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New Laws were created to curb encomenderos' power and mitigate harsh treatment of indigenous peopleThe Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was the effect of the Spanish repression, and eventually the Pueblo won, though the Spanish came back and captured them again a few years later, albeit with less strict rules on religionSamuel de Champlain founded the first permanent French settlement of Quebec in 1608The first permanent English settlement was Jamestown (1607), mainly populated by single young men searching for gold, which nearly failed until John Rolde introduced tobacco cultivationThe Pilgrims (Separatists) made the second major English settlement, Plymouth (1620), after being blown off course. They wanted to create a God-centered society, and didn’t really mix with the indigenous people after the beginning1620-New England Colonies (deeply religious, limited agriculture, church centered, exported fish and lumber)1624-Middle Colonies (Booming agriculture, diverse population due to tolerance, less participatory than New England in terms of government, more than the South)1607-Chesapeake & North Carolina (Large plantations, main export of tobacco, westward expansion clashed with indigenous people, House of Burgesses was a step towards democracy, with politics ruled by a small group of elite planters, slavery was the main source of labour)1653-South & BWI Region (Tons of plantations and slavery, rigid social hierarchy because of race laws, politics restricted to a small group of elite planters)Georgia: The last colony, founded in 1733 to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and a prison colony for debtorsBarbados Slaves Codes (1661): Stripped all rights from black workers and granted white planters complete power over labourers. This created lots of violence toward labourers in trying to enforce these rules.New York Slave Rebellion of 1741: A group of enslaved people burnt down a building at the edge of town and as people came rushing to see what was happening, rebels killed 9 of them. The rebels were quickly captured and tortured publicly, but it showed that these enslaved people were sick of being treated so poorlyStono Rebellion (1739): A small group of new enslaved people marched along the Stono River in South Carolina, gaining numbers until they had about 100 people. They killed any white person they saw, burned houses and barns, but were defeated pretty quickly by the South Carolina militaryPeriods
1754-1800s: Tensions between Britain and the colonies started heating up, mainly because Great Britain wasn’t allowing colonists to migrate and settle westward into the Ohio River ValleyAn example of a time spanBacon’s Rebellion (1676-1677): A group of former indentured servants who were upset about not receiving enough or any land after their servitude revolted and got violent after the governor, William Berkely, got the legislature to revoke their voting rights because they were causing trouble. They felt Berkley was favouring the elite and refusing to help farmers to attack indigenous people and take their land. First they attacked American Indian settlements, the Berkley himselfBy around this time, the land available in Virginia to give out to indentured servants at the end of their servitude was getting smaller and smallerFrench and Indian War (1754-1763)
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