HSTY2034: US History to 1865 24 March, 2004

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HSTY2034 US History to 186524 March, 2004

• Settling the Chesapeake

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Outline 1

• From instability to stability
• Virginia Company settle Jamestown (charter
  colony, est 1607)
• Initial autocratic rule
• Growing liberalism in land policies and govt.
• Introduction of tobacco
• Founding of Maryland (proprietary colony, est
  1632)

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Jamestown Colony
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Outline 2

• Social Relations
• - Indentured servants slaves
• Fluid color line
• Common planters
• Great planters

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Outline 3

• Social Transformation
• Growing disaffection among servants and common
  planters
• Great planters employ new means to gain wider
  support
• Transition to slave society

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Lucy Randolph Burwell 1744-1802
William Byrd II 1674-1744