HIST 1376- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
13 Oct 2017
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Negroes : some of them were indentured, some ended up free, some in slavery, william byrd ii, had a diary about his wife. Formation of african american culture: cultural creolization, 1690-1740 great magnitude of slave importation, social con icts between blacks, pidgin language: provided some unity, most plantations had 10 slaves or less, complete slave family was uncommon. Colonial governments and societies in flux: background, precedent: the act of doing or saying something then people just doing it; freemen, the king only taxed with the permission of parliament, parliament had nancial power over the king. Maryland: general assembly (1635, under the control of lord baltimore: interested in a pro table colony and a safe haven, protestants and catholics went to war in maryland, all colonies needed a governor. Bacon"s rebellion: people took advantage of the headright system, 1676 called an election for a new assembly, it was a landmark for continuing slavery as a labor force.
