Enduring Vision 8E Chapter 6 outline
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Chapter 6: Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788
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Chapter 6: Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788
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The Unhealthy Chesapeake Disease cut off 10 years life expectancy for the early settlers in the Chesapeake Half the people born in Virginia and Maryland in its early years didn?t live t see their 20th bday Majority of early settlers were single men in their teens or early 20?s Men outnumbered women 6:1 Very few families Later gained an immunity to the diseases The Tobacco Economy Intense cultivation caused the soil to exhaust Caused demand for more land More Indian attacks Prices on tobacco dropped when it became more abundant (1.5 million pounds annually) Caused the need for more labor Indians died too quickly when near whites Blacks were too expensive Used indentured servants Frustrated Freemen and Bacon?s Rebellion
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Masters and Slaves In the South during the first half of the 19th century, an elite group of whites dominated the society and made profits on the labor of black slaves The Divided Society of the Old South Slavery?s existence in the old South rested upon inequality People living within the realm of a slave-based economy were granted status according to class and caste A diverse spectrum existed between planters and field hands The World of Southern Blacks Slaves, struggling against tremendous odds, managed to create a full, rich culture Slaves created a community that made psychic survival possible Slaves? Daily Life and Labor 90% of South?s 4 million slaves worked on plantations with the rest working in industry or in cities
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Southern Society at 1860 Group Size Notes Large planters (1000 or more acres) Less than 1% of the total number of white families The wealthiest class in all of America, the large planters exercised social and political power far beyond their percentage of the population. Most owned 50 slaves or more. Planters (100-1000 acres) Perhaps 3% of white families Usually owned 20-49 slaves. Provided many political leaders and controlled much of the wealth of the South Small slaveholders About 20% of white families Owning fewer than 20 slaves, the small slaveholders were primarily farmers, though some were merchants in Southern towns. Nonslaveholding whites About 75% of white families Yeoman farmers. They owned their small pieces
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