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Foundation of Jamestown
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West African Slaves Arrive
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Foundation of Plymouth Colony
Religious Freedom -
Foundation of Massachusetts Bay
Religious freedom -
Indentured Servants Lived Out Contracts
Diseases spread and work was hard
Before this point they usually died -
Civil War Begins
Firing on Fort Sumter -
Civil War Ends
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Sharecropping
Laborers contract with landowner to farm it in exchange for a share of the crop
Often began in debt owing for supplies, rent, etc. -
Beginning of Industrialization
Textile mills, the south starts to rely more on industry over agriculture for its economy
Henry Grady: "Bring the Mills to the Cotton"