Chapter 4 Outline—AP US History Mrs. Sanchez American Life in the Seventeenth Century I. The Unhealthy Chesapeake A. Describe life in the Chesapeake region B. In spite of such conditions, how were the Chesapeake colonies able to survive? II. The Tobacco Economy A. Why did the Chesapeake tobacco farmers begin to use indentured servants? B. What were indentured servants? C. What was the "headright" system? D. How and why did the lot of the indentured servant grow harsher? III. Frustrated Freemen and Bacon's Rebellion A. What were the issues behind Bacon's Rebellion? B. Describe the key events of Bacon's Rebellion? C. What was the significance of Bacon's Rebellion? IV. Colonial Slavery A. Approximately how many slaves came to North America? B. When did the first Africans arrive in English North America? C. What change made the use of slaves more desirable in the colonies? D. What change in colonial populations resulted from the easy availability of slaves? E. Where did most slaves originate from in Africa? F. What was the "middle passage"? G. What were slave codes? V. Africans in America A. Where was slave life the most severe? B. How was the life of a slave different in the Chesapeake region? C. What contributions to American culture did the Africans bring? VI. Southern Society A. What was the ruling society like in the south? B. How was the southern aristocracy different than sometimes perceived? C. What was the largest social group in the south? D. Why was the South slow to develop in some areas? VII. The New England Family A. Why was the quality of life more favorable in New England? B. How large were New England families causing what fear among New England women? C. What was "invented" in New England? D. How were the lives on New England and Southern women different? E. What was the penalty for adultery in New England? VIII. Life in the New England Towns A. How were towns established in New England? B. What were the first colleges in the colonies? C. What has been called the "best school of political liberty the world ever saw" by Thomas Jefferson? IX. The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials A. What were the "jeremiad" sermons? B. What was the purpose of the "half-way covenant? C. What happened in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692? D. Were witchcraft trials limited to Salem? E. What was seen through the witchcraft trials? X. The New England Way of Life A. How can it be said that rocks largely wrote the story of New England? B. What effect did climate have on the development of New England? C. How did New England and Indian philosophies of land use contrast? XI. The Early Settlers Days and Ways A. What was life like in the colonies? B. Who were more likely to migrate to the colonies?