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New England/Chesapeake SFI

New England/Chesapeake SFI. New England or Chesapeake? What Category? What Document?. ¾ of the immigrants were indentured servants Higher instances of blended families Weather not suitable for farming Composed largely of religious dissenters.

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New England/Chesapeake SFI

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  1. New England/ChesapeakeSFI

  2. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • ¾ of the immigrants were indentured servants • Higher instances of blended families • Weather not suitable for farming • Composed largely of religious dissenters

  3. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • Traditional family structure • ¼ of inhabitants were women • Anglican Church was the official church • Large number of landless and unhappy people

  4. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • Moved often • Many widows, widowers, and orphans • Puritan Church very powerful • City on a hill • Great Migration

  5. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • Headright system • 91% came as families • mostly male, single & young • Uneducated and poor • Halfway Covenant (page 79)

  6. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • Entire congregations came • Easy to organize towns by families • “jeremiad” (page 79) • Shipbuilding & commerce • Slavery takes hold

  7. New England or Chesapeake?What Category? What Document? • “Invented” grandparents • Small but powerful planter class • Disapproved of government’s Indian policy

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