Chap 3 Sect 1 Chap 3 Sect 1 Main Idea – The Economy of the Main Idea – The Economy of the

Southern colonies is dependent on Southern colonies is dependent on labor intensive cash cropslabor intensive cash crops

Key Terms – Cash Crop, Indentured Key Terms – Cash Crop, Indentured Servant, Gentry, Back Country Servant, Gentry, Back Country Farmer, Tenant Farmer, Plantation, Farmer, Tenant Farmer, Plantation, Middle Passage, Subsistence Middle Passage, Subsistence Farming, Royal African Company, Farming, Royal African Company, Slave Code, Slave Code, Bacon’s Rebellion**Bacon’s Rebellion**

Tobacco and Rice and Indigo…Tobacco and Rice and Indigo…what the heck is Indigo????what the heck is Indigo????

Cash CropCash Crop Crop grown as a money making Crop grown as a money making

ventureventure 3 Cash Crops in the South3 Cash Crops in the South Tobacco – VA, MD, NCTobacco – VA, MD, NC Rice – SC, GARice – SC, GA

Sugarcane fails – rice doesn’tSugarcane fails – rice doesn’t Slaves from the Mende (Rice Slaves from the Mende (Rice

Coast)Coast) Indigo – SCIndigo – SC

All very labor All very labor intensive to intensive to

harvestharvest

Plantations located Plantations located near water – near water –

why?why?

Gentry

BackCountryFarmer

Tenant Farmer

Indentured Servant

Slaves

Social Structurein the SouthernColonies

Who is who?????Who is who????? Gentry – wealthy, landowners, plantations, Gentry – wealthy, landowners, plantations,

slave ownersslave owners Back Country Farmers – Former Indentured Back Country Farmers – Former Indentured

Servants, not much money, subsistence Servants, not much money, subsistence farmersfarmers

Tenant Farmers – work someone else’s landTenant Farmers – work someone else’s land Indentured Servants – Agree to work for period Indentured Servants – Agree to work for period

of time in exchange for trip to Americaof time in exchange for trip to America Slaves – Property – no rights – Slave CodeSlaves – Property – no rights – Slave Code

Gentry wants to stay on topGentry wants to stay on top Gov. Berkeley of Gov. Berkeley of

VA - laws to VA - laws to benefit Gentrybenefit Gentry

BCF not allowed to BCF not allowed to go west into go west into native landsnative lands

Nathaniel BaconNathaniel Bacon GentryGentry Wants more landWants more land Takes the side of Takes the side of

the BCFthe BCF

Revenge of the Pig!!!Revenge of the Pig!!!Bacon’s Rebellion - Bacon’s Rebellion -

16761676 Bacon leads BCF Bacon leads BCF

against natives, then against natives, then gentrygentry

Burns down Burns down JamestownJamestown

Bacon dies in swampBacon dies in swamp Rebellion Fails !!!Rebellion Fails !!! So why even talk So why even talk

about it ??????about it ?????? Because….Because….

Gentry do not want Gentry do not want another rebellionanother rebellion

Indentured Servants Indentured Servants eventually get set free eventually get set free

Become BCFBecome BCF May rebel againMay rebel again Slaves never set freeSlaves never set free No Indentured Servants No Indentured Servants

– Slave labor instead!!– Slave labor instead!! Slavery becomes part of Slavery becomes part of

the Southern economythe Southern economy

Long-term effects of Bacon’s Long-term effects of Bacon’s RebellionRebellion

Slavery becomes a businessSlavery becomes a business

Royal African CompanyRoyal African Company Middle PassageMiddle Passage Slave CodesSlave Codes