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Geography of the Colonies

Geography of the Colonies. The Northern (New England ) Colonies. Geography :. Rocky Soil. Shorter Growing Season. Lots of harbors. Cultural Adaptations :. Cities. Fishing/ Shipbuilding. Small farms (family). Churches Schools Businesses Town Mtgs. Cultural Adaptations.

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Geography of the Colonies

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  1. Geography of the Colonies

  2. The Northern (New England) Colonies Geography: Rocky Soil Shorter Growing Season Lots of harbors Cultural Adaptations : Cities Fishing/ Shipbuilding Small farms (family) Churches Schools Businesses Town Mtgs

  3. Cultural Adaptations Fewer Cities, Churches, & Schools Large Farms/ Spread out on land Cash Crops Slavery Longer summers Few harbors Fertile Soil Geography: The Southern Colonies

  4. Mixture More diverse Costal & Frontier The Middle Colonies

  5. Imagine… • You are an Indentured Servant in Colonial America • Tobacco has become the cash crop savior of the colony • Everyone is trying to make $$$ planting it • It is EVERYWHERE!!!

  6. BUT… • Tobacco is incredibly harsh on the land • The Colonial Economy & Labor Force has become one-dimensional • Education is lacking • Cities aren’t developing • Indentured Servants are frustrated • high taxes • no more land left for them

  7. PRECURSORSTO BACON’S REBELLION • 1. One crop economy • 2. Indentured Servitude • 3. Soil Losing Nutrients

  8. Native Americans • Treaties have been signed • Borders have been drawn • Discontent boils over… • Farmers begin to invade Powhatan Lands to the West • Farms get raided by Native American groups

  9. Cry for War!! • VA Governor William Berkeley refuses to authorize a war • Farmers are furious at Gov’t • In steps… • Nathaniel Bacon

  10. CAUSES OF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Tobacco Price Fall • 2. Lack of Available Land • 3. High Taxes • 4. No Gov’t Help

  11. Bacon’s Rebellion • Led poor farmers, indentured servants, even slaves on a rampage • Makes war on Native Tribes for their Lands • Begins looting wealthy white plantations as well • Jamestown is burned

  12. Jamestown Burned

  13. EVENTSOF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Farmers Start War • 2. Invasion of Native American Lands • 3. Attack Wealthy Planters

  14. But Then… • Bacon dies suddenly • Rebellion fades out • HOUSE OF BURGESSES – VA Assembly votes to lower taxes and open up some land

  15. THE REALIZATION • Indentured Servant Labor isn’t Working!!! • They become free and want things • land, freedoms, rights, money • American colonies need a new & less problematic source of labor

  16. OUTCOMEOF BACON’S REBELLION • 1. Some Gov’t Help • Lower Taxes • 2. SLAVERY EXPANDS IN THE COLONIES!!! • Indentured Servitude will not work

  17. What was Bacon’s Rebellion? • Farmers expressing discontent, making war on Native Americans to get more land

  18. What is the SIGNIFICANCE of Bacon’s Rebellion? • The Significance of Bacon’s Rebellion is that African Slavery was expanded in the American Colonies

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