life in the chesapeake: virginia & maryland
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia & Maryland
Tobacco plantation in Virginia
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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
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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
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Maryland• Proprietary
colony for Lord Baltimore & family
• Designed as a Catholic refuge
Early map of Maryland
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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
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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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