HIST 2110 Chapter 3: chapter 3
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Indentured servitude labor contract for men to pay their way to the new world usually lasts about 4-7 years. Virginia company was one granted by the king to help fund expeditions to the new world. Jamestown first permanent english settlement in north america in 1607; restored in 1957. Tobacco new world plant brought to virginia in 1612 by john rolfe. Tax of two pence on every pound of colonial tobacco. An unsuccessful uprising by colonists in jamestown who did not own property; the goal was to access land by natives and prove that they did not get adequate protection from the government. The leader later died from illness and his followers were hung. West indian slavery in the 17th century, english colonies in the west indies followed the. Spanish and portuguese examples of slavery and developed sugar plantations with slave labor.
