for 4 to 7 years

  8. Work Life • Indentured Life was a struggle • Required to put in long hours, week in, week out • Unpaid labor • Subject to the discipline of the landowner (the Master) • Received freedom dues when contract lapsed • 50 acres of land • Clothing, seed, and tools • At some times, guns

  9. Summary • How would you describe indentured servants to a classmate?

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