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Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia & Maryland

Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia & Maryland. Tobacco plantation in Virginia. Tobacco in Virginia. John Rolfe introduces tobacco Wife Pocahontas teaches Indian method of cultivation Tobacco used for pleasure and medicine in England Economic salvation for Virginia. 1619.

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Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia & Maryland

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  1. Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia & Maryland Tobacco plantation in Virginia

  2. Tobacco in Virginia • John Rolfe introduces tobacco • Wife Pocahontas teaches Indian method of cultivation • Tobacco used for pleasure and medicine in England • Economic salvation for Virginia

  3. 1619 • 1st Legislature set up in Virginia • 90 women sent to Jamestown • Sold for 120 pounds of tobacco • 1621 = women sold for 150 pounds of tobacco • 20 African slaves arrive in North America

  4. Maryland • Proprietary colony for Lord Baltimore & family • Designed as a Catholic refuge Early map of Maryland

  5. Indentured Servants • 3 – 7 years of work • Not allowed to marry • 1600 = 1,500 – 2,000 arrive in Virginia • Mostly men • Irish families • American orphans

  6. Convicts • 50,000 convicts arrive after 1718 • Virginia and Maryland get the most • Property crime • Did not receive benefits after servitude

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