Chapter 04 Quiz Flashcards
Why were settlers in Chesapeake more likely to have a shorten life expectancy?
Diseases such as malaria, dysentery and typhoid decreased their life expectancy
Men found it difficult to ______ and marriages were destroyed by _______
partner and death of a partner
Pregnancies were _____ among girls who were _________
high and not even married
Newborns were immune to ________
diseases
Virginia is _____ while Maryland is ______
1st and second
Virginia and Maryland had a population around the ___________
thousands
Tobacco had ________ the soil
exhuasted
Commercial growers ______ Natives attack for _______
provoked and land
What was the “Headright” system?
Whoever paid the passage of a laborer would be able to acquire fifty acres of land
Which colonies employed the “Headright” system?
Virginia and Maryland
What did Bacon do?
He gathered men to protest during the a session at the assembly to remove the Natives to acquire land and stop attacks
_______ Africans were carried in chains to the New World
millions
By the 1680s, _______ outnumbered ________
African slaves and white servants
The slaves were taken onto ships to cross the
Middle passage
Early slave codes made it a crime for slaves to _______ and _________
read and write
Why was slave life easier in Chesapeake?
Tobacco was less demanding, larger and closer
In __________, a language called _______ was developed
South Carolina and Gullah
Development of the dance called __________
“TheRingShout”
_______ were replaced by _________
indentured servants and black slaves
Religious songs were sung as _______
secret ode to escape
What stopped the spread of killer microbes?
Clean water and cool temperature
In New England, families were required to provide ________ for their kids
education
What is the new arrangement “Covenant” about?
Agreement between the church and its adherents to admit to baptism
________ were common in Europe
Witch persecutions
