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Agenda:

Chapter 3 Review Questions Intro to AP Essays Practice: Dissecting the Question

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Homework: Thursday-Sunday: Read, take Cornell Notes, and define key terms for Chapter 4.

Monday: Read and complete analysis worksheet for “A Model of Christian Charity”.

Tobacco dominated European settlement in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake. How did tobacco agriculture shape the region’s development? In your answer, be sure to address the demographic and geographic features of the colony.

Why had slave labor largely displaced indentured servant labor by 1700 in Chesapeake tobacco production?

Bacon’s Rebellion highlighted significant tensions within Chesapeake society. What provoked the rebellion, and what did it accomplish? In your answer, be sure to consider causes and results in the colonies and in England.

Colonial Regions

Three Types of Charters • • •

1. Corporate Colony

Run by a joint-

stock company

Like a corporation Middle class people pooled their small savings to start a business.

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2. Royal Colony

Directly under the king’s rule • •

3. Proprietary Colony

Ruled by people who were granted ownership by the king The king thought this would give him almost total control.

The Chesapeake Colonies Virginia

Maryland Virginia

• • • Was given to George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) as a reward. = 1 st

proprietary colony Act of Toleration

– 1 st law granting religious freedom – Only applied to Christians; death to any who denied divinity of Christ.

Protestant Revolt/Civil War

– Resented Catholic proprietor; repealed Act of Toleration

2 Major Colonial Disputes in Virginia

1. CLASS DIFFERENCES (wealthy planters v. • •

Bacon’s Rebellion

Sir Wm Berkeley (royal governor) – – favored wealthy planters Didn’t protect backwoods farmers from Indian attacks Nathanial Bacon – Led the farmers in a rebellion.

– Volunteer army raided and massacred Indian Villages – Defeated the governor’s forces; burned Jamestown • Later brutally suppressed.

poor farmers) 2. COLONIAL RESISTANCE TO ROYAL CONTROL

The Chesapeake Colonies: Labor Shortages (tobacco industry)

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Reasons for INITIAL slow growth:

Unhealthy climate High death rate – Disease – – Indian attacks Male-Female imbalance

40 million lbs exported annually 3 Solutions to Labor Shortage: 1.

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Indentured Servitude

Under the absolute rule of their master, who paid for their passage, room, and board, for 4-7 years After this, they gained their freedom, worked or farmed.

Head right System

50 acres were given to: – An immigrant who paid for his own passage – A plantation owner who paid an immigrant’s passage –

Slavery

Bacon’s rebellion demonstrated need for a new labor source—colonists increasingly turned towards African slavery during the 17 th century – Initially, African slaves had the same status as indentured servants (not for life) – House of Burgesses: in 1660’s, enacted laws that discriminated against blacks (treated as lifelong slaves).

INTRO TO APUSH ESSAYS

Three total – 2 hours and 10 minutes of straight writing!

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DBQ (Document Based Question)

First essay 15 minute reading of docs & 45 minute writing time Good news = much of the info you need to answer is given to you in the documents • Bad(ish) news = you need to understand all of the docs, sort them into meaningful categories, & use them to build your own original argument This is the kind of work that historians do Docs = unified thematically and prompt gives a clue about how to look at them Docs = evidence You're going to want to use as many as possible to support your argument