Period 2 (1607-1754)
Elam McElrath
Headright System
-used to attract settlers and fix labor shortage
-tobacco farming
-immigrants who paid for their passage were given 50 acres of land or 50 acres were given to plantation owners who bought someones passage
Mercantilism
-England practiced it during the 16th, 17th, and 18th century, --> America
-allowed country to gain wealth
Salem Witch Trials
-exemplified religious extremism and government invasion of personal rights
-politically motivated
-20 executions, mostly lynchings of women
-precedent to other episodes of mass hysteria in America such as the Red Scare
"Starving Time"
-40 years life expectancy, high mortality rate due to starvation and starvation-related disease
-men refused to work, assumed Natives would feed them
-60 of 214 colonists survived
Triangular Trade
-rum and goods from New England to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Indies, sugar from the Indies to NE
Themes
-WXT-1: Economic theories such as mercantilism played a large role during Period 2 and helped establish a strong economy for the future colonies.